The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-17
council MEETING
Large Amount of Routine Bus.
mess Transacted.
WATER COMMISSIONS REPORT
Shows Receipts and Disbursements
OH the Water Plant up to Date
Street Improvements.

AT the regular meeting Of the city
counIclL held [Aist evening every member
wul5 present. Mayor Kinney occupied
the chair.
The following Is "a summary Of the
busfneEtS transacted:
Petitions for liquor licenses from j. L.
Carlson and Carlson and Larsen were
granted.
Petition asking the council to pass the
ordinance granting the railroad company
franchise for right of way Through the
city Twas referred to the street commit
tehI
Petition from property owners on Irv-
ing avenue and 10th street asking for
the piactng Of AN electric Eight on the
crossing Of 18th street WAS granted.
Petition from the property owners i'm
Shive2y's Astoria asking the council to
extend the pound limits was placed on
fce.
A proposal for paving the city streets
with asphalt, from Thomhs X. Muir, was
referred to the committee on streets and
public ways.
Proposal for plat of the city of As
tcG'ia from r. L. Boyle, was referred Ito
committee on ways and means.
Report from committee on ways and
means recommending that the license for
fiILIt-clatl5 theaters be reduced to 800 per
year. wais adopted. ,
Report from the committee on heaiuh
and police on the placing of a telephone
at the office Of the water works on the
hlE, was adopted.
Report of the bond committee recon-
mending THAT the ordinance relating to
the purchase of bonds be indefinitely post
poned for the reason that they think no
bonds rhoUid be sold at private sale.
Adopted.
Report from THE street committee on
The Bond street improvement was read
and adopted.
Report from che SALINE committee rec
onTmsndlng the pLacing Of an electric light
on Bond and Attn sltre5t.s was adopted.
Report from the city surveyor recon-
mending Lafayette street as the best
location for a thorougrlflre to Young s
Bay; referred to city surveyor and street
committee TO make necessary surveys.
A communication from Chief Engineer
Green calling the councils attention to
THE tIEapldalted condition OF the fire
alarm system, was referred to the com
mittee on fire and water, with power to
act
Communication from the street superin-
tendent calling attention to the danger
ous condition Of Exchange street, be-
tW cen 11th and 18TH, placed on fi.e.
Communication from she city attorney
on the question as to whether the city
is entitled to have turned over to 1t all
moneys collected ais road taxes upon
property Within its limits. Adopted.
The city treat5urer's report for the quar-
ter wtals read and adopted.
FrT.. atk,Nn Of thn 70
and disbursements of tine water COM
mission was read and referred to the
committee on ways and means9
Office Of the City Water Works,
Astoria, Oregon, October 2, 1895.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Astoria, Oregon:-
Gentlemen: In accordance with Sec
tion No 176 of the City Charter, we
herewith beg leave to report the receipts
and dEsbur sements of the Astoria Water
commission for the quarter ending Sep
temlber Both, 1895, As follows;
RECEIPTS.
Fer the month of July our gross
receipts were
For acct. of water rates. .$l5S7.25
For acct. tapping mains. 7.5O
For acct. turning on wa
ter...... ..,..,..... ....... LOU
From sale of supplies in
stock. k.....,......... ...... l.2o
-- $1,547 80
For the month of August our
grces receipts lwere-
For acct. water rates, .$l52O@
For acct tapping mains. ESQ
49,. - 1,5227O
For the month of Septembecl
our gross receipts were
For acIt. water rates, .$l65570
For acct. tapping mains. 500
For acct. turning on wa
ter. ....., ..,...,,,,,..,. ,OV
From sale of condemned
s,x-snch pipe... ..,..... $50
1869 so
Making our total receipSs for
HE quarter. er..................,..,. A,I3J'O
AS per report filed July 3rd, 1895,
we lad ON hand in the treas
ury at the end of Nst quarter 2'Sl
This shows to.lr of,.....,.., H4262. .A
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