HomeMy WebLinkAbout1908-11-10 Regular Minutes Tukwila, Washington, November 10th.1908.'
A 'regular Meeting of the Town Council was held on -he above date,-
at .the. residence of Mr. H.Viederman.
Meeting was called to order at Vne hour of 8;45 P.M.
Present;
Joel Shomaker- -M
Del Adelphia,
John 0. Wold,
J.M.Hall,
R.H.Heath and
J.W.Wilson, Council::aen.
Minutes of the last' Regular and Special Meetings read and approved.
Th Commi appointed to investigate the Parker Hill, with a
V tv to ascertaining the cost of cuttin, the e are down to admit of
tr el, reported, but �as they had arrived at no definite conclusions.,
ir' he absence of- any means of making an accurate survey', it wa: decided
tha they meet next Sunday Nov. 15th; wi fir. Kline, who will take
his _,nstrun:ents and make an accurate survey of the Hill]_,, and determine
just -.how ,nuch dirt it will be necessary to remove, after which they are
to draw aP spe a advertise for bid_ for grading down the
said hill, in a rianner to make it .passable for communication with the
County Road.
The Mayor appointed an auditing committee, `onsisti.r. of J.H.Hall
Del Adelphia and John 0. Y ►old, whose duties it shall Ge t audit; all
bills presented for payment.
Motion_ was nude, seconded and carried, unanimously, to drop the
idea of dividing th.e Town into Wards-, except theoretically, for the
urpose of representation.
Ordinances Nbs. 12• and 13, for the creation of Iurprove;i ent Dis-
t. cts Nos. 3 and 4, passed on their first reading.
:The petition for a sidewalk through private property was referred
'_'back to the petitioners, with the information that the Council had no
'poiver -t.o act in the premises.
A resolution was adopted, condemning the old sidewalk between_
Riverside and Kenny Avenues on Hillman Boulevard, for-the reason that
the same is a menace to life and limb.
It was also resolved by the Council to build a railing on both sides;
of the new sidewalk along Hillman Boulevard in front front of Lot 30, Block
4,
The Cornrnittee on Light reported, but no definite conclusions were
arrived at. Acting upon a suggestion by Mr. Adelphia, the CoLtvni t tee
was ordered to confer with the Snoqualmie Light cue Power Co. w ith a
view to getting -a line extended from Renton to Tukwila, for public and
domestic use of light, and report, to the council at its next meting.
Mr. Gunter, a resident of Tukwila, appeared before the Council
and asked for steps to be put in, leading from Highland Drive up to
Riverside Avenue; referred to Committee on Streets and Alleys.
Clerk ordered to post notices regarding the payment of dog tax.