The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-24
COMMERCIAL STREET EXTENSION
IMPROVEMENT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given tkat the Com
mon Council propose TO Improve Com
mercal street and Twenty third street.
viz: Commercial street from the east
line Of Seventeenth street to the west
line OF Twenty-thlrd street and Twen-
tyJthird street from the north line OF
Commercial street TO Exchange street.
Said improvement to consist OF driving
splles. six spiies In each bent with bent
centers Is feet spart. and placing there
on caps and stringers to the full width
thereof. and planking the same - the
width OF 35 feet through the center
thereof and TO the established grade
with new and sound fir plank 4xl2 inches,
and by building sidewalks on both sides
thereof. twelve feet wide OF fir plank 2xs
inches. and building ratings on both
sides thereof, in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor and in
conformity to Ordinance No. 1901, en-
titled IAN ordinance relating to the I'M
provement OF streets"
Said improvement to be made at the
expense OF the lands abuttins upon. and
adjacent to, or otherwise benefited
thereby as required by the charter of the
City Of Astoria. The :ands and premises
upon which the special assessment shall
he levied to defray the cost OF such
Improvement and the district embraced
therein and the lots. blocks and parcels
OF land TO be assessed shall be known
and designated as the Commercial and
Twenty-third Street District No. a. Said
district embracing said los blocks and
parcels OF land TO be assessed for said
Improvement shall consist Of all the
lands. lots and blocks embraced within
the following boundaries. 10 wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner Of
block No. 1S2 in that part OF the City
OF Astoria, as laid out and recorded by
]. VI. Shively; thence easterlv and along
the south line OF blocks lS2, 1S1. lsO
~. lsS and 127. to the southeast corner
of lot 4. Of block 127. thence southerly
along he east line Of 10: I. OF block
l2s to the southeast corner Of
y
easterly along the north line OF Exchange
street to a point where the north line
of Exchange street IL produced inter
sects the east line Of l'M.cnty-third street;
thence northerly to the southwest corner
Of lot 6. block IA; thence easteriy through
the center of block 14 to tHe southe ,st
corner Of hot .. block III: thence north
westerly along the east line Of lot .,
block IA. one hundred and fifty feet:
thence northerly parallel to cast line of
Twenty-third street to the pier head
line; thence westerly along. the pier head
line to q point OF intersection on the east
line Of Seventeenth street II extended:
theme southerly along the east line of
Seventeenth street If extended. 70 the
place of beginning.
Estimates of the expense Of such i'm
provements and the plans and specifca-
tions therefor and map of the locality to
be improved viii be deposited In the Office
of the Auditor and Police Judge for pub
lie examination before such improve
ment is undertaken; that at the next
meeting of the Common Council after the
final publication Of this notice Of i'm
provement, to wit: On Friday. Decem-
ber s. 1897, at 7:SO o'clock p. m. of said
day, the Common Council win consider
any objections to such Improvement be-
ing made. and II a remonstrance against
such Improvement, signed by the resi-
dents of the city owning more than one
half of the property to be assessed in
such district as described herein. and
In which special assessment is to be
levied. shall be filed with the Auditor
and Police Judge before the said regular
meeting of the Common Council, no such
work Or improvement will be ordered
except by the two-thiris vote of all the
members of the Common Council elect.
Dated at Astoria, Oregon, this 23d day
of November 1897
II. e. NELSON.
Auditor and Police Judge.