The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
THE BILL BOARDS MUST GO
Amendments 70 the City Charter
Adopted--Exchange Street from
Seventeenth to the Clatsop Mill
to Be improved.


A communication fro mthe cooperate
i've store asking for the use of the
) city water for sluicing on Commercial
street in Uniontown was referred to
the street committee.
Communication from A. Richard
asking that an arc light be placed at
the foot of Ninth street. was referred
to the street committee.
Petitions for liquor licenses from
Charles Campbell, Carlson Bros. and
S. E. Harris were referred to the COM
mittee on health and police.
Communication from John Enberg
asking for a building permit. was
granted.
Report of the auditor and police
Judge and city treasurer for the quar-
ter ending December 81 and for the
year 1904. were read and referred to
the committee on ways and means.
On motion the ways and means COM
mittee was authorized. to have the
books of the auditor. treasurer and chief
of police exported.
Report of the city physician on cases
of dyphtheria was filed. DR.. Pilking-
ton was present and stated that 1t was
impossible for him to make report
OF vital statistics. as a number of the
physicians and mid-wives had refused
to file reports of births and deaths as
required by the state laws and ordi-
nances of the city. He called atten-
tion to the fact that the state law pro-
viied a penalty of 800 for failure to
report, and the ordinance imposed
similar fine. That it was the duty
of the head Of the house to report all
births and failure would subject them
to the same fine.
The bill of F. C. Reed for house rent
and moving was turned down.
Liquor licenses were granted to John
Manciet and Frank Lindstrom.
Bills of the city surveyor for 1904,
and the superintendent of streets for
$17O for work done during December
were ordered paid
Report of the city surveyor on the
slides at Smiths point, stating that it
was impracticable to remove the dirt
at the present time, and when an en-
gine could be taken down there the dirt
could be removed, was filed The sur
veyor was instructed to make an esti-
mate of the probable cost of removing
the slide, in order that the council can
pass an ordinance assessing the cost to
the adjacent property
Proposition from Ferguson & Hus-
ton to build a truss for the city hall
roof for S104 was read and the commit
tee ordered to have the work done.
Attorney Smith then read the amend
ments to the city charter The first one
changing the boundaries so as to take
in Van Dusen's first addition provoked
considerable discussion, some wanting |
Hume's mill taken into the city limits |
A vote was taken, the democrats vot-
Ing to take it in and the republicans |
against it. 1t was a tie vote and the |
mayor voted against taking it in. The
second amendment provided that a va
cancy in an office should be filed for
the unexpired term instead Of until
the next general election, and party
lines were drawn in this. The demo-
Gratis voted in favor of it and re re-
publicans against 1t, resulting in tic
Gratis voted in favor of 1t and re-
by voting with the democrats, so that
honors were even.
Section 11S was amended providing
that when a police commissioner was
absent from the city so days without
leave, the Office should be declared va
cant and filled by appointment by the
mayor and confirmed by the council
and was adopted. Unless Baker and
NUOh TtpOEl III " udySJ LilciT OIHCeS
will be declared vacant. This will set
tie the police commission difficulty
Section rs was amended allowing
the city to assess property for 100 per
cent of its assessed value for street
improvements. The charter was then
adopted as whole and ordered sent to
the senator and representatives in Sa-
lem for passage.
An ordinance appropriating money
for the benefit of w A Goodin for i'm
provement of Franklin avenue was read
a first time.
An ordinance establishing the grade
on Hume avenue from Bond to Com
mercial was passed.
An ordinance to build sidewalk on
Duane street between First and Third
was passed.
An ordinance appropriatlng s1s3.12
for the benefit of John Harry and
s2ss.5S for the benefit of John Hend-
rickson, amount due on unexpired IL