The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

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Section provides that hereafter
persons desiring to erect buildings
shall make application TO the council
for a permit. The application must
state the location OF the building. its
plan. the character OF Its plumbing and
the number and size OF the entrances
and exits and the material OF which
the roof Is to be constructed. II the
with the terms OF the ordinance the
,ian OF construction IL In accordance
permit shall be issued upon the pay
nent of a IS fee.
! Section provides a fine OF $40 TO
500 for failure to secure u permit.
The ordinance went over until Friday
night, when II will unquestionahly be
passed.
| Job Printing Contract.
An ordinance empowering the ways
and means committee to advertise for
bids for job printing for 1904 was
M ssed Under suspension OF the rules.
The council will have printed 900 cop
les of the new charter. and II is spec
lied that bids for job printing and for
printing the charter may be separately
rendered.
No Raise For Fire Chief.
! At the last session OF the council an
ordinance was presented providing for
an increase In the salary Of Chief
Stockton. of the fire department. from
$40. Gu TO $S5. Yesterday the measure
came Ut for final passage. and Mr..
Burns killed it.. He said he believed
the increase too great. especially as the
fire chief had no more work to do than
the other employees OF the department.
He was in favor OF an increase OF half
the sum. When the roll WIS called
,on final passage the following voted
legainst it, Messrs. Burns Belland. Le-
heck and Nordstrom. Four members
vote,l for IL. For the second time In
1.-TWO yeers Mayor Suprenant had the
ltiecIdlng vote to cast. and he unhesl-
ltatiLgly declared the measure lost. The
defenI OF this bill was a surprise, as Mr.,
lDurns had not offered any objection
10 II at the previous meeting II is
probable that other purposed salary In
creasIrg ordinances viii now be side
tracked.
Improvement to Be Made.
The long drawn out proposal for the
Improvement OF Franklin avenue from
Thirty sixth street tn point 10 feet
east of the west line OF Forty-thiri
street was finally settled yesterday.
The ordinance, amended so as to pro-
vile for one-half-to-one slope through
the big cut, came up for third reading
and fiEal passage. Mr.. Lebeck, the
new member, expressed the opinion
THAT the city could not afford to hear any
portion Of the cost of this or other inn
Eprovements. He said Exchange street
was in need of repair from Seventeenth
east and was Of the opinion @ich i'm
provements should first be attended 10
b. the council. Mr.. Nordstrom replied
to the gentleman from the Third ward
with one Of his convincing speeches, In
which he said, among other things, that
the cost OF the work would be almost
entirely BORNE by the property own
ers. County Assessor Cornelius, who
was present, said that, n the improve
tment were commenced, 1t would be i'm
possible for him to increase property
valuations, but that no increase would
be impossible unless the street were
put through. He makes his next
assessment in March. The vote In fa-
yor of the ordinance was unanimous.
The bill provides that the work shall
be completed by December /.
Veto is overridden.
Mayor Suprenant's veto Of the or
ainance for purchase Of the y. A.
Taylor property was overrlden by the
council only two members, Messrs
Berand and Nordstrom, voting to sus-
tain Ii. Before the vote was taken
Mr.. Nordstrom explained that he had
voted for the ordinance at the previous
meeting not because he was In favor
OF 1t, but rather because he alone OPP
posed 1t and opposition would have ac-
complished nothing. He said there
was no present need for the property
and pointed out the past errors Of the
council In throwing away the peoples
D oney In reckless investments. So far
as he was concerned, he would take the
$4,000 and apply 1t to the bonded debt,
that tie interest account might be les