The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-04-02
M[RCHANTSPROTESTtD
BLANKET LICENSE TAX AS 1T
NOW STANDS
But Three Glasses Taxed Instead
Of All Kinds as Was at First
Contemplated.

Thr proposed blanket license tax or
dinance has simmered down from lie
scope ~ originally drawn. including
every branch N commercial life. 10 a
tax on junk de1lers. secondhand deal
err and Wholesale liquor dealers. Tha,
Dart OF the ordinance fixing the tax on
the two first named at SIS a year was
passed by the city council last night.
the section relating 10 the wholesale IT,
quOr dealers gol1g over TO a subss-
nuent meeting. The original bill met
with protests from the merchants gen
orally who objected on the ground that
tloy were being taxed sufficiently al
ready and the imposition Of an Increas-
cd license would be unfair.
The ways and means committee. TO
the care Of which the ordinance was
consigned. cut the measure little by lit
tie az the protests were fled and last
night II was presented In It's diminUtlve
score and will in all probability be-
come law. An ordinance regulating
the manner Of paying for repairs 20
sidewalks was advanced 10 third read
ing under a suspension OF the rules. and
was introduced TO make the city laws
conform to the requlr ements Of the
amended charter which provides that
repairs not TO exceed s. for a stretch
0f fifty feet Of walk. shall b. paid out
of the repair sund. providing that the
work In one year on the said fifty feet
shall not exceed $40 Any excess OF this
amount Is 20 be paid by the property
owner and Will be lien against the
property II not paid
Petitions for liquor licenses were re-
G lived frJ'n Axel Jacobsen. VI Fran
ciscoylch. y. Hurgey. Seafedt & Wirk-
kala and Kenney and Gribler. Liquor
license WIS granted TO August Erick-
son. a petition from w. F McGregOr
asking for :he Improvement Of the al
leyw1y between Thirty-fifth and Thirty
sixth streets was referred to the street
commit -. Reference 10 the same com
mittee was also made of the petition FOR
the establishment Of the grade on
Thirty-ninth street between Grand and
Harrison avenues. The acceptance Of
me recently passed stree. railway ordi-
nance by the Astoria Railway Company
was read and filed.
The city surveyors report on the
grade for the proposed improvement OF
Franklin avenue between Thirty-fifih
and Fo.ty-fifth streets was referred 10
the citv attorney Petitions for lights
al Third and Commercial streets were
referred to the street committee. The
petition from Judge ]. Q. A. Bowlby
asking 'or the re-establishment OF the
city monuments. was filed. Under sus-
pension 0f the rules the ordinance con-
firning the assessments for improve
ments on Tenth street, from Exchange
to Grand avenue, was passed Lar
sen and Hagblum were granted Dermis-
sion to drive piling at the foot Of
Twelfth street.
The following claims were allowed:
Astoria woodward. $3.50
Board Of Street Assessors. $2l.
Foard & Stokes. $3.50.
West Shore Mills Co.. SS3l.50.
Clatsop Mills Company. s2.H
Payroll Superintendent Of Streets. $50
Surveyor. $3.50.
The Morning Astorian S4O.62.
Foard & Stokes. 81.
Astoria Railway Company, S.
J. n Ellsworth. s..
l. Hartwig. S3
Astoria Electric Supply Co, $500.