The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-21
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.


Routins Business Transacted at the
Messing Last Night
The ,ty couaca met In rcgu,ar scml-
monthly session hst night with Coun-
Gilman Agrn absent The minutes OF
The last meeting were rcad and approved.
\ peaHon was presented by the Rogers
Trust Company. asking that they BE-
allowed TO pay their assessment for the
Improve nslt of Astor street from he
west side o. sixth street 10 tho west
si,se % Ninth street. In lnstaIimenss.
Referred b the street committee.
A petition was preseunsd signed by
property owA~s. asking that the city
furnish the material tor the improve
ment of Twentieth street from Commer-
cial TO tx x,hlngc street, and the petl-
tiouers would do whatever elss was nec-
essaary % put the street 10 good order.
Referred 20 street committee With power
70 act.
A communication was received from
ths clerk Of school district No. /. stat
ing that Il was not posr4ble for the a..
rec,ors 10 know the requirements o the
clty :or N, construction of a building to
d. built by them and To b. used BY the
city for an engine house. and they
therefore tend e-sd to the city N0Q for the
CONSTRUCTION Of said engine house In any
mau1er In which tn city saw nt as
they believed that mat sum would
cows the cost OF construction. Goddard
moved chat the school board be he'd 10
uheir contract. and required to erect a
suitable building. which was passed.
A communication was read from Full
ton Brothers wherein they presented a
bill for legal services rendered the cty.
Referred 20 the ways and means commit'
/ tee
/ The report o, the ways and means
/ committees showed The following blIis
against ina city and recommended pay
ment.
F. W. Ferguson 81; II, F. Prael Co,
IH7j; Astoria Evening News $50: GHf-
IN & Reed. AS.
The committee recommended the pay
mens Of tn, salaries OF the city officials
for the month Of June and that the
warrant held By Lea1der Lebeck against
tte general fund b. paid. The commit
tee also Instructed the treasurer 70 pay
VIM. @. Gosslln a. .4O08 out Of the AdnAi
general fund. this amount 70 be later TO
mltted out f the general turd, but
technical objections were RAISED and the
matter was laid over tn the next
meeting. The committees report was
adopted.
The committee on health and pohc'
made tho following report, Which wal
atIopted: Recommended that Phil
Bowers, sund & NyIund. John Stevenson
and MeSyler & Wright be granted llqu0
licenses. and the following bills be or
dered paid:
II. C. Foster. &c; Iren JuntA. 81; II
J. Shields, sl7.92; James Petty 1880
James Cover, q.
The committee on streets and publi
ways reported the following bills an
recommended payment:
II. f. Prael Co., $50; FOard & Stokes
$50. The report was adopted
The committee on fire and water rec
ommended payment Of the followtnt
clalmO:
Astoria Street Railway Co.. $3.50; c
A. Lanenweber, t25; Bremner & Holmes
SO; ]. v. Marien & Co., $50; schofeld
/ Ifauke, S215; C. A. Leinweber. H.bO; ~
torla Railway Company, $50; Yves
Shore Mills Company, B; Foard d
Stokes. SIs.Sj; Fred Saiz, ;2.15; g. II. WI
let, 81; Water Commission, 7m.15.
} The committee reported talat the inves
tdgation asked by @. ziegler in the a.
Legged neglect Of the fire department a
the time his house burned, had beei
held, and the fire department exonerate'
from ala blame as they acted with CON
I mendabie promptness. As the suggested
changes In the fire alarm system woul'
4 cost about 1900 the committee recon