The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-30
STREET IMPROVEMENT NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That
I the Common Council OF the City or As
tOria. has declared It's determination
and intention 10 improve and repair all
I tha, portion OF Commercial street
/ from the eas, line Of 10th street 10 the
! vest line Of i4th street. said 10th street
being In ;hat portion of the City Of As
| torll as laid out and recorded by John
Mcclure and extended BY Cyrus Olney.
and said 18Th street being In that part of
! the town (nOw clty) Of Astoria as laid
out and recorded BY J. VI. Shivsley, 70
the full width thereof and on the es-
/ iablshed grade thereof Said improve
meni shall cOnsist Of removing all the
old plsnking, hlls. stringers. caps.
! posts and sidewalks. and cutting on all
/ old piles. and putting In new underpln-
n.ngs. and constructing new sidewalks
on each side Of the street ten feet
vide, except at the street crossings.
provided tina; the decking or covering
plank now on the sidewalks between
1lth street and ION street and In front
OF lots 4. 3. 6 and Z. In block 81: lots s.
7 and s. In block 81. and lots and
In Tract "A as laid out and recorded
By the Astoria Real Estate and Ex-
change Company shall be replaced, and
replanking The street throughout the
width thereof from curb 10 curb The
crossings At the Intersections Of 1iih
and 18TH streets with Comm src.al street
shall be improved BY underpinnlng
and plankina the same TO tne fun width
thereof
The underpinning shall consist Of
posts IL inches by u inches placed upon
Inc heads Of the cut of piles, where
the same are sufficiently close together
ami in other places upon mud siils
firmly placed upon :he ground, AMI on
/ top % the posts sbail be placed caps
and on the caps sir.ngers shall be laid
and on he stringers shall be placed
| the covering plank or decking.
| The Aforesaid underpinning consisting
OF bents consJruc{ ID OF posts and caps
shall b. 60 constructed that the bents
shall be at the same place that the
bents now existing upon gaid street
are lOca;ed, provided that the bents
shall NOT be more than IS feet apart
! east and west. and there must be at
! least posts 10 the bent and the bents
: shall not be placed less than II FEET
apart. The entire substructure shall be
/ thoroughly swaybraced with good sub
/ ing stantial swaybraclng, and the COW
! ering plank used upon said portion or
/ said street shall be inches In Thick
! ness By i2 inches in width. All ma
terial used in said Improvement, ex-
I ceoting said old sidewalk lumber here
/ .nbefOre mentioned, shall consist OF
new. good, sound red OF yellow fir lum-
Der. and said improvement in matters
/ OF detail except as herein otherwise
| provided shall be constructed according
Z to the provisions of general Ordinance
/ No. 1901. entitled, IAN ordinance In re-
: lation 70 the improvement Of streets"
and the plans and Specifications to be
| prepared therefor by the City Surveyor
as hereinafter provided.
I The Astoria Electric Company shall
! improve the portion Of said street over
/ which its track Is laid between the two
outer rails OF such track and for one
! foot on each side OF sad outer rails
/ A: their own expense and in the same
manner as the street shall be improved
/ by the City. and the costs and ex-
/ penses Of constructing said Improve
ment. except the portion thereof I'M
/ proves by said Street Railway Com
pany. shall be betrayed by special as
I sessment upon the lots. lands and prem
| ises abutting upon and otherwise bene-
| fitted by said improvement, which said
| district OF lots. lands and premises in
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{ the following described district. to wit:
/ Commencing a. the northwest corner
Of lot eight (S) in block fifty-nine (59l
/ in McCiure's Astoria and running
thence east through the middle Of
( blocks SO. IS and 81 in McClure's AS
| toria and Tract "A as laid out and
recorded by the Astoria Real Estate
! and Exchange Company to the north
east corner Of lot i've (5) IN said tract
or block "A AMI running thence south
along the east tine OF said Tract "A
and block 1876 In Shiveley's Astoria. to
the southeast corner of said block 1856
in Shiveley's Astoria. thence west 10
the southwest corner Of said block 1856.
thence nOr;h to the west line Of sad
block 1856 TO the southeast corner of
lot four (D in block 81 in McClure's
Astoria. 1r to a point where the west
line Of sad block 1856 would be inter-
/ sected BY the south line of said lot
four (4) in block 81 McClure's Astoria
II EXTENDED eas;erly IN a straight line.
thence running west through the mid
die of blocks 81. 81 and so, in
McClure's Astoria, to the southwest
corner Of lot one QD. in block
50 (sixty). thence north to the place
Of beginning. and containing all lots.
lands and premises within said dis
,rict. which said lots. lands and prem
ises shall be assessed pro-rata accord
ing to the estimated benefits TO defray
the costs and expenses Of constructing
said improvement, all Of said district
being IN the City OF Astoria, Clatsop
County, Oregon.
That the City Surveyor has been re-
quired 20 prepare and file with the
Auditor and Police Judge estimates of
the costs and expenses Of constructing
said improvement and plans and speci-
fications for the proposed work.
This notice Is published for
eight days IN The Morning As
torian. in pursuance to a resolu-
ton adopted by the Common Council
of the City of Astoria, on october 81
1901, ordering the same
Date Of first publication Oct. 30, 1901.
H. E. NELSON.
Auditor and Pole Judge Of the City
- Astoria