The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-06
City Council Meets and Disposes
Of Business.
PASSES LOT or ORDINANCES
Extends Working Limit Of Home Tsle-
phone Franchise for ioo Days--Ex.
cludes Oil Tanks Within. One
Year.

The common council met In adjournct
, regular session at 1880 o'clock last
evening, with all the councilmen pres
ent excepting Mr.. neland; Mayor Her.
man Wise in the chair and Judge An
derson in charge Of the records,
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved, aud the
council went right into the mass OF ac.
cumulated routine business and dis.
posed Of It in the following order;
| Upon favorable reports from the com.
mittee in charge liqur licenses were
| granted to Carlson Bros. and to John
Glaser.
A communication was received from
the county court, protesting against the
bad condition OF the new cement side.
walk on the south side of the court
house block; and Surveyor Tee in.
formed the council that the work was
done during the hottest period Of the
summer and was faulty from natural
causes and that the contractor in charge
has so reported and declared his inten.
tion to rebuild 1t before asking that Il
be accepted, at least so much OF II
as was Objectionable.
A communication was received, read
and duly filed from c. W. Fulton, in
the matter Of the Mcclure drain and
its bearing upon certain properties,
A communication from j. +. Hamil.
ton was received. read and ordered filed
in the matter OF an erroneous assess.
ment for the improvement OF Eleventh
street from Harrison avenue to Kensing-
ton avenue.
A resolution providing for the i'm.
provement OF Harrison avenue from
the west line OF Shively's Astoria TO
the East line OF Tenth street was pre-
sented and adopted upon the provision
that the property involved viii stand
the cost thereof.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted appointing T. r, Davie, A. Brix
and /. Bergman, as viewers Of the pro-
posed extension OF the alley in Block
90, McClure's Astoria.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted providing for the improvement
Of Fourteenth street from the south /.
line of Franklin avenue to the north
line OF Grand Avenue.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted for the improvement OF Bond
street from point Is feet west OF
the east line OF Fortysec street to
the west line Of Forty.fourth.
Another for the improvement of Nj.
agara Avenue from a point II feet east
Of the west line Of Eighth to the center
of Seventh street, was introduced and
adopted.
Another, for the improvement Of Elev-
enth street from the south line OF
Franklin avenue to the north line of
Harrison, also prevailed. (
Also, to improve Grand from the west
line of Eleventh to west line OF Sew
enth presented and adopted. Also, to
improve Kensington, from point 10
feet east Of center of Eighth to the
west line Of Eleventh.
The following ordinances were then
introduced and disposed Of as follows: 4
Appropriating $ll25O for Mrs. J. G.
Mauck, for release in full of all claims
for damage; adopted
To improve Commercial street, read
first and second times; read third time,
under suspension OF rules, and passed.
For repair of Mcclure drain; passed.
TOT improvement Vi IldHkHH HFeuuG
Seventh to Fourth street, postponed in.
definitely.
Extending time for improvement of
Grand avenue, Eleventh to Seventh
street, passed.
To extend time for beginning Of work
On installation of Home Telephone sys-
tenn, for 100 days, and raising forfeit
from $500 to $1,000, passed under sus-
pension of rules.
For general election on Wednesday,
December l2, 1905, and for primary elec-
ion on November IL, passed.
Appropriating $4,000 to J. H. Welch,
IS rebate on assessment; passed.
To prohibit erection or maintenance
II oil tanks, or receptacles for storage
If petroleum in larger quantity than
1000 gallons, within city limits, and to
'equire removal Of any such tanks now
lere within one year from date; passed.
A petition for sewer on Thirty.sev-
nth street to be of s or 10 inch pipe
md against use Of l4-inch, referred to