Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-28 | Page 2 | Council Not Vested with Right to Give Away a City Street

COUNCIL NOT VESTED I WITH RIGHT TO GIVE GIVEAWAY AWAY ANAY A CITY STREET STREETA A proposition from Contractor P. P J. J Moran asking the tho city to convey Gale street orn In block 7 plat pInt A A between EI Eighth and Ninth South streets to to- to him which had been referred to tho the streets committee of tho council counci did not come up for discussion Thursday night The he subject had been referred to lo tho city cly attorneys attorney's office for an opinion and It i was as learned Thursday that the opinion had been prepared and that It I waso wase to the effect that the council l docs dOs not e 11 have tho the power to counci grant the T It of Moran Whether the council will wil accept this title ag ns and turn down tho the request Is not known Tho The grant asked for tor covers co one of or orthe the streets In the neighborhood C In which Moran oran owns a a considerable amount of ot property and where his stables sta sta- bIos bles are located A suit was tiled filed In Inthe inthe the tho Third district court Wednesday 1 by property owners In tho same samo locality to prevent Moran from getting a spur from the tracks of or the Oregon Short Lino company Into his property