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RESOLUTION It is resolved by the city of St. Johns, Multnomah county, Oregon: That Whereas, the Viewers in the matter of the opening, laying out and establishing of Dawson Street from the southeasterly side line of Colum bia ltoulcvard easterly to the center line of Ida Street, ami the appropriat injr therefor of a thirty-foot right of way of the Portland Railway, Light and I'ower Company '"''' f their report with the Council of the City of St. Johns, which said report was adopted by Ordinance number till of the City of St. Johns, onsscd by the Council ami approved by the Mayor on the day of July, iuij and Tor tin Whereas, the land Railway, Unlit and I'ower Company is the sole owner of the property to he appro priated for the said opening, laying out and establishing of Dawson Street; and Whereas, the assessment of the benefits exceeded the damages in the opening, laying out and establishing of Dawson Street and of appropriat ing the thirty-foot right of way of the Portland Railway, Light and I'ower Company therefor, and Wliereas, tiie i'ortlatid Railway, its or their track and the cost of all necessary excavations therefor which may be made bclo.v the sub-grade of said Dawson Street and the ballast ing of said tracks, but in no event shall the said I'ortlatid Railway, Light and I'ower Company, its successors ami assigns, he subject to or liable for any assessment or cost of grad ing, paving, improving, maintaining or repairing of said Dawson Street, or any part thereof, either the part ly .ng between the rails of the railway tracks of said Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, its suc cessors and assigns, or thereunto ad joining, or any part thereof, all such assessments for and costs of laying out, grading, paving, improving, main taining or repairing of Dawson Street, and every part thereof, to be made agaitiit and borne by such real prop erty other than the said right of way of the Portland Railway, Light and ORDINANCE NO. 498 An Ordinance Providing The Time And Alanncr Of Im proving Hnrtman Street from Seneca Street to Alyers Street in the City of St. Johns, Oregon. The city of St. Johns does ordain as ioiiohs: The council of the city of St. Johns having ascertained the cost of Improv ing Hnrtnmn street from the easterly side line of Seneca street to the west' crly side line of Mvers street in cltv nfm. Tfillfl. no atiritt,i lit, tli rnc.-il,illiti Power Conitmiiv as mav be hereafter nt tin rftiitinU fif sitil Mit tin toil rtt directed ami determined to be liable I mill day of July. lou. and recorded hy the Council 01 the city 01 at I n the office of the recorder of wild cltv Johns in accordance with tlie terms 01 Innil notice thereof linviitir been tmhlMi the charter of the said City, or its cd in the St. Johns Review, n weekly successor. And further Dawson Street in the City of St. John between the south easterly side line of Columbia Motile vard and the center line of Ida Street, the 'time being the city limits of the City of St. Johns, is hereby declared newspaper of general circulation, on tiie tutu nay mid ZClli day of July, 1012 as shown by the affidavit of the foreman of said (taper, which wild affidavit is on file in the office of the city recorder; and legal posting of nonces 01 sucii improvement, ns snown Light and Power Compajjy has paid I to be a street in the City of St. John, by the affidavit of the city engineer on uie exces 01 tue neiieiits over tin l and appropriated lor piiiinc use ntixiy me in we oincc ot uie city re dnmaitt's nud ha filed a written waiv or of its right to appeal from the as sotsmcnt of t lie benefit and dam ages: and Wliereas, there are no other per Mini interested in said appropriating of twid property nor any benefit to be assessed nor any lien to be dock eted. Now, Therefore, Itc It Resolved ll The City of St. Johns, that the fol lowing described tract of laud, to wit. "A thirty-foot right of way situated in Section Seven, Township One North, Range One Kat of the Wil Inmette Meridian and Section Twelve Township One North. Range Oni Weit of the Willamette Meridian, and extending along the renter line of Dawson Street from the southeast crly side line of Columbia Houlevard easterly to the center tine of Ida Street, said center line of Ida Street being tlie easterly iHiiiuilary of the City of St. John, Oregon, tlie ceiitei line of id trlp of land thirty feel in width being more particularly tie scribed a follows: "llegiiiuing at a point in the oulh tmitorly side Hue of Columbia I ton I e vard where interceded by lite crntei line of Dawfou