Bstr'jFJMBl THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1 91 4 EVENING EDITION. ft T BONIGS OF CITY COUNCIL 0 1 AC IS PAVING CHOSE! (Continued from I'ngo Ono.) Jnc wlioro tlicro wn only h fow contB difforenco In tho cost, Councthunn Ferguson, V. U. Dotiulna and others protested ngnlnst tho city being required to pay tho extru cost on tho llgt.t traffic paving. In addition to giving tho bltullthlc iho gonornl hard paving for 1911, tho Council throw out the bids an tho North Front street Job and ordered It re-let bo that bltullthlc could bo jjtit In thore. Under tho first bids It under tho roots of a treo 12T yours old was still firm. O. H. Dntson made a talk In favor of bltullthlc nnd later Hugh Mcf.nln declared that some of Ills remarks wco misleading. V. K. Moagland saM the property ovnors wanted the best paving. HiicUlnglmm'M Opinion. City Hnglncor Hucklnghnm said that all four kinds of paving were ntnndard and that there wns only a few centB difforenco on the voavy .traffic pnvlng. Ho said this differ ence would not amount to $300 on Mm lilcceBt lob. Howovor. on tl"o but 'Ight traffic pnvlng. ho pointed out that t in lowest tcntativo mil wns seven cents higher thnn the Coos Uny CENTRAL ME. SLIP APPROVED SClOLPUPILS I I R IRK 10 BUY LOCAL DOCKS Original . Idea for uregon oiom:i that r. i mm ok Riiilrllnrt at Fair in San : NORTH PACIFIC WANTS SMITH Council Grants Business Men Right to Construct It Af ter Discussion After a prolonged discussion, J. rtl tlnittilifnii nn.l ! Pni1tnti rntt. raving pompnny has boon la.N'ug I. rcgoIltlng Ccntrni nvonuo business lto further nnliited out tl'nt tho bl tullthlc wns about twenty-five rents nor yard hinder thnn tho bltumlnouB bid on the light paving. Secret Ilallot. Flne'lv a secret ballot wns taken, cecli Councilman writing down tho would had to bo paved with olthor 1 1 t i 'I- of paying ho proferrcd It re ? nnd $1.G0 on tho light K8 for wood b locks. K, tho latter being tMr- Votct Hlg i I Id. per yard Icbh thnn their,, Counrllman Albrceht Insl ro bid, nlth'ough tho1 " ndoi.tloii was for be h' "bituminous or sheet nsphnlt, tho lnt tcr being slightly tho cheapest. Kntcr New Hid. Tho L, .1. Smith Construction com pany put In a now tentntlvo bid Inst nlglit, bidding $2.08 on tho heavy traffic pnvJng traffic paving ty-flvo contH first tentative epcclflcntlons for tho paving woro jdlghtly rcdtico'l. In nddltlon to this It wns mndo a pnrt of tho now bid thnt tho company wns to hnvo tho North Front street contract at tho first bid and that at least 10,000 ynrds of addltlonnl paving was to bo -Jnld during tho yenr, Thoro was a big crowd present nnd el" I to a fow participated In the dis cussion. Mr. Arnold of tho Warren Conipnny,i Hugh McLnln representing wood blocks, W. V. Douglas roprc Fontlug sheet nsuhnlt, and Otto Mor rlssoy representing tho bituminous, discussed tholr paving. Hugh Mc-Laln made a plea for the wood blocks iih a l'oino product nnd building un Jiomo Industry. A. Y. Myora, Hugh Sneddon, Clnude NnHbiirg. I). I. Hood, Dr. Taggnrt nnd other pronor- ty ownors wero present and talked, I nulled In throo votes for bltullthlc nnd ono for wood blockB. Councllnicn Doll and Copplo bolng nbsent. Later romnrkB Indlrnted that Al-bree'-r. HvortBon nnd Wilson voted for hltnllthle nnd Councilman Fer- slstod