The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-27
THE COMMERCIAL
STREET EXTENSION
Some Prospect Now That Il Nill Be
Finished and Paid Tor
RAILROADS SET THE PACE
o, RAN aud ASCRRN NIL ray As
SeSSmsats-No Groand ior Directors to
stand On Need th, Depot
RAILROADS SET the PACE

The Commercial street extension mat.
ter. which now stands IN somcwha,
wiNcd.up condition, is In fair way oi
final adjustment. The O. r. Il y. Com.
rany and the A. 4 Z, r. r, r. Company
have paved the way and the trw objcc-
tors to the work and the assessments
made have little or No ground on which
to stand,
Some time ago. under the ordinance foi
me Improvement. contracts were lot tu,
the work The appOrtionmcnt ot cN-
p,nscs was objected To-, \ board ot equal
tUuon was appointed which made some
changes IN the matter. and It's report,
considered fair by all was approved hy
the council Most ot the obIcctors in
Guiding Judgc Bowlby withdrew their
objections which were for tho most parJ
founded on the poor quality ot the ma
t,rih being furnished and other tcchDiC-
aluits The attorney Tor the Clatsop MIN
Company stated before the uOard tna,
Ms company had NO rcal objection 10
svstain. but has not yet Withdrawn his
papers. The other remaining obicctors
are James W. Welch Dan Wclch. John
". Weich Mrs, Woods and ". s kinney
When the matter ~ objections first
came up Ascent C. W. Lounsbcry filed PSF
pcrs for his company. In order to get into
court and share In whatever reductions
might be made 10 others and preserve It's
rights In the premises, In an Interview
yesterday Mr.. Lounsbcry stated that the
o. x. \ y, Company would not oppose
the assessment made. but would pay It's
share with other property owners Thus
again the usual nberality and fair spirit
of the o. r. 4 " has been shown In the
interest of public Improvement ln As
tor.a.
When seen by an Astorlan reporter. Mr.
W. G. Gosslin. Of the A. 4 e. r. r. r..
stated that his company was In favor OF
the improvement and had made no OBJ
lection 20 the work or the assessment ot
the expense of the same. but would pa,
its share az the proper time, regardless
% what others might do
The ordinance approving and confirm
INK the assessments of the board OF
equalization has passed the nrst and sec.
ond reading In the council and will come
up Tor final passage az next Thursdays
meeting.
The usual time FOR filing objections to
work OF this character by property own
ers Is upon publication OF notice by the
auditor after the completion Of the work.
so that the council does not have 10 nav
attention 10 the present objections unles,
Il chooses to do SO. As the ordinance nov
stands, the time fixed for the payment OF
assessments is April /. but this date is
subject to change by the council. Those
wishing to apply for the ten-year plan OF
payment of the assessments must do S.
before the mayor signs the ordinance.
Public opinion is strong in its demand
fer this Improvement and the genera.
sentiment is that no small matters should
be allowed TO stand In its way. Two
) ears have been consumed In an effort
10 get a street TO the new depot. built by
the railroad company years In advance
Of any need for H. In simple deferenc,
TO popular clamor. II has stood there a.,
This time. inaccessible and absolutel,
dead property for the purposes for which
II was built. because there was no stree
10 H. To do its business the compan,
had to pay ren, for room and build tenn
porary station on the Telephone wharf
long suffering public hopes that befor.
the golden spike is driven and trains ar,
running from Portland the new depot may
become available for business,