Street: thence ontli7l ileg. II min. east along the renin line of Daw.iin Street n sufficient distance to intersect the said ccntei line of liln Street heretofore described containing in nil M.S7I.3 s.ptare feel, more or less. "It is hereby intended to describe a right of way thirty feet in width pre viuiily conveyed by Nancy Caple fo the City & .Suburban Railway Com mny by deed recorded in Itook !rH page tm, Records of Deed. Multno mah County, ami also a right of mm) thirty feel in width previously con voyeil to the City id Suburban Rail way Company by Reuben Week I rustee, and Clarla Weeks, hi wife by deed recorded in Hook :ni7. page ITS, Records of Deeds, Multnomah County which ahl strip of laud the Portland Railway, Light anil I'ower Company now maintain ami operate a street railway." lie and Hie miiiic I declared to be a portion of Dawson Street and l hereby ap- feet in width; throughout its entire length, excepting only that the said Dawson Street is but lorty-livc teet in width between the easterly side line of Tyler Street, ns now located by a deed from Nancy Caple to Cit of St. John, which deed was record ed in llook of Deeds in Multnomah County, Volume .17.1, Page Kt, and the westerly line of UticliBiian Street, n now located ami established. I lie am recorder, and no remonstrance havum been filed and, as provided by said resolution, cuui liter' preliminary estimate of the cost of sain improvement is f iui.in, lint snail be more accurately determined by wild engineer. Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that said street be improved and the time for the completion of wild Improvement Is hereby fixed at sixty davs from the Inst publication of notice of protxtsalsof forty five feet i measured north of wild work, which said proosals must be . . . -i I. I C... ...III. a I... . ... -.I I 1.1 1 and perpendicular to the southerly line of aid Dawson Street; anil The City Kugincer of the City of St John i hereby directed to make an accurate plat of the said Dawoi Street a herein opened, laid out ami established, ami of the property ap nropriated therefor; and the ahl f' t I'.ngineer i further directed within thirty day after the adoption of this resolution to file a copy of aid pint nud ti copy rif tin resolution with the County Clerk of Multnomah County. Stntr of Oregon. Ail. ii.ted by the Council tin nth day f August. Itilit. I'. A. KICK, Recorder. filed Willi the recorder of said city on or before the 27th day of August, 1913, at cigui o'ciock p. in, ot sain nay. That said street shall be improved as ioiiows: ny grading same to tlie estnli llslied grade by cut and fill directed by the city engineer. The city recorder shall give notice by 1 in 1)1 1 cat Ion for not less than three In sertlous in the St. Johns Review. the ofli clal ucwKitcr, inviting proxisnl for matting wuu improvement. Said Improvement shall lu all respects oc none ana comiiicieii under tlie tit rectiou and supervision of the ci ty ciigiu ccr. That the cost of said improvement shall be assessed against the property in the local improvement district as de Published In the St. Johns Review on scribed in wild resolution ami ileslgu.it August 1). toll. RESOLUTION It is resolved by the City of St. Johns, Oregon: That it deems it expedient and ucces- wiry to Improve l'itlmore street from the north line of Pesseudcn street to Miutb Hue of St. Johns avenue in the city of St, Johns in the follow lug man. iter, to wit: lly laying 0-inch sewer connections from the main sewer to all lots which lire not now connected with same. Said sewer connection to run from the main sewer to the Inner side of the curb, and to be not Icm than ten feet below the lop of curb directly above. And by coiiMriiciliig ticcciMiry catuii ed as and declared to be local improve I I .ll.l..f... S'.. Ill 1 llll'ill uinilli:! .Sll. Passed the council this the (Uli day of August, loia. Approved by the mayor this the (Hh nay 01 August, lyu. A. A. MUCK, Mayor, Attest: 1 A. RICK, Recorder. Published in the St. John Review 011 August 11, 1913, RESOLUTION It Is resolved by the city of St. Johns, urrgou; Thai It deem It expedient and ncce. sary to Improve I'illiuore street from basins the northerly Hue of Philadelphia street (three in number), one on each of the to the houlherly line of Sl.Johu iivenue following street Intersections l'esseu- in the city of St. Johns In the following .1.... . I...II I IV. (II.. .......i.. ...111. I tniililw.r l.i tull proprlHtcil for public use ami itrii'l L ii,.,,.!,,.....,.. Itv i-nulim. il,i ixriim, r Li...... !iirpoe, subject, however, to the fol Work to be done according to the