The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-01
THE CITY COUNCIL
Last Mes:lng OF old Council Transact
Much Business Mayors Address.

Much Business Mayors Address
AT The special meetinS Of the corncn
yesterday at,~noNa Mayor Taylor pre-.
sided. All lhS members were present ex.
cept Thompson. This wsls the last meeting
OF council prcsldsd over by Mayor r,y-
hor, and consiiS-able business was trans.
acted for the time they were In sessien.
The meeting lasted a little over an hour
Three ordinances came up for nsssas-.
An ordinance appropriating Ss.75 FOR
the benefit ~ Lewis 'orias passed the
third rea'iins unanimously. and also the
ordinance ana,OpriatlnS SsTSsS to nav for
the Improvement Of the south hair OF
Bond street. between seventh a.:i Eighth
The ordinancs repeating ordinance No
s2SS cam mp for the third reading ana on
motion was moved back 70 the second
reading and an amendment was nitro.
duced reptaliNy SECTION s which prac.
tically lea.'e the fire depar;ment N the
hands OF the IRE AMI watc- committee
subject TO and wl,A the consent q; the
council The ordinance as amended came
mp Tor the third r,Vaing and rasscd
Schiebe BriN and Siverson voting Nc.
4 resolutioa by Parker that the auditor
be instructed 20 draw warrant Tor
Se7SS in favor OF Norrlue 4 Fas,ahtni
in payment OF the south half OF Bond
street improvement. betwesn Seventh ami
Eighth. was adopted
Claims NJ the water commission we're
laid Over till next meeting.
A report from the auditor was read ana
adopted relative TO the salaries ~ ,he
mayor and "ou7cilms1 for the year isn
and on motion the auditor was mstrrcte,
to draw warrants for their salaries for
amounts 20 which they are ea..uet. The
motion was carried.
The report OF the commltte on r.a,th
and police rec7mnednir- that he per-
tlon OF s T. Harris 'or liquor license
he granted. was adopted.
\ communication from tHe ways and
means committee recommending the pay
ment Of number OF bills was read and
the bills ordered paid
The petition Of W. Maurice Kelly for
the redemption OF property sold tor taxes
and a report from the proper committee
recommending 1hs same was adopted.
A communication from a. Nelson. sec.
retary Of the Publ, Bowling alley. re-
sarding the licensing OF the Same was
read and placed on file. and rsport from
the committee on health and police rec
ommending that the ordinance h. en-.
forced covering the licensing Of public
bowling alleys. was read and adopted.
4 report from the committee on streets
and public ways recommending that the
petition OF s Normile to take bonds in
exchange for street warrants be granted
was adopted.
batch n bills previously referred to
different committees was reported or
favorably and ordered paid.
Mayor Taylor then addressed the coun-
Gil. thanking the members for ths cour
tesy and uniform kindness which lad
existed between them for the past two
years and hoped that the same spirit
which had characterized their delibera-
tiOns in the past would continue for the
next two years. The retiring couneilmen
he said had worked zealously and faith
fully for their respective wards and con-
sidering the compensation received Tor
their services. which was entirely mad.
equate for the work performed, labored
unselnshly for the welfare OF the city.
Mayor Taylor then briefly reviewed -he
financial condition OF the city since he
took Office. Warrants had Increased from
"A cents to nearly par; many improve
mefitA had been made and the credit OF
the city had been placed on much more
SOLID basis. He congratulated The mem.
hers that no Indication Of III feeling had
ever existed between them and hoped
their administration Of the city goyqu-
ment in the future as in the past wonld
be wise and conservative one
It was moved and seconded that a vote
OF thanks be extended TO Mayor Taylor
which passed unanimously, and the coun-
Gil then adjourned.