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'Council Chambers, ~lgene, Oregon. May 26, 1924. Adjourned Meeting of the City Council held lln the Council Chamber, May 26, '1924, Preseht, Mayor E. B. Parks end CouncilMen Nosher, NcAll~ter, MONROE, Simmons, Wil- llamson, Wallace and Washburne. ~sent Walker.· Meeting called to order ~by E. B. Parks at 7:30 o'clock P.~. '~ - Chal~ Washburne of the Prlnt~g Co~lttee~ reported that the El~tri-c Blue [tint Machine as Mentioned by the Uity ~glneer: at the P~lor Meeting could-be Pur- chased second' h~d for ~400, the Water Board: to' p~, in work done, $200 9f such putt chase price, and reco~ended that such machine be purchased out of ~he ~gineer's 5~ fund. On motion such report was ~opted;~ ' Bids were opened for the improv~ent~ of ~Heights Blvd. and' the following .bids wer~ submitted for the improvement of such street as per plus and specifications. ' -M~urlce Mar'qu~Ss~. ' ' ~ ~6700 Stien Bros ....... . ....... ,.. ........... 6616 There being ne protests, the Matter was referre~l to the Street. Committee for an im- molate report, end said Committee reported favorably on the bid of Stien Bros-. at $6616~ ~d the Mayor ~d City Recorder instructed to enter into a contract with suck bidders for said iMproveMent. '~ The Street Co~ittee having reported favorably on the petition for th~ paving of South Will~ette Street, the Southern P~lflc R~llway Comply, through Superlntend~t Billingsby, ~peared ~d askel that the Southern Pacific Railway ComPany be permitt- ed to pave its portion of said Street wltt~ penetration ~phast, T~,th!s, a remon- str~ce petition was filed by a majority of the ,property owners abutting such street. ~ter much discussion, the remonstrate petitio$ of such residents was denied and the petition of the Railway Comply grated ,~ condition that such Railway Company at all times keep its paving in good condition ~nd repair, and if it fails ~ to do, the City may require it to take up and replace Such payment with ma,~erlal sucg' as the rest of such street is constructed of, as covered by such 0rdln~ce, ~d l~ any event, to rePlace such portion of the street with pavement of the s~e type' ~d character as the remainder of the street, ~d not later th~ five years from the date of Baying of such payment. Should the ~outhern Pacific Comply cease ope~t- ing_~its car lines In the City of ~gene in the me~tl~e, '~dch act ,not to release said Co~y from its ob~lgations of such contract. O'n motion the City ~glneer was instructed tq draw Plus ~d specifications cov- ering South Wi[l~ette Street ~rom the end of the present pavement to the City Limits. The City ~glaeer was $1so authorized to dr~w his pleas and specific~tions cov- ering West ~eventh Street from Tyler Street to Ch~bers Street, A protest was received by pr0Pe~ty owners abutting on t, N0rth Lawrence Street against paving said street, as asked for in the petitior[-h~re-to-fore filed. Such matter was referred_ to the Street Committee, as was .also .the former petition for p ay lng. A Petition was received from ~re~idents of South Olive Street asking that such Street~ be p,~ved from a point ~20 feet North of Twenty~ First Str,eet, South to Twenty Fourth Avenue ~ud to a width of 24 feet. The matter was referred to the Street Committee a~d it recommedded the gran. ting., of sueh, petitio~, t~e, wo,rk to. ~e let in one contract for this and for the work ~mder th$ prior petitl.,~m.~granted for th~ pave- ,ment of Olive street from Seve~teent'h Avenue South, but. such ~a~gme~ to-be of the width of 26.feet instead of 24 feet from Twenty First Avenue sod~o~motion such ~report was adOpted. "' . .. ~~~ A petit~lon was rec'eived from property owners,adjacent thereto, aSking"t~.t the fol~owin~ streets be paved with hard-surface cement' 'or Standard-macadam,' viz:~ 'Twenty s~cond Avenue from McMlllen Street to South Charnelton, .Twenty thlrd Av~r~Ae ',from McMillan Street to South Charnelton, McMiltaa Street from Twenty second Ave~Be Itc Twenty fourth Avenue.' :To thiS' petition a remonstrance was 'filed by three pro- kk ?perry owners adjacent thereto. Such petition and remonstrance was refe~ed to the ~i Street Committee. -- · . ~ ' , .. A petition was received from property owners .adjacent thereto asking .for the con- lstrUctlon of a sewer in the alley between Lawrence end Washington Streets from Four- Iteenth to Fifteenth .Avenues, S~ld matter was referred to the Sewer Committee, and flit recom~!~..,ended that' such petitio~ be gra~ted. On motion such report was adopted.