Krade a shown on profile filed by the lowing condition, reservations ami nu Hnd icclncallon of the cltv eiml- city engineer lu the office of cltv record. over on file lu the office of the cr June 2T, 1012, and laying (Moot ce. city lecoider relative thereto, meul sidewalk mid 18-foot etiib on both which Mid plans and ecificiitious side of said street with till necessary ami estimate are satisfactory and are cement crosswalk and corrugated lion hereby npHved. Said improvement gutter, ami by juivlng with concrete to be made in accordance with the lMvemeut 0 incite thick from curb to chatter and ordinance of the city ol curb. St. John, and under the unpen Islnn Said work to be done according to and direction of the city engineer- the plans and sHclfU-uliim of lite cltv That (he ct ol Mini iimutivemvut to engineer 011 file lu the office of Die cltv, he MMksit.t .. piovtdeil by the city char recorder lelallw thereto, which Mid leriiHni the property especially and plans mm Hvllleation are salUlaetory iwrtieumriy iwiicn which t hereby imiW ol lot, between tb menu nlMittliu! 111 linale to id I'illiuore Street from the That the cost of Mid Impioveiutut to marginal Hue ol Mid street luck to the renter of the block or block or tract of laud abutting theteou or proximate liiervto. restrictions I'lrst: There shall Ite reserved to the Portland Railway. Light ami IW or Company, its successor ami as a Nil, an exclusiw and N-rpelu.il right of way fur railway, street rait way, ami electrical pnrpo.es, ,,rr across, along and upon u s.i d rigln of way so in h appropriated and nm . detuned fur street purposes as lure in fine .el forth, together with tlx right lu locale, const rucl. eipiip. re IWlr, operate and maiut.iiii our aero, ntn ami along .aid right ) way, an eleelrie railway or street rail way of cither iiiile track or 1I011I1U track (with the right to change from a tingle track to double tracks, or to eliange from double li.nks to a sin Hie track), nud all necessary ami con venifHt switches, side tracks, turn 01 !, cross overs, and connections ami the right to operate anil propel ear along ami upon said track or track by mean of electrical power or other improved mechanical powei (nil of said right and reservation to JHtly to the track of said I 'or t land Railway, Light anil Power Company, now located 011 said right of way as well a I hose hereafter lo he located or cotMirueled thereon lv said Port land Railway, Light and Power Com MUiy, its successors and assigns!, and the right to stretch over, upon, along ami aero said right of way trolley wire, span wire, and feed wires, with all necessary and convenient ap pliance anil appurtenance, and the right to lay, construct, operate ami maintain underground conduit. n MM right of way with all necessar) mi couvement appliance and appur tMuce for the carrying of said wirt. or any thi reof. under said right of way, or any purl thereof, and all other ncceitary ami convenient rights or rMervation in the nature of ease moult, pertaining to or connected with the railway, sir ret 1 ail way, light or powtr business ol ..0.1 Portland K.11I way. Light and Power Company, its uccors or assigns, which may he nccvary or rournient to he used hy aaW Portland Railway, Light and tuwer vonipauy. RUlgu, 111 carrying corporate purn bo reserved further to the Portland Railway, Light and Power Compaii) ail rtphu lite said Company now has IM mm right ol way lor of nuikliiiK. maintuinoiu iHf a railroad or street railway and uaing the said right of way for all legitimate railroad and street railway purposes, including the right to oper ate car thereon and lo charge and collect charge, fare and toll for the transportation of passengers ami freight carried on ucli car. Second. The said Portland Kail way, Light and Power Company, its successors and assigns, shall forever exempt and free from every and all wanner of assessments or costs for tbc hying out. grading, paxiug Improving, maintaining or repairing of said Dawson Street or anv pari t hereof which Ja been heretofore or lHy hereafter be opened, laid out and established over, across, alonu or tin on the aid right of way of the Port laml Railway. Light and Power Com ny, or over, across, , along any Slid nil real property adjoining to or abutting u 1 1011 the said riaht of wav Of tlie said Portland Railway. Light A COOL KITCHEN Even in Midsummer With a real ISvc breeze blowing away the stifling sultry air and cooling the whole room that's your kitchen, and all others too that have an :: ELECTRIC IRON Portland Railway, Light & Power Company VACATIONS AT THE SEA SHORE CLATSOP BEACH, PACIFIC OCEAN