The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-07
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
4 short Session Of the City Fathers
Last Evening,

IO'Hara, Lewis, Scnerhechdu, 1nonhsoii
narker and Young.
: The minutes of the preceding meeting
were read and approved
A petition for liquor license from
Alex. Gilbert was granted.
petition from A. Booth & Co. fol
permission to continue their net-racki
out toward the channel was referred t<
the committee on wharves and water
frontage.
A petition signed by a number of the
leading business firms, asking for a re-
duction in the amount charged for IL
censes for free delivery wagons, was
referred to the committee on ways and
means.
i Property owners on Elm street petit
toned for the improvement Of said
street from Bonneville avenue to boun-
Diary line between Adairs Astoria and
Alderbrook. Referred to the committee
on streets and public ways.
Barth Wall asked that the city taxes
on his property in Shively's Astoria be
remitted, the reason advanced for the
request being that the house had been
destroyed by the recent landslide The
petition was granted. A short discus
sion ensued on the legality of the propo-
sition to grant the petition without the
passage of either an ordinance or a
resolution.
A communication was read from the
proprietors of the Budget, claiming that
The Astorian was publishing the city
printing in minion type, instead of in
nonpareil, and asking that the contract
for doing the work be taken from The
Astorian and given to the Budget. Re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means.
The committee to whom was referred
the claim of w. A. Sherman for SER
vices in making up the tax roll recon-
mended that one-half of the claim, or
$780, be allowed. Report adopted.
The committee on streets and public
ways reported as follows in the matter
VI lllC lCQuSnt VI II. MdIlOIl lOr the
passage of an ordinance authorizing the
street committee to enter into contract
with him for the removal of earth from
the crossing of Seventh and Olney
Streets Permission to remove earth
from above crossing was granted, but
it was expressly stated and understood
that no obligation was assumed by the
city to pay anything for it. We believe
that to allow a claim of this nature
would be to establish a precedent and
unfair to bidders for public work gem
orally" The report was adopted
The report of the street committee on
the remonstrance against the proposed
grade in Uniontown was adopted.
The report of the committee on streets
and public ways on numbering and
naming the streets of the city was laid
over.
The payroll of the city surveyor for
February was ordered placed on file
and warrants ordered drawn for the
amount.
Similar action was taken in the mat
ter of the road payroll for FEBRUARY,
and the street payroll for the same
month
Warrants were ordered drawn for the
payment Of salaries of city officers and
for fire allowances.
Similar action was taken on the police
payroll for February
Street Superintendent Chadwick re-
ported that he had given due notice of
the dangerous condition of the roadway
to Alderbrook, and asked that having
performed his duty he be relieved from
any further responsibility in the mat
ter, his warnings having been disre-
garded in some instances, Referred to
the street committee
The police report on electric lights for
the month of February was read, and
the auditor instructed to make the
proper deductions.
An ordinance was read for the first
time granting a franchise for a street
railway to the Bay Railway Co. Upon
motion the ordinance was recommit4ed.
The ordinance providing for the Ii
censing of laundries was placed on it's
final passage and lost by vote of to
2, Messrs. O'Hara and Thomson voting
aye.
An ordinance was passed appropriat-
ing the sum of $3.50 out of the police
fund for the use of the board of police
Bills were ordered paid as follows:
Astoria Iron Works, $685. ], S. Del
niger, $780, C. ], Trenchard, $95.25;
1latsop Mill Co. 5000 and 1878; w. L.
"a,
A number Of claims were referred to [
he respective committees
Councilman O'Hara offered the fol-
owing resolution. II
Resolved, That the auditor and po-
ice judge Of the city of Astoria be
md are hereby authorized to advertise
or bids for the purchase of $4,000 of t
bonds. said bonds to run for . |,
en- years, and to bear interest at the
ate OF 6 per cent per annum. said bonds
o be issued by the city Of Astoria for
he purpose of funding certain indebt-
dness of said city for street improve t
nents" y
The sentiment Of the council was that :
n ordinance should be passed if any {
ction was taken in the matter Mr.. s
bergman was in favor of borrowing ,
money and navinc cnntractnrs who had