The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-05-21
BOARD PILOT COMMISSIONERS,
Meeting Yesterday.-What was Done.

The board of pilot commissioners
met Yesterday: present, Messrs. J. A.
Brown, Louis Wilson, Geo. w. Louus-
berry, clerk. The board transacted
the usual routine business, referred all
applications for branches, etc., to new
board for action thereon and then ad.
| journed.
The new board then met, consisting
of Louis Wilson, j. A. Brown and A.
Montgomery, Geo. W. Lounsberry
| acting secretary.
Commissioner Montgomery noml-
mated Commissioner Wilson for presi-
dent: then Commissioner Wilson nom
mated Commissioner Montgomery for
president. Neither nomination was
seconded SO the matter went over,
Commissioner Wilson acting as chair
man of the meeting.
Then a proposition was read from
the chamber of commerce regarding a
room for Office purposes: on motion
the proposition was accepted.
Then came up the question of elect.
ing clerk, to serve two years at q
salary of $500 year, as much as all
three of the pilot commissioners get.
The minutes of the transactions
after the meeting were at Mr.. Louns-
berry's house up to the hour of going
to press, and Mr.. Lounsberry's house
is some distance up on the hill, and
the walking was not very good: con-
hicting accounts arise as to the acts
and intentions of Commissioner Will
son and Commissioner Brown and
Commissioner Montgomery, but it ap-
pears that the election of president
was not in exact accordance with what
Commissioner Brown considered he
had reason to expect.
For clerk commissioner Montgom-
cry nominated Walter L. Robb:
The vote stood, for Robb: Montgom-
cry, Aye; Brown, no; Wilson not vot-
ing.
Then a second vote was taken: this
time commissioner Montgomery voted
aye, commissioner Wilson, no, and
commissioner Brown, who was last in
say, voted aye; so Walter L. Robb
was declared elected.
Then came up the question of issu-
ing branches. There was quite a
batch of applications; seven in all.
Commissioner Brown moved that
they be taken up and acted upon.
Commissioner Montgomery objected;
he said that inasmuch as the new law
had not yet gone into effect it would,
he thought, be better to wait till it
did go into effect; that there were also
unsettled differences between the pi-
lots and the o. r. & N. Co. Commits
sioner Brown then thought it would
be the proper thing, if they did ad-
iourn, to adjourn till to-day. Fur
ther objection was made to this and
commissioner Brown remarked with
emphasis that he bad q good notion
to resign and, so far as he was con
cerned, let the other two run the thing
and then Gov. Pennoyer would be
able to appoint Dick Lemon to fill the
vacancy so caused. Then other re-
marks of pro and con, principally
con, nature were made, and a motion
to adjourn to June 10th at 10 A. NJ,
was made by commissioner Montgom-
cry. The motion prevailed, and the
meeting adjourned harmoniously.
Walter L. Robb, the newly elected
secretary, was then notified of his
election, and he proceeded to execute
a good and faithful bond in the sum
of $4,000.
After the meeting the law in rela-
ton to the question of president was
looked up, and it was found that in
the event of no election the member
senior in age shall act as president:
Commissioner Montgomery is believed
to be older than commissioner Brown
or commissioner Wilson; if this be-
lief is founded on correct understand
ing of the ages of each, then commits
sioner Montgomery is now president
of the board of pilot commissioners
for the state of Oregon.
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