that light and benvv traffic paving, mo said that tho Council was not auctioning It off but wanted In p'ny fair with tlio blcl dorfl. Ho Bald that ho favored i-onio ronccniB but ho wanted tho paving at n low prlro nnd wuntcd now con cerns brourht In hero. Ho Bnld thnt tli'o J. I,. Sniltli compnny'H Inst bid wns lint Ingltlmnto. W. U. Douglas kicked vigorously ns n proporty owner against tho Council choosing bltullthlc for the residence section, stiylng thnt tf'ey wero saving n couple of emits In tho biiBliiPBB district nnd loBlng twenty flvo cents per ynrd In tho residence section. Hugh Mel.nlu Insisted thnt the Couiirllmen go on record about tho reuldeimo Bectlon pnvlng. Mnyor Al len called for ovprossloiiB nnil Al brccht, Kvertsen nnd Wilson declared for bltullthlc. ""' "J r",."..JLa.".l"JJ?r l'"0J-i CoiincllniPii Ferguson Insisted Hint "VU ... . 'A1""..' ",r" ""r'nrt ving , r0r,y owners bo nllowed to -TT.VEV.T.L .'U1 r8.il..1".,lnvo the'r snv about this as either bituminous or wood blocks.' ."ST "" " 7 it '"'" r. '"' Jlugli Sneddon fevered tho l.ltunitn. , . ' r twe tv-rivo ct, tH . or v ur. vnH oufl. D. L. Rood thought that tlio L' Hi? Klecl'iiti Aptu-ncd. The Council npprovod the o'etlon nf Den KnntliiK us chief nnd Homer Vniijrov ns nHHlBtunt chief of the proporty ownorfl ought to sign up, stating t' o kind thov wnntod. City Attorney flos snld thnt tho Council could not bind Itself to one kind of pavement for n veer nnd thnt if tho property ownors, by n big cnnjorlty, petitioned 'or n certain lud of pnvlng tho Council would bo pretty nut h grnnt tbolr roniiPit.l tunt is, ir tup nniicy nf the past four Alnrshllell Kim I)oinrtinont. V'o re tuniM of t'o bnllotlng being presented by Win. SIppii nii'l II. Petty. ItniiHnn I'lorcodlng. Muvnr Alton Biiggested In. Chnlr- mon, woro given permission to put In tho slip for small boats at tho foot of C ntrnl avenuo nt once, tho slip to be built under tho supervis ion of tho City Knglneer, Tho slip Is to ho tho width of tho street audi extend out ten feet of tho twenty-five feet betweon the dock lino nnd tlio, harbor lino. ! Mr. Hnrrlgon oxplnlned that tho committor bad raised tho money to j build tho slip nnd been given per-1 mission by tho old wntcrfront com mittee of tho Council to do the work. Ho snld they waited until, they hnd a chnnco to confer with ' Amo Mcro n of tho C. A. Smith Company, to mnko sure It would not Intorforo with the C. A. Smith Company. Ho snld that Mr. Moreen ugrced nnd further promised Hint when C. F. McQeorgo's lcnB cxplrod that the slip could bo extended northwnrd n coiiBldornblo distance. Further, Mr. Mere n ondenvored to hnvo Mr. McOeorgo withdraw Ills objection. Then ho Bnld tho con tract was awarded nnd ChnB. Noblo hnd been delayed by tho Mill Slough work. Dr. Hoiisoworth spoke In favor of the slip, saying Hint crtalnly the Council should not object to nn Im provement which would benefit tho public nnd which would not cost. the, city nnythlng. Mr. Hnrrlgnn said that city Attor-' ney (loss had inroriucii mm mat tlicro wns nn old permit granted to tho K. 11. Demi Lumber Compnny, predecessors of the C. A. Smith Company, nllowlng them to build tho Central nvonuo dock, which would hnvo to bo revoked. Councilman Kvortson said thnt ho thought thnt tho slip should bo built and wanted to know why the ntcninshlp company hnd not Iron pnylng somo rent for tho Bevornl yenra they bail used tho street. City Attorney (Iosb oxplnlned about the old permit to Hi- Dcnn Com pany nnd snld Hint McOeorgo might clii I m boiiio rights under It. How ocr. ho snld thnt ho wns rnnfldont thnt tho ownership of the street k til remained with the city, nl- nn n vnrisen or mo limn riimmmr" ... .... ...... ... ........i .,...,,. yoarfl was ronoweii. ;..