The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-01-07
THEIR FIRST MEETING
New CITY Council TrAnSaeis Apch IN
tsrsznnK Business

eli ts order. the MINUTES u ths past .
three meetings were rad and spss0Vs1-
The petition d e. FrsncisoOyiteh for .
llquor license Nas FefeSTsd 10 the oDfn-
nliis~ on health and Dlilcs
The committee u Rescue EnEine CO. 1
No. T. presented communicative Ak .
INK for d new team u hOfses u take /
the place of the old ones nos 10 sersloe /
Referred % the oDurndites GA hrs snd .
water.
The committee On ways and means .
recommended the printing u tbs an
nuil reports and the eliminAtiOn frVzn
the statement u bJndsd Indebtedness /
Of the amount u street bDnds adopted.
The same committee reported r-eom-
mending the renting u the = pr
cent penalty clause On the back taxes
Of sidney DeIl's properly which be o.
sires % redeem: Ad0Dteo. The sans
committee reported hAvorabiy % the
following bills: News Publishing Co.
ssIs. Astoria Transfer Co, ~. report
adopted
The committee On health and police
reported recommending the bin 0f DR..
y. A. Fulton. g.: soow Bay Wood Yard.
tsZ5. c. A. Rsese. s575. S1oDted.
The committee on streets and public
ways reported recommending the re-
port Of the city surveyor on the eIten-
sion Of Commercial streez from 18th 20
I'D. and presented an ordinance for
the approval Of the same; report order
ed placed On fie. The same committee
reported fayorably On the bills Of Il. ?.
Prael & Co. si575. Astoria Transfer
Co. tI75. Clatsop Mil CO. f2zn. re-
port adopted.
The committee on Dubiie property re-
ported iayorably on the bin u c. J.
Trenohard. assignee. for % cents. r.
port adopted.
The report Of City Surveyor Bell rec
ommending that the bass Of grades u
streets along the water front b. rsis=i
70 conform 90 the grade established by
tine railrDad company. Was referred 20
the committee on streets and public
ways.
The report Of chief Green. d the IRE
department. for the year 1874. va read
and referred 10 the comnitiee On IRE
and water Among other things the r.
port showed that during the year one
new company had been organized In
Uniontown. and one new hose carriage
stationed al McGregoTs mill, IN Upper
town. neither Of which had cost the
city cent The report gave In detail
the figures Of the cost u new hose pur-
chased. two new hose wagons. new
wire erected. FIRE alarm boxes, batteries.
supplies and labor. and embodied a
statement Of the general condition Of
the department. The expense Of the
department for new apparatus. sup
piles. etc. FOR the year. was $3.50 IN
addition 10 the allowance made for the
various companies. The report is a
crediable one and the recommenda-
tions for improvements IN the depart
ment and supplies and apparatus need
ed In 1897. are moderate and cover only
necessities.
Ordinances read drst and second
time:
Authorizing the committee on ways
and means TO contract with J. 5. Del
linger for the printing Of legal blanks
Authorizing the committee on ways
and means TO contract with the Daily
Astorian for city advertising
Adopting the report OF the city sur
veyor for the extension Of Commercial
street from 18th to 23rd street
Transferring sS25O5 from the appro-
prlation for street crossings and roads
TO the appropriation ror street lighting.
Authorizing the mayor and police
Judge TO execute deeds for property re-
deemed from tax sales and repeating
Ordinance No. 2O76. which provides for
a 20 per cent penalty after a certain
date. The new ordnance is just the
same as the old one except that the
lpenalty clause is eliminated. on mo
tion the rules were suspended and the
ordinance was passed on the third read
ing.
Appropriating $40 out OF the general
fund and placing II in the fund for the
payment Of salaries Of mayor and coun'
cilmen. on motion the rules were sus
pended and the ordinance was passed
on the third reading.
To amend Section 3, Of Ordinance 1875
as to the manner Of issuing and col
lectng licenses The license Of auc
tioneers is now 5000 per year. The oh
Iject of the ordinance Is 10 reduce thiI
amount, and the figure suggested wal
$50; but before being read the secon'
time the matter was referred TO tn
committee on health and police.
Ordinances on third reading: Au
thorizing the committee on ways AM
; means 30 enter into contract with tn
Daily Budget and j. s Dellinger 70
city printing. Councilman Parker stat
ed that he was advised the ordinanc
as drawn was unconstitutional, an
that he would vote against II. Ro
being called, the vote was as follows
Ayes-Welch, Schiebe; nays-Brix, Clin
ton, McGregor, Parker, SiversOn, Trul
linger, Thompson. The measure wa
lost.