The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
County Court and Contractors
Sign for New Court House.
Court Makes Number Of Orders
Touching Minor Matters---ouite a
Grist Still Awaiting Treatment
Full Court Present.

The County Court of Clatsop county
met yesterday morning, at the court
house. In regular session for the month
OF February, with all members OF the
court In attendance. to-wit; County
Judge c, J. Trenchard. Commissioners
William Larson and {. c. Masten, and
County Clerk J. C. Clinton In charge
Of the records and Road Master John
Frye representing his department.
The feature OF yesterdays session
was the orderly and final disposition
OF the contract for the completion OF
the new county court house. John
Hastie. OF the Seattle firm OF contrac-
tors. Haste 4 Dougan. arriving on
the noon express to take over his firm $
measure or the responsibility, in ac-
cordance with their successful bid for
the work heretofore made and accept
ed.
The contract was carefully drawn by
the proper authorities here, closely
scrutinized by all interested, approved
and duly and fully signed as by law
required, and is now matter OF pub
lie record here, Mr., Hastie says that
his people will have the proper force
Of skilled workmen here as early In
the month Of March as possible, and
make the start upon the big job, and
that 1t will be steadily prosecuted un-
til the last days work Is done which
will be in the neighhorhood OF the
first Of December next, sooner. or a
fraction later, as the exigencles OF the
years weather shall ordain.
This important matter having been
launched to the satisfaction OF the
court and contractors. the court
turned its attention to the accumula-
tions OF routine affairs and dispatched
the same In the following sequence:
The report Of Road Supervisor Will
lam Jones. of district No. IL, was re-
ceived. examined and approved by the
court; as was that OF A. L. Parker OF
district No. II.
The supervisor of road district No
u was authorized to sell the plow now
in use in the district for the sum OF
$40, as not being suitable for the work
on hand, the court to replace the same
with another, in due course.
The clerk was directed to notify Mr..
ingalls, that a bridge tender had al
ready been appointed for service upon
the Lewis & Clark bridge No. 2.
In the matter of the tide box on the
w. J. ingalls, place, the same is
ascertained to be ineffective In the
matter Of draining, causing overflow,
and it was ordered by the court that
the clerk notify Mr., ingalls, that the
county will put in a new one, without
expense to him, on condition that he
file an agreement as to location and
that no claim shall be filed against the
the county.
The report of E. Hanbury on the
amount and character Of the work
done by Johnson & Elliott, on road
district No. II was received and ex-
amined, and it appearing that the
work has been properly completed for
a distance Of 293 rods, the clerk was
directed to issue a warrant for the
sum Of $336.95, out of the special
fund No. 12, forthwith, in favor Of said
contractors.
In the matter of the contract for the
completion of the new court house, it
appearing that HASTE & Dougan had
been awarded the contract, and that
they had deposited certified check in
the sum of $4,000, that they would en-
ter into same, and having this day
signed and concluded said contract, 1t
was ordered that said check be re-
linquished to them forthwith.
The court appointed c. G. Palmberg,
of this city, as superintendent of con-
struction on the part Of this county in
the matter Of he new court house,
and his compensation was fixed at the
sum of $5 per day during said en-
gagement.
A number Of minor petitions for
roads were received from various
sources and were duly filed for early
consideration by the court; and the
court adjourned until this morning al