-. llo ,,.. (ll0 ici,t nt Sovonth ' '""'"" ,'"", '."" .' H '...'. . Councllmnn All,ro-l. -M tM , ?,1 jSinSi mwo. oSt t tlmt It Tl SowlSrV TSfoySff" throng h tentnt ve ids In tho pnst ...nnlil orv both strootn I . .' . """" " I0U Joiira nun tra Council hnft- forced down 'tho ffn ",Zy frin." "Sl. has filled jjl yjvBllgt vZwl lirlco of Iirnl imvli.K from W 7(1 pr , ntnllf PyimK the f.rrv to lnnd,1'8 ,,,'J? ",, I.w rMhnvli k bo n yard to Vu. rm,,( rP. Me ;-H B Ml0 ()1(, irpnicwnlor dock. It wbb J '' ,'7 "iZ c0, , rn nvinuS tl-nt bU Idea wm to (.ino.o o I'te-i ,in,.i,i.ui (n i,n.... It clnnrB1 nuf nnd ".?.. l ... .-1. .J " - -i'0!"1 ..".r" i- iiiiii'k, ne nun Kniiiieii ircu iiockhko flf liailltn fH .Lit iinitB mt .!.. 1...fc .. r .... . .. .1 price oh nlncM. Il raH M.-t tH.n WMr ,1(. nVn. CoUn.H Kri,Bon H"-loT """ lUHo chsh between JCwoov.;: r-1 ,o,,,nv" ,,f ,,,k,?ul t,,e ,,pMr.iiUKrim.uSJVii.tn M'o wood block nnil th bltullthlc to h niiKh Kiontor donth. 'i-ignn ltitlmitl Hint Oob hIioiiM thoy worft the low ojihi. H ml f'llv FiiKlneor lIuVIibftn wn ,"" ,";,,'" p,, ,1 . in "i,0 flUt t'nt l-o did not think It wb fair to ordered to praimr- plan, for nav-; P. that the old wnterfrot com roiiHlder the lust bid of im J. I.. South Iiron.iwny from Curtis to p8 111 It too Mm oiw to Rmltr pomprnv. r It wn. nut Im r. Hall with bltullthlc. " fi ' h0 "S, ter thov had learned their competl- Ot'o Korrlwwv reported that wv-1, ",.!", wl I o it th coim ittei tors' bids. on blocka of hnrd pavlnc waa to b 'f,'.,t a !ef, h0 x0 'VoS "nrt Otln Morrlawv ..rMi,;t If ! petitioned for by roaldentlul prop- lnx l$nn ,luiirle . Mr! Council nliipted-ono lttnd of pavliiK rtv ownora. con row rather liHIminiit over thov would not uet anv further mm- Claud Naahuric reniieated tin! C. t,,e ifrp,, H, Hq,i t),Ht no wni potlllon. Ho aald that hla companv It. Klauaynu be advanced n nnv-l , . trrlmt t. atrnliehtoii tho mat. had not bid In competition but had nu.nt o., the North Swond lr ' out trHinmoii tno nint- meroly fixed t'-o piaxliiiimi iirlce. work, tho pnvniput to bo In ntaee , p0liro tni0i 0 tno nU(, g. ,a'tv of Iniiuodlute net Ion by lUoi'iicn .Mr. Arnold rnu unit it would post r mo nnyiiimii 01 hmuw.muiu ,. . i.,110ji.lte ni,ail i... n10 IiIh company $1000 freight to ahlii Southern OroRon Comnanv. In n lilnnt welithliii? irn.nnn nninwiu which cnniiot inv for alxty diva yet llo snld thnt tho asphalt pnvlng wns owIiik to tho Dnvla h'lr suit, lie controlled bv three concerim In the Bl,,l Hint Flnnngan would not claim northwest and thnt he wns ono of Interest, but would uso tho funds to Hioni, m B-ild t'nt so far ns Mio ''I'" , " eomploto the street, nsphnlt offering conuv tltlon it waa Claude Nnsburg nrotestpd nRiUnat not correct ns It required ""out $10.. .'"nlner nvonuo bolng filled now. G00 to put In nu nsphn't plant. Ho " ,M,, tho street would not