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I Counoil Chamber's, 1!.ugene, Oregon. I
Ootober 8, 1934
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Ol( Mi..nutes of the regular me'eting of the Common Council held at the hour
t::s, 7:30 o'clock P.M. Ootober 8, 1934. Counoil was oalled to order by :Mayor Large, .
I with all Counoilmen present exoept Mr. Reid.
! Minutes of the regular meeting of September loth and the adjourned
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I meeting of September 24th, 1934 were read and approved.
I The oonuni ttee representing the blind of l!..ugane appeared before the
Council, some suggesting that the Counoil enaot an ordinanoe providing for the
II carrying of whi te oanes by the blind with a restriction of traffic approaching
intersections for those carrying such a cane. The other view was expressed by Mr.
Rogers, also blind, that a cane would not be proper protection in crossing the
1 street. The matter was referred to the Police Committee.
il Councilman Hendershott, Chainnan of the Finance Committee, reported .
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II the following bills to the Council'w1th a recommendation that they be allowed, and
II motion was made, seconded and carried that warrants be drawn for same. Theayes
,I and nays were called, Councilmen voting aye 7, nay none, absent Reid.
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Ii GENERAL BOND INTEREST FUND
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Ii $450.00
I' F. Wentworth, Treas. $687.50 F. Wantworth, Treas.
il F. Wentworth, Treas. 675.00 F. Wentworth, Treas. 1125.00
~ 11 F. Wentworth, Treas. 125.00 F. Wentworth, Treas.
IMPROVEMENT BOND INTEREST FUND
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F. Wentworth, Treas. 1322.04 F.' Wentworth, Treas. 4252.53
Ii F. Wentworth, Treas. 3660.80
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" PLAYGROUND FUND
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I: J. W. Quackenbush & Son 1.40 Twin Oaks Lbr. Co.
lj State Industrial Acc. Comm. .65 F. W. Woolworth Co. 1.00
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II GENERAL EUND
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II Aetna Life Insurance Co. 92.38 McMorran< & Washburne 58.90
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'I Hed1e y Holeman 97.90 Midgley Planing Mill 25.09
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:i Jack Dawson 10.00 Preston & Hales 13.20
~ E.'ugene Froi t Grower's ;. 5.00 School District #4 28.00
Coe's Stationery Co. 2.40 Waldorf Paint Co. 2.97
Office Machinery & Supply 1.75 E. D. Furrer, 1.1:. D. 35.00
II Stevens & Cruikshank 10.00 Matron Printing Co. 63.25
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II National Cash Register Co. 45.00 Eugene Water Board 750.00
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il Eugene Water Board 80.70 hugene Water Board 750.00
I, Hanson Blue Print Co. 5.81 Eugene Water Board 810.31
II Kee Lox Mfg. Co. 5.25 EtLge'llle':'MeiE"hin~...New,s ::-~'.. 12.34
!I Ludford's 4.50 l!..u.gene Register Guard 1.50
II Underwriters' Laboratories 1.50 State Industrial Accident Comm. 157.60 -:
11 American LaFrance & Foamite 3.15 t Brund Saw Shop 1.75
II Eugene S team Laundry 10.40 Koke-Chapman Co. 461.35
I Eugene Storage Battery Co. 1.95 C. B. Moore Sign Works 2.00
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I Northwest Cities Gas Co. 8.82 State Industrial Accident Comm. 216.89
J. W. Quackenbush & Son 6.80 Eugene Public Library 405.00
Eugene Bargain Store 1.00 Blake Moffitt & Towne 21.56
Imperial Lunch 17.15 Central Heating Co. 4.50
Shell Service Station 4.30 . Eugene Water Board 17.11
Eugene Concrete Pipe Co. 1.50 Cressey's Book Store 4.90
Lo ren Fawve r 4.00 Associated Oil Co. 80.75
Lane County c 110.00 R. A. Babb Hardware Co. 34.45
Oregon Supply Co. 1.33 Eugene Wa ter Board 172.35
Simmons Company 1.80 Granzer's 2.15
Standary Oil Co. 113.75 George A. Halton 4.24
Shell Oil Co. 212.59 Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. 12.55
MoCraoken Bros. 34.48 Veltum & Clow 1ffg. Co. 108.10 I
Hugh H. Earle 7.50 Western Auto Supply Co. 11.03
Eugeme Mill & Elevator Co. 13.17 Union Oil Co. 135.50
Kremmel's Bakery 5.60 Eugene Sand & Gravel 212.00
J. H. ~~cDonald Lbr. Co. 2.16 Twin Oaks Lbr. Co. 11.76
Edw. J. Yenne Plumbing Co. 6.50 Gabriel Powder & Supply Co. 13.75
Applegates 13.15 Scobert's Warehouse Co. 25.50
],ugem Hardware Co. 2.40 Jesse J. Godlove 51.05
Eugene Wa ter Board 52.00 F. Wentworth, Treas. 46.61
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Chairman Zumwalt of the Health,Committee, discussed the proposed change
in Milk Distributors license fee, and requested tha matter be held over for
I further consideration.
