The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-07
CITY COUNCIL pEuBERArEs.

Routine Business Transacted AZ he
Meeting OF the Council Last Night
The city council me, last night with all
the councllmsu present. The usual rv-
ncwals ot liquor hccns,s We're granted
and Phil Bowrrs was granted a new
license.
4 petition was rad signed 10y J. ".
w-lch. part owner uc the property ask
Ing that the warrants against lot. I 0.
s. :. and $ block III ShIycly's Astoria,
for nonpaymsnt Of street assessment be
properly apporuuucd so that petitioner
could pay hls par; of the amount y",
due.
\ petition was read asking that IN"
are light be replaced on the corner ot
Seventh and Bond streets. This was
signed by Aug Kratz, and IN motion wa
placed on hle.
A petition signed by a number OF prop
erty owners on Astor street. asked for
the Improvement Of said street from
Sixth 10 the west line Of Mcclure As
tora. Il was signed by Mrs. lncz Parker.
II 3. Parker F. l.. Parker. the Astoria
Gas Llgh, Company. Astoria Iron Works
Pacific Sheet Metal Works and the A.
toria Wharf & Warehouse Company and
was referred TO the street committee.
\ communication from j. Q \. Bowby
relating to street assessment Of lots
and G. block a. vas referred 10 the com
mlttee on ways and means and Cty A.
torney Allen.
A communication was received from A.
@. Spexarth calling attention 20 the fact
that there were no cutters on the cast
side Of the city hall, and the rain ran
on " the roof onto the roof OF the ad-
joining building. occupied By the signer
where he conducts a glnstore. and the
water causes damage to his building,
and he asks that CUTTERS be put in.
thereby abatlnG the nuisance, The mat.
ter was referred 10 the committee on
public property.
The different committees made the fol-
lowing recommendations Ways and
means, j. H. Mansell, 81; Astoria
Evening News, Ass; State o. Oregon,
$50, Health and Police. recommended
that the application Of Leander Ander-
son FOR renewal Of liquor license be
granted.
Streets and public ways, that the
petition for the improvement, Of Astor
street frm Sixth street 20 the west line
Of McClure's Astoria be granted. A RE-
port Of this committee on a petition %
improve Thirty-eighth street from
Duane to Irving avenue was adopted, 1t
being fayorably signed by the fun com
mlttee The committee also recommend
ed that the petition u l.. f.. Sellg to
have the arc light relnstalled al the
opera house corner be granted, but
motion that the light be- not granted
was sustained.
The committee on streets and public
ways recommended as follows: J. +.
Kearney, 81; n. D. Raymond, SIZE;
Foard Il Stokes Co., $780, /. Lebeck,
So; Astoria BOX CO., 50; West Shore
Mills Co., 1915.
petition from George Noland and
Harry HDbson asked that the 10 year
instalment plan OF paying the warrants
issued against their property on Eighth
street for nOnpayment Of street assess-
ments be given them, thus placing them
In statu quo. This was placed on file,
and later IN the meeting a resolution !
was introduced by Councilman Scher.
neckau recommending that this petition ,
be granted the resolution being unanl- /
mously passed The committee recon-
nended that a bill Of SlS25, presented by /
!. Bergman be paid, and the report Of the
committee was adopted.
city Attorney Allen reported that he /
had written 10 Secretary Of State Dun
bar. who Informed him that the amount
due TO the Astoria Public Library from
the city was t25 month instead Of $40, 4
as before supposed, an error in the city
charter being the cause Of the mistake.
An ordinance was read the first and Sec
ond time providing that only IS be paid
10 the Astoria Public Library for the
month Of July, and during the remainder
of 1890 only s25 be paid, as owing to an
error in the charter $50 had been paid for