be of anld that If tho Council wanted to n,,v "- h,ui t,mt " would Intorforo throw down nil HpncIflcntloiiH j10 wim ino i'iaiiiirr pbwii kj-uiiik uiuir could put In pnvlug iih low iih nlnety elght ceutH per ynrd, but ho would not guurnuten It. Hugh Mcl.nln said Hint tho wood blocks vcro tho host mid cited un In stance where n while cednr log lying lowland filled. Ho enld they owned About two-thirds of tho abutting property. I.lbby COAL. Tho kind YOU hnve VIAVAVS l'SKI). Phoni 72. Pnclflc Ivnrv nnd Trnnsfo" Cnmr.nnv "' " "'"'''" '"" "'' "' '""' "' "llr""S Valentine Jewelry Beautiful and dainty nieces of individual jewelry suit able for Valentines; inexpensive but lasting remem brances for Valeetiee Day Saftinrdlayj, Felbraary 14 Drop In and select something from our extensive line FOR YOUR SWEETHEART YOUR WIFE YOUR MOTHER YOUR SISTER Flnnlly Councllmnn Alhrocht mndo n motion Hint tho old nermlt of the Horn Compnnv bo rovokod nnd thnt tho cIiIzqiih ho nllowed to build the Blip nt one?. Tills wns uiinnlniously en riled. Provlouslv Councllmnn Forguson OMilnlnod thnt his committee hnd ordered mo sll coiistructlon Btop pod until tho Council met In order tn eivo both sides n hearing. Mr. Mrfionrgo wna not prsont Inst night nnd no oblectlon wpb volcod by nny one, to tho coinnilMee going nhoid. Mr. (1()8K said that It might be necessary In ensn of n legnl con troversy tn hnvo tho bIIii built In the rogulnf wnv, ronulrlng proc dure by ordliinnro, liiiui'ovv Alley. Cltv Knulneer HiickliiKhnm was In strnc'pd tn prepnro pinna for re building the nlleywny botweon Front nnd I'Ino streota, Just north of tho Hrowon saloon. Mr. HiicklngJinm Btiitcd thnt jean ago II. Hacker nnd another man hnd paid $r0 apiece for tho eight-foot strip but thnt as It had been used ns n pub'lc hlg' way bo long It wns now public proporty. The city attorney was also Instruct ed to Investigate another nlleywny Just north of tho K. IC. Jones prop erty which has been fenced up for n long time. Francisco Supt. F. A. Ticdgcn of tho Mnrsh Pi.ti! nnlinnla a In rcrnlllt of t! O fol lowing letter, which Is self-explnna-tory: "T'o Oregon Coinmlsslon for the I'nnninn-l'nclflc Exposition has nsked whother It would bo possible for the mnnual training dopnrtmcntB of our high bcIiooIb to mnko tho furniture to bo used In the Oregon building. All ftirnlturo would bo subject to snlo tho amount to go to tho school mak ing tho furnlturo, or to bo returned to tho makers at the closo of t' o Ex position. Tho freight expenso will bo taken enro of by tho commission. "Wo have to mnko n report next week upon this point. Will you write mo by return mn.ll, tolling mo to whnt extent your bcIiooI could nsslst In this work? Tho working designs for tho furnlturo will bo propnred by the architects for tho commission. You would lnvo tho balance of this bcIioo! yenr, and, I think, up to December 1 of noxt term. It cortnlnly will bo n grcnt advertisement for the hlKh schools of Oregon If thoy inn claim tho distinction of having furnished the Oregon Hulldlng. "Thanking you for your considera tion of this matter, I remain, Very truly yours, .1. A. Churchill, Sup't. Public lnstructon. Fobrnnry !, 101 1. Sunt. Tlodgen replied as follows: Mr. .1. A. Churchill, Snlcm, Oregon. Dear Sir: Replying to your loiter relative to ir-operatlng