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City council closes with bids, remonstrances, and library talks
Mayor King leads full council as bids on John Street are favored over Walter Tomlinson’s figures. A remonstrance by 49 taxpayers blocks street vacations for W C Francis associates. Council discusses Charleston and Monteith extensions, dock land issues, and a Carnegie library push with Engineer Goodrich offering to fund an encyclopedic collection. Adjourned to January 7.
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King
Leggett
John Street
J. N
Tomlinson
W. C. Francis
Francis
Charleston Street
Smith Brothers
Peterson
Board of Public Works
Chicago Street
Monteith Street
Shields
Lindquist
Edwards
Brice
Thompson
W. W. Goodrich
Carnegie
Goodrich
Oregonian
Scientific American
Harpers’ Weekly
Leslie's Weekly
St. John
Daniel Brecht
Connellman Peterson
For &G
D. de Woods