The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-19
CITY FATHERS
MEET AND TALK
And, lncidently, Order the Improve
ment Of u Street and Trans
act Other Business.
THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
Startling Report Of the Committee 90 fire
and Water Which Recommends Several
Very Important Alterations 10 the
rfsseat Protective Service.

The common council met In regular sss-
sion last evening. all members. with the
exception OF Henry Thompson, being
present
The application Of c. Capelo. Alex. Oil-
bert. Charlea wlrkkala. swan Wilson. G.
Kahn. Anderson a Peterson, q. TanaAl.
and Berg & co. for liquor licenses led
to dispute as 10 whether some OF tho
Epplicationa. which had been made beofre
tho ordinance requiring petitions 10 be
presented two weeks prior TO council
mcoting had gone into erect. should bo
granted. Councilman Young said the
question brought strongly 10 mind the
haste In which mtmbcfs had introduced
bills. Ho said he liked 10 introduce nlsas.
urcs himself but as the newspapers had
stopped publishing his name AZ the
author of bills he had quit. Finally.
tho petitions were referred 70 n commit
tee
Petitions from property ownors asking
that Jerome avenue be improved. was
referred TO the street committee.
r~monstrAncc from property owners
against the improyc5nnt OF As,or strect
from Forty-nnh to Forty.siNth. was re-
ferrcd 10 the street committee,
4 communication from the Transmits
rlsrlppi and International Exposition. OF
Omaha, Scb.. was referred 10 the ways
and means committee.
A communication from C.E Hovey &
Co. OF San Francisco. IN regard to city
bonds. was read.
the following communication from Jno.
W Woich was then referred TO the
Aa M -
To the Honorable Mayor and city coun-
ell or the city OF ASTORIA
Gentlemen: would call your attention
10 the fact that the pier head line. as
marked on the city map and established
by the government engineers. II directly
IN the litr of the deepest water In our
harhor, and tina, the sand bar opposite
the city II, and has bccn. making IN
toward the city front 40 that there Il
now hardly room for vessels to anchor
without either aIrlklnE the docks OF go
ing aground on the said sand bar, There
IL now dock bullt on the pier head
line. and morr docks are contemplated
being built to said line and n those
docks are allowed 10 De erected Il will
cause all vessels to seek other anchor
aEcH. or cause the dredging OF the bar
or the mooring of buoys 10 De placed IN
front OF city. which would be a great
expense TO tho city II is much cheaper
and better to regulate the line OF docks
now than TO cause the distractions 10
ho removed as az the present time. by
the extension and building OF docks. W.
have no water whore there was once
from two TO four fathoms at moan low
tide
The communication was sign d by John
W, Wrlch. captains chief clerk OF Col
umbia llarhor No, .. American AssocIa-
tion OF Masters and Pilots OF Steam YES
sells
The ways and means committee report
Ing on the bills Of the Evening News
for city printing. recommended payment
Of those OF &c iOc Soc, &c and Soc In
full; and that the claim Of Si.Se be reduced
TO NO; sc TO Nc N96 to $40; s6,6S to
tSoS; sass to tt45; E5S2 to tsas;; PC to Sc;
ssc to Soc: e5c 20 SIC; VIC TO SOC The bill
Of the Morning Astorian for $i7,A, was
recommended paid In the sum OF $50;
those Of the Astoria Gas Light Co. $500
and j. s pellInser s22N paid in fun.
The same committee suggested that
deed to Mary II Lelnenweber for Lots 1.
>, :. and s. Block c., and to all Of Block
i0S which property was brought In by
Nnc CITY LOT hcllHQucnk taNtH, ue lsSuSu,
the amounts OF the taxes. $3.50 and
iis2eo, having been paid.
The committee on health and police
recommended payment OF the following
bills; +. l.. Rector, SelS; Mrs. r. O'Brien.
sibls: astoria Wood Yard, s5.2S: survey
or's pay roll. S2iiO; The street committee
recommended payment OF the bill OF the
Astoria Box Co, gI&; city ass >ssors,
ssS for sis; same, Ssl for $50; same. $50:
Astoria Rox Co, sl0a2.
The street committee recommended that
the petitions OF property owners on Ken
slngton avenue and FarnlSlln avenue in
East Astoria for electric lights be not
granted, "a the city's funds would not
justify such an expenditure:
The following report. which will no
doubt create roar" in certain quar-
ters, was read;
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Coun-
ell, City OF Astoria
Gentlemen; We, your committee on
fire and water beg to call your attention
TO the protection from fire now offered us
by the new water system OF the city
nearing completion, and to suggest
changes In our city fire department,
expenses may be curtailed.
on the completion OF the water system,
we look for the establishment OF pipe |
lines and hydrants In those portions OF
the city now without the same. on the |
suppositlon that the water commission |
will carry out this plan, thus affordlng |
the entire city hydrant protection, we
base our suggestions.
Flrst-That the water commission be |
requested to establish at anaearly date |
sufficient pipe and hydrants to afford the |
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