In making furnlturo for tho Oregon bluldlng. will Buy that wo shall bo glnd to do something In fnct count It nn opportunity. I low er, our department Is new oMnb IIbIioiI this yotir nnd bo we nk that Homo of tho simpler things bo sent our way. Wo hnvo n myrtle wood In this section that works up n'trnrt've ly. Some use might bo mndo of this. Wo are using some of f Is nt present In our more advanced class. If wo could know dorinlto things soon It would bo n favor. Uospcctfully, ---1'-,-A--T-lg'lK-c!!1:'.' , to do with the sewers that have been emptying Into It. It was stilted thnt C. A. Smith, owner of moat of tho property Hint tho Mill Slough dm In hex runs through hnd stated nt first Hint no iiowerH wero to bo nllowed to nnn'y Into It or cross tho property. Tho city ordlnnnco prohibits erect lug " building over n wood sower mid henco the objection. IIowov r. It l hopod to got n per mit from tho C. A. Smith Couminy to luy u temporary wood aewor alongside the Mill Slough ('mlii tn temporarily nccommndato inn af fected Hcwors down town until the Anderson nvenuo aowor enn b. put In, In the enso of O." W. Kaufman and W. It. Haines, Mr. DueklnRham reuorted that a pbn had been made whereby they could construct a loliu sowor aloiiK the curb linn of T nth street and connect up with the Cen tral nvenuo aowor. I j Thlnl Sheet Sou or. ! Tho problem of hn'idllmt t' Third i atrot Rawer waa lft to C!tv F.n glneer Ilucklmtlinm nnd the Health , Committee, Thla old aowor empties Into Mill Plough mil U about two foot too low to bo connected on to any other sower. It (HllU',, bo con nect d up with tho new Mill Slough drain box nnd about the onlv wiyl to liundlo It Is to olthor reiilro Mo proporty ownora to build n new aowor to tnko Its pluro or to bull'! nu outlet along tho Mill Slough drain box lo tho llnv. Tho lntler will cost about $200 and It will probnbly linv to ho paid by tho city. I H. F. WIlllaniB Is arranging to construct o sower similar to this nlong tho drain from Irrondway to tho bay o take the nlnco of tho old system from tho Williams building I which omptlos into Mill Slough. PimPKHTY XOKT "K ri;.- THAIi l"()lt HOAT OKKICKS. According to n rumor nflont hoie, some Bteninshlp coinpnny, presuma bly tho North I'nclflc, Ifi negotlntlng for tho iiurchnso of tho C. A. Smith' company's holdings north of Central nvenuo nnd west of Front street with n vlow to putting In a largo ware house tlicro. Nothing doflnlto could bo obtnlncd nbout tho report today, nlthoiigh It Is known that negotiations hnvo boon ponding. Tho C. A. Smith coinpnny has nearly a block of proporty there. Tho North Pacific, company lina been operating tho AUInnco In horo, but Ib figuring on chnnglng tho AUI nnco to tho Alaska run nnd putting the Hoanoko or ono of Its other lnrg or boats on tho Coob Day run. A Portland paper says: On tho receipt of a telegram from C. P. Doo, head of tho North Pnclflc Steamship coinpnny confirming nn offor ho mndo to tho Pacific Steamship Coin pnny for tho charter of tho Btcnmer AUInnco, to bo operated In tho 'Portland-Alaska service, negotiations for tho vessel probnbly will bo closed. Mr. Doo Wt tho city for San Francis co Friday night and n telegram was sent to hlin. Tho acquisition of the tho AUInnco to tho fleet Is desired becniiBo alio cnrrlcB pnsscngorH In