The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-11-04
SALARY INCREASE MADE
MORE MONEY FOR MEN
WHO WORK ON STREETS
Firemen Will Also Be Better
Paid Other Proceedings
of Council.

AT last nights meeting Of the coun.
Gil the ordinance providing for 8
monthly increase of the salaries of the
drivers and engineer of the fire de.
partment was passed. Messrs. Brix
and Nordstrom had all along opposed
the measure, but ii went through last
night those gentlemen voting against
1t. Later Mr.. Nordstrom offered a
bill providing for an increase OF the
daily wage of employees of the street
department from 81 to $3.50. The bill
wen. through under suspension of the
rules. Both increases are to take ef-
feet from November /. The ways and
means committee reported against the
fire salaries ordinance, but the report
was killed.
An ordinance by Mr.. Svenson. pas
sed under suspension of the rules, pro-
.vides for improvement Of No. bell
tower. A new roof will be put on and
other improvements made. 1t is said
the tower is now unsafe and ant at
anv time to precipitate the ben tn he
street below.
The Injunction issued by Judge Nc
Bride against the Improvement of
Thirty-fourth street has raised some
delicate questions for the first time.
The Injunction was directed to the Of
ficials of The city after the contract
had been awarded, but the contractor
was not included in the courts order.
The injunction is still in effect, and
Contractor Goodin wants the work ac-
cepted. City Attorney Smith says it
is impossible TO do this for Mr.. Good
in. although he will try and have the
matter attended TO before the neyt
meeting Mr.. Goodin stated last night
that slides we're occurring along the
new improvement and wanted TO know
II he would be held responsible for the
street until it was accepted. He was
assured that he would not. Accept
ance Of the improvement. Mr.. Smith
said, would be violation of the injunc
tion.
On recommendation OF the street
committee, the measure providing for
a drain on Thirty-eighth street was
killed, the property owners having
filed a remonstrance. The city surveyor
was instructed to report on the cost OF
the proposed Eleventh street drain and
the most feasible plan Of draining the
pond OF water on Harrison avenue be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh.
Respecting the proposed improve
ment OF Cedar and Forty-hfth streets,
in the east end, City Surveyor Tee re-
ported that the cost would be beyond
all proportion to the value of the prop
ertv He recommended that the al
leyway be improved to its full width
and that Cedar street be improved to
the width Of 20 feet.
An effort was made to pass under
suspension of the rules a measure for
the establishment Of the grade or Trv-
ing avenue between Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-ninth streets, but ii failed, Mr.
Morton voting in the negative. The
property owners have presented re-
monstrance.
Harrison avenue property owners
asked that the grade OF that thorough
fare be established between Tenth and |
the claim line, and the matter was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Claims were allowed as follows:
Budget Sis .O7; Astoria Box COM
pany s57.s6; payroll of street superln-
tendent s1S9.5O; payroll of surveyor
1928 40; Robert Carruthers (refund) |
ses; A. v. Allen 1890; R. NJ. CASTOR
CSC; Andrew Asp SAFE; Astoria Elec-
trio company 1858; Fisher Bros. $9. 30;
c. A. Leinenweber $5.25; Foard and
Stokes soc; sundry persons $13; e. Hal
lock $1.5O; w. A. Goodin $19S; C. G.
Palmberg $4,000.