The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-04


Isso00. and he believed the council
Ishould, for this reason fail to heet
the request, Mr.. Lebeok believed tht
Improvement scheme he had put tG
the council would be about right, and
he thought the council ought to give
the people what they want so long as
they are willing to pay for It, An ad-
Iiourned meeting viii be held tomor-
lrow evening, when the matter will be
disposed OF.
! Friction Between officials.
Auditor Anderson stated to the coun-
ell that the request Of the city treas
urer for instructions IN the matter of
collecting interest had been acted up
on, He said the treasurer would be
absent from the city for short time.
and he wanted 10 know what to do II
property owners called at his office and
offered to pay delinquent assessments,
Mr.. Nordstrom-The matter was re-
ferred to the ways and means commit
tee and city attorney. The attorney
drew up 4 report. but l was the only
member Of the committee to sign II.
Mr., Burns-I did not sign the report
for the reason that | did not under
stand it. The committee has been In
"a mixup with the treasurer almost
daily, and the matter has reached a
personal stage, ! do not purpose to be
a party to anything of this sort.
Mr.. Nordstrom-I want a rule adopt
ed under which all viii be treated
alike. If one delinquent property own
er is required to pay interest, all
should be required TO do so. The rec
ords of the treasurer will show that
the o. r. & N. CO. was once required
to pay $50 interest on a delinquent
assessment, while the A. & C. did not
pay a cent. This is not right.
The charter specifies that the treas
urer shall collect interest at the rate
of 6 per cent and it was mutually
agreed, without any legislation. that
the terms of the charter should be fol-
lowed in this respect.
Other Matters Acted Upon.
Liquor licenses We're granted to C. r.
Wright and Peter Peterson, and appli-
cations We're received from Denck &
CHASER and Carlson Bros.
City Treasurer Dealey was granted
a leave of absence. and leaves of alb
sence were granted to S. ]. Arrigoni
and AL Leinenweber.
A petition from the Prael- Eigner
Transfer Company, asking permission
to build and use platform under
meath Duane street, was referred to
the street committee.
The request for the establishment OF
street lights on Seventh and Eighth
streets was referred TO the street COM
mittee.
A letter was received from the pres
ident and secretary of the carpenters
union declaring that the Star theater
was in unsafe condition, and that the
building was not properly supported,
The letter was referred to the COM
mittee on public property.
The protests against the street work
in the East End were all filed, on rec
ommendation of the street committee
The petition for the improvement of
Thirtieth street from Grand to Harri-
son avenue was filed, as it is now too
late to undertake this work. How
ever the committee recommends that
the improvement be made early in the
spring. Similar action was taken on
the petition for the improvement of
Irving avenue from Twenty-third to
Thirty-fifth street.
Ordinances were introduced to pay
T. Millhaupt 1854 for improvement of
one block of Commercial street, and to
pay Birch & Jacobson $542.70 for the
partial improvement of Duane street.
An ordinance extending until Octo-
Der Is the time for completion Of the
of Franklin avenue be-
tween Twelfth and Seventeenth streets
was passed under suspension of the
rules.
An ordinance accepting the improve