The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-11
PRESENT SEA WALL
AMENDMENT
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fHentB as the commission shnll rec
olnmend, together with an estimate
OF the cost thereof.
THE commission shall have au.
thority 70 employ such engineers, In.
spectofs. laborcrs and clerical assist.
ance necessary to the performance oi
the duties herein prescribed; proyid.
Cd, however thai no expenditures
shall be made or indebtedness incur.
red III an amount exceeding $4,000.
Section 100. Each member OF the
commission shall receive the sum Of
$500 per day for the time actually
employed IN the performance Of his
duties.
Section l6i. Bills. for the com.
pcnsation Of the members Of the
commission and for expenses incur.
red hereunder shall be paid from the
general fund Of the city Of Astoria
upon certificate by the three mem.
bcrs OF the commission, when coun-
tersigned by the city auditor. and
the council Of the city OF Astoria u
hereby authorized to include. from
time 10 time, In the general levy Of
taxes such sums as may be necessary
20 cover the amounts so paid out Of
the general fund
Section l62. The commission shall,
from time to time, report In writing
20 the common council the result Of
their Investigations, and such reports,
as well as the records OF such CON-
mission, shall be public records Of
the city Of Astoria.
Section i63 No work OF general
improvement for the reclamation Of
lands within the city Of Astoria GOV.
cred by the ebb and how Of the tide
shall be undertaken before the com.
pietion OF the investigation by the
commission hereby created"
Mr.. Allen urged the acceptance Of
his substitute, but the committee
finally voted il down. Mr.. Aliens
presentation Of the railways side Of
the matter was done in mastery
way. and. judging from the attitude
Of approval among the citizens pres
ent. he voiced their views as well.
Yet the committee seemed determin-
edit so ahead with the bill that they
have worked upon for many months
Mr. G. B. Hagardt, the Portland
engineer, also made an interesting
talk. Mr.. Hagardt said his object in
coming TO Astoria was to set himself
right on this matter He said he had
understood that the charter amend
mcnt committee was quoting him as
having expressed certain figures and
facts in relation to the bulkhead pro.
jeet.
IL did state certain facts and
figures, in very general way" said
Mr.. Hagardt "but II was done in a
general and abstract way. But did
not state that It would cost so much
to construct this seawall. wish to
make that very clear, for the sake OF
my reputation II nothing else, The
figures given by me were meant to be
quite general, under certain ideal con-
ditions, and what ! would really wish
20 urge IN this case Is that thorough |
investigation shoald first be made,
Engineers should be employed, and a
complete survey made. Then after
this is done the cost may be esti-
mated with accuracy, but not before
1t is big project, gentlemen" said
Mr. Hagardt, "and a matter Of this
kind must be FIRST looked into very
carefully by engineers. You might
even find the cost to be prohibitive.'
In a nutshell the whole matter
might be stated thus many objected
on the ground that no investigation
has been made by men competent to
make such an investigation On the
other hand, the charter amendment
committee apparently believes that
this investigation can just as we'll be
made by the commission after the
people have voted in favor Of the en-
Eerprise, providing they do So One
case Is first examining your pig be-
lore you buy, and the second case
seems TO be somewhat like buying a
pig in the poke
Many Of the citizens present made
short talks, as rule urging delay,
md urging caution and thorough in
,estigation before acting, One OF the
asst to speak was |, Bergman, who
irged some delay to look into the
natter first,
On all sides were brought out facts
ending to show that the project will
e very costly and that It means