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o o o o o Hearings on Annexation, Tvo Improvement Districts Called The Medf(J tit cDuacil lstM. C. Lininger, $4,558.50; W. H. i letter submitted to the council night called for public hearings on one annt.ti(i jpPopofl and two improlrr.r.l flV.ric pro jects, o A public hrug will )f held April 2 Ci naesir.g property owned by : Coffeen, 103 Stewart a, Mecitord, ejest of Holly st. i d 33 Xcei inuth on Stewart Coffeen requested the prop erty" be fnr.ieJ to Wedford in order to ofa.e MOitary wer connections. If tfc property is annexed, gofff.i red to per mit thecity to Sdictt 30-foot portiorr of Stewart ave. crossing the property. No offtcil dedica tion of the portion of th j-cet has yet een nrde, it t ex plained. Public Hestristajt Public hearings mill bo held March 19 to conidtr construc tion of a u'ater main on South Grape st from Metros ave. to Stewart a?. )nd construction of a sanitary sewer in block 4, South Sea Addition. A petition from owner, of Highland"' Mret. 451 South Highland drive, Hedford, to re zone the 50 by fcO-foot lot from class IA (sincle family) to class IIIA ddftnitfi commercial) was referred to the planning commis sion with directions for th com mission to hold a public hearing; on the srop-osal. A slftiilar request from the property owners w recently consided by the commission but no" recommendation wis made. Medford Attorn? Robert Dames, representing the market owners, said the property own ers may request a "variance," which would permit the market to operate if the area's present tone worked a "special hard ship" on them. o The psvperty became class IA (single family) when the area was recently annexed to Med ford. Ordinance Adopted The council adopted an ordin ance to assess benefiting prop erty owners a portion of the cost of a trunk water main for lateral use on South Grape st. from Monroe st. to a point 896 feet north of the street. The decision followed a public hearing. An ordinance was adopted ordering the assessment of bene Citing property owners for pav ing Greenway Circle and Green way drive. Estimated cost of the project was 514.814.45 and final cost was $15,376.32, it was point ed out. Cost per front foot will be 55.46 with curbs and $3.46 per front foot without curbs. A bid was awarded to the Everett Den Herder Construc tion company, Medford. for in stallation of a water main on Marie st. from Saling ave. to Jackson St.. on Jackson st. from Marie st. to Madison place, and on Madison place from Jackson st. to an alley between Jackson st. and Queen Anne drive. Other Bids The bid submitted was 34.063 Other bids were submitted by- Conrad. S4. 716.75; and Day and by Medford Attorney O. H. Nite Plumbing, $5,115.16. AH i Eengston, who was to appear firms. Engineer's the project was are Medford estimate for $4,506.25. A request from the Table Rock Sanitary district that the council approve 24 connections in that district to the Medford system was referred to the coun cil health committee. The health committee constitutes all mem bers of the council. City Manager Robert Duff i si id a matter of "council policy" was involved in the request. The ; council should consider its pres- ent "no service outside of city" policy in regards to the area, he said, which probably will never be eligible for annexation to Medford. An ordinance was adopted leasing space on the third floor of the city hall to the bureau of land management. General alterations were completed re cently increasing the BLM space to 4,706 square feet, an increase of about 1,901 square feet. The space, which was leased to the BLM for a five year period, will be rented at the rate of 51.82 per annum per square foot or $713.74 per month, according to the ordin ance. Items Transferred The council adopted an ordin ance transferring several city budget items to balance out an ticipated deficiencies in various other departmental budget items. About $2,177.75 was trans ferred from the general admin istration fund to cover costs of special elections, street decora tions, office machine repairs and office supplies. An item of S506.25 was trans ferred from the building depart ment fund to cover the cost of Pacific Coast Building confer ence fees for checking the new Rogue Valley hospital, now un dcr construction. About $75 was transferred from the fire department fund to provide sewer pipe for con nections to the southeast Med ford trunk sewer main at the East Side fire station. The council accepted as com plete a sanitary sewer project in the Verde Hills by the E and W Construction company. Council man Jimmy Dunlevy said work men and equipment of the com pany have damaged property in the area by leaving ditches and furrows in many yards near the work. Duff said the company indi cated that damage would be cor rected before crews leave the project. An extension of contract was granted P. S. Lord Construction company which is installing the southeast trunk Medford sewer Completion date of the project was extended 30 days. Reason for the delay. Duff said, was because more rock excavation than expected was encountered by the construction company. No action was taken on a at the meeting on behalf of Amos Walker, owner of Walk er's Dreamland ballroom. He was to present an oral communi cation in regards to Bear creek bank work were there has been erosion adjacent to Walker's building. The council also passed an ordinance establishing a Grape st. No. 2 water fund. Duff reported that David Homestake Mining Lists $4,407,000 in Earnings San Francisco (U.F?) Home stake Mining Company reported i Tuesday earnings of $4,407,000 in 1956, equivalent to 52.19 a share. In 1955, the company earned $4,359,000 or S2.17 a share. cently turned over SI, 503 to the city in revenue as the city's share of his profits from 17 acres of pears on city property leased to Lowry. Lowry pays 25 per cent to the city of his total in come from the pear crop. The council also granted an extension of time to the M. C. Lininger and Sons Construction company, Medford, on its com pletion date of the sewer for the new National Guard armory, Labor-Management Study Group Sought Salem U.R) A resolution calling for an interim commit tee to study Oregon labor man agement laws was introduced in the Senate today by Sens. Rudie Wilhelm Jr. of Portland, Lee Ohmart of Salem and Leander Quiring of Hermiston. It calls particularly for study of statutes relating to labor dis putes and picketing. Lowry, Colver rd., Medford, re- now nearing completion. Budget-Cutting Drive Washington iU.Ri A House budget-cutting drive picked up support today from both parties. Some Republicans hinted Pres ident Eisenhower himself may be backing it. House GOP leaders went on record for a "substantial" cut in the President's record 571.8 bu llion peacetime budget. Wednesday. March 6, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Patterson's Help To Restore Liquor Official Denied Portland W.R) Accusations made by racketeer James B. El kins before a Senate committee in Washington yesterday that the late Gov. Paul Patterson was influenced by the Teamsters union to reinstate a liquor con trol commission official, were denied today. Thomas J. Sheridan, assistant administrator of the Oregon Liquor Control commission, and a civil service official both took exception to the testimony El kins gave. Came for Help Elkins had said that the late Gov. Patterson "performed" for the Teamsters union by reinstat ing Sheridan who had been sus pended for 30 days for accepting a gratuity. The Portland racketeer's testi mony said that Sheridan came to him for help after his suspen sion in October 1954. Elkins said he took Sheridan to see Clyde C. Crosby, International Team ster union representative in Oregon. By Unanimous Vote Records show that Sheridan's reinstatement as chief of the commission's enforcement divi sion was by the unanimous vote of the three-man State Civil Service commission following a hearing in December, 1954. 'To my knowledge, Elkins, Crosby or any of those people never used . . . influence on Gov. Patterson for me," Sheri dan said. Sheridan was joined by Philip A. Joss, state Civil Service com mission chairman. "There has never to my knowledge been any attempt by anyone to influence the State Civil Service commission," Joss said. Portland (U.R) Some 6.000 educators, nearly half the teach ers in Oregon, will gather here next week when the Oregon Ed ucational association holds its 54th annual convention March 14-16. 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