Low round trip fare are in effect alt summer. This beautiful beach slrelcbes twenty five miles soiilh of the mouth of the Columbia River. Seaside nud Hear hart have first class hotels, cottages and camping places, surf bathing, fishing, etc. Low Round Trips East On the date given below, round trip tickets will be sold to the K)lut in the Hast shown below, ami many other, nl greatly reduced fares quoted, FAST TRAINS EAST In connection with Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway Detroit f 82.50 Omaha f 60,00 Dllltlth 60.00 I'hiladclnhla inH.co Kansas iuy 00.00 riiuijurg Milwaukee 72,30 St. I.ouls MlnneaMill 60.00 St, Paul Montreal 105,00 Toronto New York 108.50 Washington.. DATP.S 01' SAL15. July 36, V), jo, 31, 1912. August 1, 2, i, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 32, 33, 39,30, 31, 1912. September.), 5, 6, 7,8, it, 12, 30, 1913. Stoxiver ami choice of route allowed lu each direction, Pinal return limit October 31, 1913. Detail of schedules, fare, etc., will be furnished on ropiest. W. 1. CO.MAN, General I'relght and Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. O. M. Cornell, Agent, St. Johns, Oregon. Atlantic City. .fm.oo Il.iltlmore,..,. .107.50 lloston .110.00 buffalo ,,. 91,50 Chlcngo 72,50 Colorado Springs. . .55.00 Denver 55.00 60.00 9 1. 50 107 50 lumber: Rough, Dressed, . Flooring, ' Finish. Slabwood ! Prompt Dry, Deliveries. Green, Quality Blocks, Guaranteed. Trimmings ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO. Phone Richmond 131 m 4lt 4 ly Item-ruled thereby, and "ml are hereby approved. Said improve . ereby declared to lie nil of lots men! tube made in accordance with I, block and suceli( laud the chaiter aiitl oidluauce of the city: I lie termini of such improve- of St. Johns, and under the supervision rii King iiism, iidiaceut or prov- and direction of the city engineer. ulil l'illniori Slri'.'l friini llii That the cost of limn oviiiii ill lit I Hv! That all the prox.rty Ineluded In Mild improvement iltstiict nioreiitd I liereliy deciHicii to lie in local sewer Improve umni nisiiiri ko. That the rlty engineer' nt which t of "ncs 01 sutfil street back to the center of the pi.ilMlile tiitul cost ol said improve- the block or block or tract of laud ineiit of Mid st net i t'tSO.OO. alaittlng thereon or proximate thereto. That the cost of Mid I'tllmote street Tlmt all the property Included In Mid liiiprovemeut I to be usMnssed against the iuinrovement district I hereby dtvlareil provrty in wild local assessment di. to be "1kmI Improvement District No, trict a provided by the city charter of t'2." the city of St. John. That the city engineer' oseineut of Adoiiteil thelllli day of August, 191 3. the probable total cost of Mild improve 1', A. KICK. "t of said street U l7,UiLSD Keoonler, tnat uiectM 01 nam street I to lie as- i 1 I Groceries Cocks" game light haven't any The bus- be assiiHied a providl by the cltv char ler Um the proettv especially and particularly benefiled thereby, and which i hereby declared to be all of lot, block and sircel of laud between the termini of such improvement abut ling Uiii, adjacent or proximate to said I'illiuore street, from the maruinal for the place in our curriculum. incss of Plumbing is more matter of fact. In our work and ntiiQiiK our .supplies we use the ' hest the market affords in the way of , Cocks. Faucets & Pumps Published In (he St. John Review soed against the property in said local nud other auxiliary sundries. We rtugnsi v ami 11., 1913. 'I""" I " y.wwi iy the (MV, 1V(lrlr nt r !,SIUln,,,(. nrir 1 cuy cutiner 01 ineciiv 01 mi. 10 111. ev-1" r - 1 cept that euch front foot shall beor it pro rata cost 01 said assessment. Adotiteil by the council Olb day of 1'. A. KICK, Kecorder. RESOLUTION It U rewdvtxl by the city of St. John: That it deems it cxcdicut and necessary to Ciiustiuct h sewer on I'illiuore sluet from l'eseudon street to l'hikdelphiu wreei 111 uie euy 01 at. jwuw in tlie billow lug manner, towit: lly coiiktructiug 11 sewer lU'conliug to I ..1 1 if .1 A.. . -1. 1 liuiis nun iwiimi(iou 01 me euy en gineer on file in the otlice of the city rubllshed In the St, John Review on Aiigusi vumi in, 1912, Proposals for Street Work (S..t...t ... . I. ...Ill t ! ... 1 .r.ler ,litv.. ili..,i .iM. L I l 'wiineri-ceiveu at tlie t). us .miciiun snu -. ','" ouice 01 ine Keconier 01 tiewitvol St ryin ..nt ils or their I I'l'in and H-cltieat on nud estimates ohlu , AuM4l , , , tf ...e.. and there shall ' '' " "' y l- n. m.. for the I1111mwe1ue.it of lWin e i i 1 . . . , street irom tlie southeasterly line of Co iMid iu.piove.nent to made Mmbiil boulevard to the center line of in accordance with the charter and 1.1,. 