The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-22

| city surveyor Tee reported back IL
the matter OF the Improvement of ca.
lumbia, Melbourne and Lincoln ave.
nues. and other streets adjacent
thereto, recommending that the mat
, ter be filed Tor the present. and III,
same was done forthwith.
The city surveyor also reported IL
the matter of the Improvement OF illl
street from the south line of RonJ
street. to the north line OF Commcr.
ctal street, in favor OF the use Of ptl.
ing, at cost OF St5o. as against thu
use Of hcnts. AT Sl96 and the repnr
was approved and adopted by the
council.
The report OF the city surveyor tn
the matter of the Improvement of tNa
sewer on Thirty-seventh street. In
which he recommended the filing Of
the matter for the time being. was
SO disposed of by the council,
The report OF Police Chief Gamm,l
for the year 1905, carefully drawa
and succnct report OF all police To-
tails FOR that period. was read In opn,
council and adopted and approved -
far rs the council was concerned. the
report being directed to the Polica
Commission OF the city. II is not pos
sible 10 give the report In fun In this
issue, but its salient points will b.
given. day by day during the pending
week. In substance the report dealt
as follows with the police administrd-
ton. including the recommendation
deemed essential by Chief Gammal'
The annual report of Chief of Police
Gammal for the year 1906 was flied to-
day. 1t shows that during the year
1,ll7 arrests were made and there were
% violent deaths reported to the de-
partment, one of them being murder
and three being suicides. The report
segregates the receipts and expendi-
lures of the department and contains a
vast amount of statistical information
that is of value in the records Of the
city. The collections made by the de-
partment amounted to $23, 575, Sc
as follows: Fines and for
FIXTURES, SIS, 575; sundry licenses, S.
O22. The expenses amounted to SS,-
233. ST, as follows: Salaries, 81, 52l.-
so; feeding prisoners, S373.96; sun
dries $23S.4l, leaving surplus of
sl5., 1868. 1853, which has been turned
over to the treasurer.
Chief Gammal estimates the cost of
the department during
he year 1907 at SO, 900 as some minor
to the city Jail are
needed and recommends the appropri-
attion of that sum. The police force
at the present time consists of nine
including the chief, Six
If them patrol the city until midnight
and after that hour five men are on
1uty. The chief in his report calls at
.ention to the necessity of having one
more policeman, who shall be on duty
1t the station during the night to an
'wer any emergency calls, assist the
)ther officers in handling refractory
prisoners and care for persons who are
brought in i'll or injured. !,
He also states that the police force
S too small and urges. the city govern
nent to make provision at an early I
late for the support of police depart
nent more in keeping with ofthe sic . .
he city so that the residence section {
n particular, may be better protected ;
han is now possible. The report
als attention to the increased cost of l
living, the advance in rents and asks {
hat the salaries of the poli.e officers c
e raised. Two most important rec
made by Chief Gammal
re regarding the establishment of
ock pile and the procuring OF patrol !
,agon. He says:
"This city is at present run on {
wide open basis. This condition {
aturally attracts large number of
ndesirable characters, both male and J
emale, who habitiually inbabit the re-
tricted districts and become parasites O
n the community at large. In this \
espect would state that the depart c
tent has been duly active in endeavor- II
lg to rid the city of such persons. i
early every day a vagrant is
rought before the police court and
lly convicted, but term in JAIL with
zee food and nothing to do but lie in
ed, is hardly punishment for that -