The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-18
CITY COUNCIL
IN SESSION
Ordinance Increasing City Officers
Salary Postponed.
STREETS TO BE IMPROVED
The Commercial Street Assessment Goa
iirmsd and Other Matters Expedi
tioasly Disposed o.

hiNAntf bioP"HN" W.
At the meeting Of the city council last
night Mayor Bergman presided. and ali
the councilmen were present except Trul-
llnger.
A petition from the ladies OF the As
torla Public Library asking for a month
iy allowance TO sustain the free reading
room. was referred to the committee on
Ways and means.
A petition from W. J. LOOMS Of Sea-
side. for the position Of sexton OF Ocean
View Cemetery. and Offering his services
at 81 per month. was placed on file.
A petition from the residents OF Sea-
side for the appointment OF Casper Drill
ling as superintendent OF Ocean View
Cemetery. at a salary Of 80 per month.
was placed on file
A petition from Martin Olson asking for
a reduction in the auctioneers license
from 500 to So per year, was placed on
hle
A petition from Nelson and Goodin. ask
ing that the time b. extended for the
Improvement Of Eighth street and Mag
ra avenue from April to July l. was re-
ferred to the committee on streets ana
public ways.
A petition from property owners own
Ing property adjacent to Twenty-ninIh
street and Franklin avenue from Frank
lin avenue to Grand avenue and from
Grand avenue To Twenty-ninth. and from
Twenty-ninth 10 Thirty-third. asking that
the planking of the streets be done to a
width of s feet. was referred TO the street
committee.
A report OF the ways and means com
mlttee on the ordinance for raising the
salary Of the city officials was read. Il
stated that the estimated receipts OF the
city would not justify the proposed ad-
vance IN salaries and recommended that
the ordinance be indefinitely postponed.
The report was adopted. Utzinger ana
Hansen voting No"
a report from the same committee rec
ommendlng the passage OF all Improve
ment ordinances referred to them al
last meeting, was a6Hpted.
a report recommending the payment oil
claims and also a repor' commenting
-, the filing Of the annual report II the city
I treasurer. were adopted.
/ The street committee reported favor
ably on the pay roll of the city surveyor
for the month OF January. Accompany
1 ing the report was a communication From
the city surveyor giving detailed state
ment OF the work performed on the
Young's Bay improvement and the
changes that were found necessary TO be
made In the work OF his predecessor. OBJ
| lection was made TO the adoption OF the
report on the ground that the city sur
veyor was not authorized 10 do the work
by the committee on streets and public
ways, and for the further reason that
the late city surveyor, Mr.. Bell, had per-
formed the work and was paid for doing
so by the city. The motion TO adopt the
report was amended so as TO instruct Mr..
Bell TO report on the work which he per-
formed. The motion as amended was
passed.
A report from the street committee. ac-
companied by a report from the West
Shore Mills Company, that the expense
Of moving the electric light from Sixth
and Franklin avenue TO Fifth and Frank
lin avenue would amount to $1sN, were
referred back with instructions that the
| light be moved.
A report from the same committee that
the request of the Clatsop Min Company
for ten-year lease of that portion OF
! the street occupied by the power house
be denied. as the leasing of a street or
rny portion thereof was In violation oi
| the city charter was adopted.
The report of the city board of equali-
cation on the assessment of the Com
mercial street Improvement was read ano
on motion placed on file,
An ordinance was introduced appropri-
ating S7S for Leander Lebeck for the Inn
provement of the crossing on Seven
| teenth and Commercial streets and passeo
| the first reading.
! An ordinance confirming the special ms
sessment for the Commercial street eN-
! tension rs eQualized by the board OF
equalization said assessment to be due
and payable April So passed the first and
second reading and on motion was turned
hack to second reading, and amended 50
as to read "flrst day of April" It was
! then passed as amended,
An ordinance empowering the commit
tee on public property to make altera-
tons and improvements in the city hal
to the extent of S125. was read the thirc
time and passed under suspension Of the
rules.
The following ordinances authorizing
the auditor and police Judge to issu
bonds for the Improvement of the follow
ing streets were read the third time an'
passed under suspension of the rules
Duane street between Thlrty-hfth ant
Thirty-seventh; wall street between Yves
Sixth and the west boundary line OF tn
]. NJ. Shlvely donation land claim; Thirty
hfth street between Franklin avenue an
Duane street; Thirty-seventh street be
tween Duane and Commercial; Bon
street between Forty-second and Forty
i hfth.
A resolution was passed reducing I'll
salary of the superintendent of the ocea
/ View Cemetery from A5 to $50.
The matter of instructing the street raj
way company to improve the street be
r tween the track was referred to the cit
: attorney ~.,-i.3
Council then adjourned.