1.. .1 . ' Mid right of way for the purpose "f'""",' . '....V. . A.t' ""') "nUmiuce No. 495. subject to the provis- i'llTO U 7c tv e,m im CV"! '"'a,0"' .f ' . . ... fllYUI OL. IU1II1S. 111111 lilt? NIllIIIITt t1 EDMONDSON CO. 203 S. Jersey Street Ml .'. .fill . J JiJIUI. Clllll That the cost of .iid improvement to Ule'c),.. VUKtneerfm file, he asMMwed us provided by the city char- iit.iieer' estimate Is m mally per nmre foot on all ,mHy mRTJJ &Mto,- abutting on Mid I'illiuore street between and Tower Company, except that the Mia I'uriland Kailuay. I tght and 'llAU'Ar t)lllll:lliv it .iiri-i.a.kra ttn.l tMlgJl'. iall tie sublet t tu and liable lor Utr "-t of the .uiiul work to tie done or pufunncd h it or them on eiually per Mjuarv aliuttlnn on Mid 1' I'oMeudeu and l'liiladehihia streets and back 1U0 feet on either side thereof. That all the Property included in said improvement district aforesaid is hereby declared to be Sewer District No. 4. That the cltv engineer' ussessment of the probable total cost of the construe tit hi of Mid sewer I )2,078.81. Tlwt the cost of said improvement is to be astesMHl against the property in said sewer district us provided by the the city charter of the city of St. Johns, excepting that the wild cost of improves meut shall be apportioned 011 a pro-rata butt. Adopted the sixth day of August 1912. 1'. A. RICH, City Recorder. Publlsbwl in the St. John Review on August 0 unit 16, 1912, Subscribe for the Telegram beat evening paper on th coast. Sea Ed Stockton. lS).l-t0.a2. lliils must be strictly in uccordu nee with printed blanks, which w ill be furn ished on application at the otlice of the Recorder of the City of St. Johns. And said improvement must be completed on or before 60 day from date of the last publication of uotice of proposals of said worn. No proposals or bid will Unconsidered miles accompanied by a certified check iviyuble to the order of the Mayor of the City of St. Johns, certified bv a respon sible Kink for an amount equal to ten percent, of the aggregate proposal. ; IM... l..l.t ... ... f : i "... . , 1 . 1 . iiv us'" Jin uiij- uiiii uii runs IS hereby reserved, lly order of the City Council. 1'. A. RICH. Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Review on August 2, 9 and 111, 1912, llrlug lu your Job printing while you thluk of It. Dou't wait uutll you are entirely out. Wo aro equipped to turn out ueat aud tasty printing promptly at l'ortland price or lesa. EL CO. Successors to St, Johns Sand nud Gravel Company I,, n. JACKSON, Prop. General Contractor We are prepared to do any und all kinds of excavating for street work and other purposes. We also handle sidewalk and build iug material. Newton and Kesseudeu Streets St. Johns, Oregon Phone Columbia 236 j Dry pods j Shoes j I and I ' I rnrnishinrr.Q I BUI IllUIIIIIgU V I I j I We sell only 'i I 1 I 1 rnn assii I ATTENTION PLEASE The Hible School of the FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST is thoroughly equipped to win kuiIs to Christ and to train them in Christian Service. We want you, ami you need us. Sunday Services llible School: 10 a. 111. Morning Service: 11 a. 111. Junior C. K.'. A o. m. Y. I'. S. C. K.: 7 p. m. -b p. m. Thursday rraycniieetingi-S p.m. I aaa Corner New York SI. and Willis Boulevard I sell only very best in these lines and guarantee them in every particular. Special Prices still to be had Muck Co. I Expansion Sale Our business has grown to such proportions in the past year that we find it necessary to en large one of our departments, hence we have taken these steps, with a strong belief in a great future for St. Johns, and during these alterations, we are offering to the public several bargains which are worth investigating. We have 500 Special Privelege Coupons redeemable at the Rose Studio on Washington street, Portland, that we will give away. Call and we will explain. We are closing out our stock of Schram Automatic Sealer Fruit Jars at a Special Price of 60c per dozen for half gallon jars. Extra Covers 15c per dozen. IN OUR SHOE SECTION We are making prices that will make the most exacting happy. For instance: $4.50 Men's Shoes - $2.75 2.25 Boys' Elk Skin - 1.90 2.00 Boys' Elk Skin - 1.70 2.25 Child Shoes - 1.69 2.00 Boys' Shoes - 1.25 1.50 Child's Pumps - .98 Extra Special Prices in Summer Dress Goods: Batists, Foulards, Swiss, and Eng Zephyr at prices from 15c to 35c. Elite Glove Fitting Petticoats at $1.00 to $6.00. Try our Gold Medal Butter at 70c the roll. Couch & Co. in PIONEERS" Distributors of Merchandise Since 1904