Show INDIGNATION ON NORTH Administration Roasted by Owners of Flooded Property WANT AN AQUEDUCT BUILT VIADUCT OVER O 0 S L TRACKS DECLARED DANGEROUS The American administration was roasted toa to a turn turn and then burned brown at an indignation meeting of the rest resl residents dents of ot North Temple street held in the Sixteenth ward meeting house The meeting meet meetIng Ing was well named Every one in attend attendance attendance attendance ance was brimming over with wrath and spent the evening sparring for an open opening openIng opening ing to expend the surplus The purpose of the gathering was was to ap appoint appoint appoint point a committee to visit the city coun council counell ell cil and ask that the overflow of City OU creek reek which flows down North Temple street streel be cared for in some manner so that it would not flood the yards ards and property of or the protestants The high highwater highwater highwater water has done a great deal of f damage in inthis Inthis inthis this section The committee appointed ap to secure relief from the present conditions was told to secure from the city council an appropriation to built an aqueduct from North to Ninth West streets either covered over and provided with manholes or with a widened channel and cement sides aides and bottom and to have this built without one cent of ot cost to the of that district Fernstrom In It Councilmen Fernstrom and Holley rep represented represented resented the city council counell at the meeting Councilman Fernstrom with characteristic tic eloquence stamped the move with his approval and said that it was a good plan and that he would labor for Its passage in inthe Inthe inthe the council The city council of ot the Democratic administration which was as supplanted by the present body it was said had appropriated to be used for the very purpose about which the tha North Temple street residents were gath gathered gathered gathered ered to express their righteous indignation tion Shortly after this money was ap appropriated appropriated appropriated the th present administration came into power and nothing was done about the matter What became of or this money and why wh the improvements were w ro not carried out these same sam residents would like to know The viaduct over the Oregon Short Line tracks was another point of attack at which many man of the speakers directed their thel oratorical fire It was said that this via viaduct viaduct viaduct duct was a menace to the district and as dangerous as though there were wera the same old grade Crossing The viaduct is not lighted and hence it was maintained ex extremely e extremely dangerous at night Instances were cited where street cars collided with teams going over the viaduct It was sug suggested suggested suggested that this fact also be brought to the attention of ot the council but finally finall it was decided that the committee committe chosen all its energy to Improving the canal The committee chosen to urge the coun council council council cil to 10 extend the aqueduct carrying the overflow and to improve It consists of G GH GH GH H Backman George orge R Emery Emer E Rich W Yo J Newman and E H Davis The mass meeting was presided O ov by G II U Backman E L Foiling Falling Follin acted as mere secre secretary tary tal |