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Councilman Harris, of the Park Committee, recommended the purchase of :~
$7.96 of Lumber, and gravel in the amount of' $6.40, for park improvement work. .:;..,.
On..1motion the same was ordered. ....;~.... ~
Chairman Simon of the Police Committee presented to the Mayor for
consideration the name of Steve Hanns.as a patrolman, and motion was made, second-
ed and carried that Mr. Hanns be placed on the regular payroll of the City commen-
cing as of October 1st, ~t a salary of $101.25 to be paid at the same time other
salaries are drawn. The ayes and nays were called, Councilmen voting aye 7, nay
none, absent Reid.
A protest of neighboring property owners on permitting the Walters
Bushong people to construct a saw mill, planing mill, or wood working plant in the
plock between Pearl and High Streets and 4th and the Southern Pacific tracks was
.' presented. An opportunity was given the property owne~s to speak, and some of
them addressed the Oouncil. I twas sta ted that no permi t haabeen applied for and
nothing could be done at this time. However, the me. tter was refe rred to the
Judiciary Committee.
A communication from the Treasurer asking for instruction as to the
disposi tion of Home Owners' Loan Bond s held by him in payment of city liens was
presented, and motion made, seconded and carried directing him to hold these
bonds in the Improvement Bond Sinking Fund.
Reports of the Police Department, Fire Chief, City Engineer and Police
Matron were read and filed.
This being the time for the hearing of protests, remonst~nces, and
objections against the proposed condemnation of the building at 176 Washington
Street, and due notice having been given, the matter came on for hearing at this
ti me . O'bJections were called for and none heard, whereupon the following
Resolution was read and on motion adopted. ,
-I RESOLUTION
This ma1;ter coming on to be heard before the Common
Council of the City of ~ugene pursuant to notice on the 8th
day of October, 1934, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. of said day, in
the office of the City Recorder in the City of ~Ugene in
the City Hall in said city in Lane County, Oregon, and it
appearing to the Council that complaints have been made by
residents living near the property herein described, and
reports have, been made by the City Attorney, the Chairman
:. of the Health Committee, the Chief of Police, and the Fire
Chief, declaring said buildings to be dangerous buildings,
in fact, ~d dangerous buildings under the provisions of
Ordinance No. 8292 of the City of Eugene.
The Council thereupon proceeded to a hearing and
examined various persons upon behalf of the city, including
various city officers and members of the Council who had
I inspected the buildings, and the Co~cil thereupon asked
that any protest or objection be made at that time, but that
no one appeared and made remonstrances, protests or obJections,
and the Council, being fully advised .in the premtse~, at this
time makes its findings as follows:
Fi r s t : That the said 'buildings be and they are hereby
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: .~ declared to be dangerous buildings, as a matter of fact, and
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also as deftned in Ordinance No. 8'292 of the oi ty of Eugene
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~j Second: That said buildings be and the, same are here'by
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.,f.... declared to be a pUblio nuisanoe. .
I Thi rd : That owing to the delapidated, rotted and dangerous
buildings and the unsanitary condition thereof, it is practically
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1 impossible to renovate, reoonstruot or to make said buildings
safe and sanitary.
Fourth: That it is the judgment of the Counoil that said :.
buildings should be removed and the nui same. aba ted.
'I Fifth: That the buildings are not being put to any useful
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I immediately torn down and removed oompletely.
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I Sixth: That the 'buildings are situated at No. 176 Washing-
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II ton Street, being on Lots 5 and 8, Block 5, of Cheshire Addition
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:1 Seventh: That said buildings are frame stru.ctures and are
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in a bad state of disrepair. ,Tha t there is danger of the timbers
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falling and injuring perso,ns at any time. That the house is
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!. surrounded on the outside by dry grass and bushes. That there
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[i are old rags and other oonbustible materials on the inside of
II the buildings. The shingles are old and dried up and ourled.
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II That the buildings are left open and are an attractive nuisanoe
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': to children to play in. That they constitute a fire menace to
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II the surrounding property. That they constitute a lurking place
II for tramps, law violators and other undesirable charaoters
II beouase of their olose proximity to the railroad tra.6ks. That
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II because of their isolation and lack of - supervision, they have
II beoome ill smalling, unsani tary and dangerous from the stand-
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'I point of the health and safety of the City of Eugene.
