The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-03-05
Final Action Deferred Until
Councils Next Meeting.
SOME CHANGES EXPECTED
Provisions Of the Measure Claims
Allowed and other Routine
Business Disposed Of.

The Scherneckau blanket License or
dinance was the principal matter for
consideration at last nights meeting
Of the council. The measure Is sweep
Ing In It's terms end licenses nearly
every line Of business, newspapers.
blacksmith shops. foundries and res
taurantB alone escaping. The bill WAS
read hrst and second times and Mr..
Scherneckau asked unanimous consent
FOR the suspension Of the rules and final
passage Of the measure, but IL yas de-
cided 70 let 1t go over till the next
meeting, as some alterations are pro-
posed by some other members Of the
council.
The ordinance requires real estate and
insurance agents. lawyers doctors and
dentists, 20 Jay yearly license Of s..
barbers shall pay 81, and bakers, mil
liners, tailOrs and meat dealers shall
pay s. Persons dealing In fresh meat,
iish or game and poultry are defined to
be meat dealers.
Dealers In general merchandise, cloth
Ing, boots and shoes, groceries, dry
goods. hardware, tinware crOckery.
glassware. furniture. books and station
$3.50 for every $500 worth of stock
carried and 81 for each $1,000 or frac-
tiOnal part thereof in excess OF $500
Junk dealers are required to pay an
nually the sum Of $25, and provision is
made In the ordinance to prevent, as
far as possible, the purchase by such
dealers Of stolen properly.
Wholesale liquor dealers are taxed
$3.50 per pear. though the section i'm
posing this tax shall not be construed
10 affect In any way the ordinance lev
wing an animal license Of $500 on retail
liquor dealers.
Dealers in cigars and tobacco are Ii
censed $3.50 for the first $500 Of their
investment In stock. and 81 for each ad-
diiional 500 or fractional part thereof
In excess Of $500. A fine OF from $40 TO
$500, or Imprisonment Of from five to 100
days, or both, is provided for violation
Of the ordinance.
Mr.. Cook wanted provision made TO
prohibit the purchase from minors of
any junk. He spoke Of the necessity
for protecting little children who. an
xiOus to secure the pennies Of the junk
man, are often prompted to take prop
eTty which does not belong 10 them.
ilt llbubuL uEdltIS subulu DE
10 buy only from such minors who are
provided with a permit from their par
| ents 10 sell such Junk as is offered for
| sale.
A petition from S. Elmore calling at
| tention to the need of repairing Frank
| lin avenue between Eighth and Ninth
was referred 10 the street committee.
Liquor licenses were granted to A. Dan
| k.1- &c
fer licenses were read from Wilbur &
Coyne and Peter Dourel.
Reporting on the petition of NJ. L.
| Asher asking a rebate on his pawn
| brokers' license, The health and police
committee recommended that the re-
| bate BE- not grantd, as the charter does
not empower the city to make such
| rebates. The report was adopted and
Mr., Asher will be required to pay a
| license for the full first quarter of the
year.
Ordinances appopriaung sl637S4 and
A71.26 for payment Of the Commercial
street Improvement and 670,SS and
$lO5.4S for payment Of the Seventeenth
stret Improvement were introduced. S.
Normille made both Improvements.
In accordance with the terms Of a
ization will meet at 2:S0 on March 2l
for the purpose of equalizing the as
sessments for the improvement of
Franklin avenue from Twenty-sixth to
Thirty-frst, and Tenth between Ex-
change and Grand.
Claims were allowed as follows: Sur
veyor's payroll. Sl6; payroll of the
street superintendent, SCI; Astoria Box
Comany, 1892; Clatsop Mill Company,
$3.50; West Shorc Mills Company,
1851 so; Foard & Stokes Company,
Sl5.S7; Pat Market, 81; j. NJ. Ellsworth
Sc The claim of the water commission
for S9.25 for water furnished the city
was filed.
Before adjournment Councilman
Wright called attention to the fact that
the Scandinavian church of East AS
torla Is placing a ceSspool in the street.
and that theSwedsh Lutheran church
already has such cesspool in existence.
He termed them nuisances and asked
the council to take action looking to
the abatement of the cesspools. which
are disease breeding. A resolution was
passed instructing the chief of police to
notify the church people that the nuis-
ances would be no longer tolerated.