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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
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ordered, but the same is hereby reconsidered.
Ordered that said petition of H. E. Norwold et al be referred to Comtee
on Licenses.
From Chamber of Commerce thanking the Council for tendering
the use of Council Chamber for meetings. Ordered filed.
A notice of protest from James M. Colman against the
Improvement done on Columbia Street & protesting against his
individual assessment presented.
Ordered that the vote by which the application of Margaret Sulli-
van for a licernse was rejected be & is hereby reconsidered.
Applications for Licenses
Ordered that licenses be issued as follows, towit;
S. Baxter for Wholesale for 6 months from Feb. 10
Geo Nadeau for Retail for 3 months from Feb. 10
Margaret Sullivan for Grocery for 3 months from Feb. 15
Fredrick Lendin for Retail for 3 months from Feb. 20
Cowles & Foster for Retail for 3 months from Feb. 12
Schwabacher Bros & Co for Wholesale for 6 months from Feb. 9
O'Shea & Parent for Retail for 3 months from Feb. 13
S. A. Scullin for Retail for 3 months from Feb. 11
And now the Resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce
relative to the forfeiture of the unearned land grant of the Northern Pacific
R. R. Co are presented & read; after due consideration it is ordered
that the said Resolutions be approved & that the Clerk be & is hereby
instructed to spread said Resolutions at large in this Journal
Said Resolutions read as follows, towit:
Whereas the original object and purpose of the creation of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, and the grant of lands thereto by the
Congress of the United States, was to aid in the building of a continuous
line of railroad from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, with a branch via
the valley of the Columbia River to Portland to promote the public interest
and welfare;
And Whereas, the said Company with the aid so granted during the past
three years, by the extraordinary and untiring efforts of its late President
Henry Villard so far Completed said road to the West [?]
[?] in connection from Portland to Lake Superior, and [?]