addition to nbout 700 Ioiib of cargo. Cannery Interests In Alaska, which nnnunlly nonil lnrgo crews hi their ptunts, hnvo suggested Hint In Btnrtlng tho Borvlco the company mnko provision for pns BongorB, though nt the outBet tho principal ulm was to assemblo a fleet or modern freight vessols. Tho AUInnco bus boon on tho run out of Portland for years, being now In service on tho Portlnnd-CoosMlny-F.urekn route on n ton-tiny schedule. She wns built In 1800 nt Fnlrhnvon, Cnl., nnd. Is 101.1 feet long, has n ber.ni of 35.0 feet and a depth of hold of 12 feet. TiiVt AUInnco first b.iI cd from hero In the dray floot, making Coos Hay regularly, but It Is snld her owner favora a smaller ves sel for tho trade, one that can bo used to better advantage at Coast ports. Just a Few More Day s These Final Hi Reductio in Women's Coa Suits, 'Ralncos and Dr.es si LADIES' COATS uuguiiM pneu $1U,UV, p Now X uuKUiiir pricu fu.uu. Now , Regular price $ 1G.7C. Now 'Regular prlco $ IS 75. Now Regular prlco $20.00. Now . . . . tegular prlco $25.00. Now Regular prlco $110.00. Q Now 0 Si) $12 $11' UNCLE TOM'S CM CMi Red Cross Jewelry Depyft Red Cross Otoe I i SEWAGEflfi I ILL SLOUGH City Council Will Not Permit Connections With Bin Drain Now Tho City Council Inst night de cided thnt under no circumstances nre Bowers to bo permitted to con nect with the now Mill Slough drain box. This was brought up by tho in direct request of sovornl for permis sion to do so and nlso by tho state ment that tho closing of tho slough would mnko a problem as to what NKKI) A SPIT, lint, rlilrt or shoes? Cio to la.MHVS. OPK.V till- KVKV-1X(J. A Superb Two-Part Film of the Great Story Comintj to The Grand Manager 'Mnraden of tl p Grand Theatre continues providing hla pat rons with the topnotch features In the moving ieture world. Ilia lat est acquisition la a auporb two-part adaptation or Harriet Heorher Stowe's Immortal atory, "Undo Toiu'a Cabin." which will be shown ur thla popular play house on next Thursday evening. This play offers some unusual op portunities for heniitirul pictures ami tho producers have takru advantage of It by producing a apleudld surlos of scenes the cotton fields In full bloom, n MluslMlppi River atonm bont trip and ICIIzn'a thrilling oscnpo across the lee. Then thore nro tho other thrilling scenes, tho death of l.lttlo Kva and I.egreo'a lirutiuity in I'nclo Tom, presented bo vividly i:a (o make this tho most realistic portrayal of Mrs. Stowo's story over attempted. Reniober tho day and dato Thurs day evening, February 12 at tho Grand Theatre. LADIES' SUITS Regular prlco $1C.7S. ( Now Regular prlco $1S75. , Now Regular prlco 20 00. Now (Regular prlco $22.75. m Now U U Regular prlco ? 25.00. m Now V 5.1 Rogulnr prlco ?:10 00. (V Now y LADIES' RAINCOATS' Ono odd lot, $ I ".n, f Now V'1 Rogulnr prlie ? M Now . V Rogulnr prke o M Now $" Regular price $7 oo. yi Now W Rogulnr price $7 Fo (W Now V Regular prlco U3 00. (Mf Now ' ?!' LADIES' WOOL DRESSEi Regular prlto $7.00. CM Now vri ia'l)0'S, O'OmiiicII llldg. OPK.V this KVKXIXG. Rogulnr prlco $10.00. Now Rogulnr prlco $12.30. M Now If you hnvo anything to bo!1. rent, trade, or want liolp, try a Want Ad Mi TLb Times. Rogulnr prlco $15.00. (M Jv'nw V Regular prlco $25.00. 0 Now V ! 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