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Ii The Common Council of the city of Eugene orders and directs
that said buildings be removed and the nuisance abated, and the
I City Recorder is hereby ordered and direoted to give five days
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notice in writing to Mary L. George, as owner of said buildings,
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requiring her to remove said buildings and a bate the nuisanoe
Ii .within twentl-~a1s from,the expiration of the five days notioe,
il and if she fails so to do, that the Council shall thereupon
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I call forbids and order and -direotby Ordinance the removal of
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II said buildings, and assess the oost thereof upon the property
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benefitted as provided for by said Ordinance No. 8292.
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I At this time Councilman Reid appeared in Council. ~;,j
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I Applicatio~s for ~ebonding delinquent assessments were presented, and on ::;1
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motion duly seconded and carried were accepted. .....:
App. No. Name Amount
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315 Bertha M. Abel 276.96
316 Wade and Opal Albro 575.88
317 F. L.Chambers 200.87
318 F. L. Chambers 181.42
319 Nancy E. Sigel 180.38
320 Mary A. Woods 402.42
A communication from the City Treasurer of Klamath Falls regarding coupons
.' on City of ~~gene Paving Intersection Bonds, Nos. 52,55,56, & 57, dated July 1, I
1931, and maturing July 1, 1923, which the City Treasurer Of Klamath Falls is hold-
ing and upon which she is making a olaim for rebate on the theory that 'hese coupons j
were paid by the City of Klamath Falls, was read and on motion was referred to the
Judiciary and Finance Committees.
A dispute of two residents just beyond the city limits, with reference to
the placing of mail bQxes in the parking on 6th Avenue West, was referred to the
Street Commissioner to adjust with the persons affeoted.
An Ordinance authorizing the Water Board of the City of Eugene to sell
certain property not needed for pUblic use, and determining the propriety Of the
sale and the value received as consideration therefor, was read the first time and
passed its second and third readings by t~tle under suspension of the rule by the
unanimous consent of the Council, and was placed upon its final passage. The ayes
and nays were called, Councilmen voting aye 8, nay none, absent none. The Ordinance
was declared passed and numbered 8393~
I An Ordinance to provide for the demolition of certain buildings situated
at 526 Willamette Street in the city of ~ugene, and directing plans and specif1-
ca tions to be filed with the Ci ty Recorder, and for the making of the costs a lien
upon the property, was read the first time and passed its second and third readings
by title under suspension of the rule by the unanimous consent of the Council, and
was placed upon its final passage. The ayes and :cays were called, Councilmen
voting aye 8, nay none, absent none. The Ordinance was declared passed and number-
ed 8394.
An Ordinance approving and adopting the plans and specifioations of the
City Engineer for the demolition of the 'buildings and the abatement of t,he nuisanoe
at 526 Willamette Street in Rugene, Oregon, and direoting the City Recorder to
advertise forbids for said work in accordance wi th the plans and specifications,
and notifying property owners when and where the bids therefor will be opened and
oonsidered, was read the first time and passed its second and third readings by
title under suspension of the rule 'by the unanimous consent of the Council, and was
placed upon its final passage. The ayes and nays were oalled, Councilmen voting
aye 8, nay none, absent none. The Ordinance was deolared passed and numbered 8395.
. A statement by the Eugene City Council of the iroposed measure on the
in the November 6th Election for the issuance of "78,650.00 Bonds, was read
motion duly adopted by the Council.
A committee from the Chamber of Commeroe on Park beautification appeared
before the Council, and Professor DeCou addressed the Council on the matter of
planting trees on the South slope of Skinner's Butte Park in connection with the
annual Armistice Day celeb~tion, in commemoration of the Soldiers who lost their
lives in defense of our country; and the fOllowing Resolution was read and adopted:
RESOLUTION
We, the Mayor, and members of the Eugene City Council
I here'by request the citizens of ~ugene to cooperate with the
Eugene Chamber of Commerce and its Park Improvement Committee
in making the cele'bration of Armistioe Day, in addition to
its present features one of living commemoration of the many
names on the Honor Roll of those who paid the Great Price to
prese rve our li bertie s.
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I To t'his end we recommend that Skinner Bu tte be made a
:~II memorial park for the've:trerans of all wars by the planting
of trees and shrubs on the South slope thereof in honor of I
:~~ each one who bas died in the service of his country.
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I Monday, Novembe r 12, 1934, a s a holiday so tha t all of our
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Ii centering our p8,triotism about the living beauty of a -fine
II memorial park. ~
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~/ On motion the Council adjourned to meet on October 22nd at 7:30
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