The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-01-05
NEW MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL
Introduced to City Legislature With
Due Form and Ceremony.
MAYOR TAYLOR'S MESSAGE
A Concise and Instructive Document
Recommends Economy and Busl'
ness Methods.
MAYOR TAYLoR's MESSAGE

A. the special adjourned meeting OF
the city council yesterday. being the
annual meeting of that body, little bus
mess was transacted save the intro
duction Of the new members and the
reading ~ reports and the mayors
message Amongst the old members
Bergman and Young were absent. Mr.
scherneckau being present was invited
within the bar
MessrH. Thompaon. McGregor ana
welch were appointed a committee to
escort the new members. Messrs. Brix.
Trullinger and Clinton. 10 their seats.
After all had made their bows. Mayor
Taylor read his annual message. which
followsi
To the Common Council Of the City OF
ASTORIA
We are upon the threshold Of new
year. and II is my duty 10 communicate
TO you general statement OF the con-
dition u the AFFAIRS Of the city. and
20 recommend the adoption OF such
measures a. In my judgment may be
deemed proper Ny purpose Is. how
ever. TO conhne this paper almost exclu-
slvely TO giving a brief. condensed
statement Of the city's financial condi-
ton. leaving other subjects 10 be dealt
with from time to time as occasion re.
quires.
In entering upon your labors OF the
coming year you are met by financial
condition which win require your care
ful consideration. and your united ef-
forts TO Improve.
The city Is at present authorized to
incur Indebtedness as follows to-wit;
For water purposes. 100000; for general
municipal purposes '-OO'OOO' making a
total OF limited Indebtedness OF s'oV'VVo'
ana IN ADDITION !" TINS the city Is au-
thoriEed To issue oireet ponds or war
rants. upon the general fund' Tor street
improvements 10 an unlimited amount
The present Indebtedness OF the city
Is as follows water bonds outstanding.
100000; general bonded Indebtedness OF
city, NOO'oao; heating Indebtedness OF
city, tsS.ssl.64; street bonds outstand-
ihs' 'io''''''' "'uN''ls a i'ese"' '''"' '"-
uep'euhcSs oi E'4V''''''S'
me aooNe inueuleuness ~ pe"rs inter-
est RH follOWHs NlVV,VVO water DOnuh AZ
. per cent 'o'VVV' N-V''Vw wafer oohus
az per cent 10000; SlOO'O6O general
municipal bonds at per cent Se,OOS;
'sS,ssi'6A floating Indebtedness at per-
cent s''''s'' SiO''i''0' s''ee' ponuS OUT
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'""'oS'' ''V''''.'V
a Por''on o' '''e ABOVE oohueu ihueo'-
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10 e''her r"'Se su"'c'en' money oy t''Na-
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'"' past SeVF were No'''1''V-' the
amount Vi V''Sh on manu- III beginning
VI '"S' sot'' ""s ElV'o'''oo' making
'"'"i VI N'V'''''OV' I"'al expenditures
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Receipts and expenditures OF the wa
ter commission are not included in the
above statement. or the above expen-
diture $S,Si62b was paid out for inter-
est distributed as follows: On general
bonds, $1,000; on warrants,
s16I6a4; on street bonds S69.Sl; total,
SlS,S46.9b.
During the past year much needed
repairs have been made TO some of the
principal streets of the city. so that
the streets in the improved portion of
the city Ara in much better condition
than they were n wear aro
Notwithstanding the general depres.
sion in business throughout the whole
country and the tirhtness of monev
the work of constructing the Astoria