The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-20
MEETING OF
CITY FATHERS
Considerable Business Transacted by
the Common Council Last
Evening,
CASINO GRANTED \ LICENSE
After Il VAS Graated Petition MAS Read.
Asking That Such liceaSc Be Not
Granted.-laN Regulating the
HourS OF All Minors.
CASINO GRANTED \ uCENsl

spectators were there, due, no DOUBT 10
the fac, that the petition OF the Casino
Theatre Tor liquor license wOdld be
acted upon This matter has been the
subject ot a considerable discussion OF
late. and the action OF the council was
awaited with much interest. The lc1nsc
was granted, No ladies were present,
\ Applications for liquor licenses from
( Johnson 4 Carlson. A. Rauma, Frederick
! Fraddcnburg, August narlclson, and
/ Eyenson 4 Cook. were granted.
The petition for a liquor lcesusc ot -
/ johnson. proprietor Of the Casino, was
read The vote on granting such license
was "a follows: Ayes, Bergman, Parker
Z stevenson. Schicbc, Young and Schcrprc-
kau. noes, McGtcgor. Wclch AMI Thomp-
son,
/ \ petition from the tax payers residing
/ In the nelghborhood OF Franklin avenue
and Thirty Second street for an electric
light al tho iutcysocJion OF those streets,
was referred TO the street committee, \
ptition from the residents ot kcnSlngton
avenue and Fifteenth street Tor AN clcc-
trio light was referred to the same COM
7 mittee.
4 petition from ~ Graham. asking that
the property sold for delinquent taxes be
returned to him was referred 10 the street
. committee.
4 rcmoastrance from the property
. owners OF AgtOr street against the vstah-
4 lshmcnt OF a grade on that street, be-
I tween Forty-iourth and Forty-siNth. was
I referred 10 the street committee,
I \ communication from the auditor ana
7 police judge was read, stating that sew
eral warrants, among which was that OF
/ the public library for Si0 had not been
signed By the mayor Mayor Taylor In
| putting forth his reasons for not signing
! the warrants said that AS there were
, no funds Tor such appropriations, he could
not consent TO sign them, aud that such
funds would nave to be created on mo-
tica, the action OF the mayor was en-
dorsed.
Edward Brothers. OF Portland. OREGON,
presented a communication. asking u they
could exhibit an animal and bird show
IN this city for less than the regular H.
conss governing such shows. The rcsu-
lar tax Is s. per day. and MrsSrs. I'd (
wards requested that they he allowed TO I
show their animals Tor s. per day. The |
communication stated that Councilman /
Parker had Waited the exhibit In Port- /
land and could attest a. to It's instruct |
ive1ess. The communication WAS rcfrrr- |
ed to the committee on ways and means /
In its action on n similar request. pre- |
seuted some Years ago. the council al !
lowed party TO exhibit such show
without a license, and It IL thought the
request OF Edward Brothers Will be
granted
\ communication from +. O. Schluck
OF Portland. Or. inclosing the amount
OF taxes on his property. was referred to
the ways and means committee,
A communication from A. u. Marsh. OF
4 ..Gs
cute quit claim deed to Lot Y Block
49, Shively's Astoria, on his tide TO which
there is at present cloud, was read and
referred to the committee on public prop
erty and the city attorney.
A communication from the city sur
veyor. asking whether or not there Is
street ON the ives, boundary Of NcClures
Astoria. accompanied by an opinion from
the city attorney on the same. was read
and referred to the street committee, with
Instructions to Investigate the matter and
make n report,
a communication from the city sur
veyor. asking for change In the alley
way on Forty-Sxth street was read ana
referred to the street committee.
communication from Mayor Taylor
vetoing the ordinance regulating and H.
conslng bill posters. was read. the mayor
stating that, In his opinion. the bill was
too broad. as It's passage would make
II an odense TO post a bulletin or other
notice. The veto was sustained.
The report OF the ways and means COM
mttee on the claim OF the county Of tll5
for furnishing the city with the tax roll
Of 1895 taxes, recommending that thCi
claim be not allowed. was read and
adopted. The same committee reported
far0tably the bills OF the Astoria Wood
and Coal Yard. $3.50; Griffin 4 Reed
'-7-. and r. Strauss, $2.io.
The committee on health and police
reported on the bids for boarding the city
prisoners. which were as follows: Astor
House. 1il9 cents per meal Mrs r.
OBrien, 10 cents per meal. and recon-
mended that the a ter House be awarded
the contract. the report was adopted
minority report from the committee
on health and police. signed by ~. &.
Thompson, on the granting OF a liquor II.
oense TO the Casino Theatre. which H.
'"n-s had already been granted was
,dd. In the report 1t was stated that
he ordinance regulating the admission
~ minors 10 such places had been vio-
'atcd, and II recommended that the Ca
sinO be removed to some other more
appropriate portion Of the city The re-
port was filed.
The majority report Of the committee
on health and police. signed by Mossrs
Bergman and Schebe, regarding the al
legged violation OF the ordinance reguIai-
ing the admission OF minors to such
PLACES, was read The majority found ,
that the management had made every
effort to prevent minors from frequentIng
the place. and recommended that the Pc
titiOn be granted. The report was flied
The bills OF a. V. Allen, 35 cents, and
Charles ID. Rees, 1856, were ordered paid !
The committee on streets and public G
ways recommended that the bill OF the u
West Shore Mllls he paid. less S9.a3. the 2
amount recommended being sJiOS3. The
report was adopted. The same committee J
recommended that the ordinance trans u
ferrng $9i5Gj from the general fund to =
the Lafayette street fund, which ordl- =
nance had been read first and second y
times, be not passed
The same committee reported on the ne G
titl0n for the Improvement OF Franklin I,
avenue from Seventeenth to Eighteenth =.
streets, and recommended that work be ?
not begun until three-fourths OF the )
amount required for such improvement =
be deposited. The report was referred u
back to the committee with Instructions J.
10 Investigate whether or not the street. %
could he improved by the sale Of bonds. y
The bill Of the assessors OF so for y
making assessments for the Improvement y
u two streets. was ordered paid y
The committee reported on IN John II
Days road grade. the report being ac-
,Ompanled by recommendation froml
he city surveyor that the Improvement
Ne made. The report was adopted
The claims OF the Clatsop Mil Com n
1any, sl7i3; former superintendent OF VI
uocts. William Chadwick saJo. and the "a
ay roll OF the former city surveyor. n. n
larry. S53. were ordered paid. ~
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