The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-22
common COUNCIL ADOPTS THE
SEA WALL AMENDMENT

IHNdg N'Nh SN'N'
Icil."
But Councilman Belland was even
more decided in his views. There are
Ito be nine members Of this commits
sion" he said, "and six OF them are
named from the Second Ward, The
other three are from the rest OF the
city
1T is wrong and unfair and sell
hsh," he concluded,
Mr.. Beland spoke with much
emphasis.
Harrison Allen, for the A, 4 c.
Railway, again appeared before the
council, and last night he made a
powerful arraignment Of the whole
plan as now prepared by the COM
mttee, but nothing he said seemed to
have any weight with the men p the
council who were prepared to vote for
it apparently at all hazards.
Acting apparently upon a sugges-
ton that had been first made by
Judge Anderson, Mr.. Allen said that
there appears to be direct conflict
between the city charter and the pro-
posed amendment to the charter, as
regards the streets over the tide land
districts. The commission is to be
permitted to make assessments, while
the charter already permits the coun-
Gil to make similar assessments. Thus
a conflict appears. The commission
might establish one grade and the
council another,
Il say the committee has not care
fully considered the legal aspects OF
the BILL" said Mr.. Allen.
again, ] ask you why you have
not considered the substitute meas
ure which authorizes the committee
to first make an investigation of the
whole matter? We ought to first sub
init the matter to engineers, before
we try to expend this $300,0OO
You are going to tax the whole
city for a seawall, which will be con-
structed just where the commission
may decide to put it. Uppertown
may never have any of it, neither
may Uniontown, yet they must help
pay for it no matter where il goes in.
BIT the A. & c. Railway does not
propose 10 submit to the dictation OF
few members of the council, per-
haps for political purposes merely, or
to help some downtown property, and
warn you that we will carry the
matter before the people For 1t is
for them to decide. say the only
honest. sensible and conscietious plan
is to first make an investigation by
competent engineers, so as to have
some idea Of what you are going to
do. 1t is too great power to place
in the hands OF commission. 1t is
nm American The commission will
have more power than the circuit
court"
Mr.. Mcclure, for the railway, also
asked some pertinent questions.
I In defense OF the proposed amend
ment, DR.. Henderson, DR.. Logan and
, Mr.. Kaboth, put up spirited defense.
But apparently the argument was do
ing little or no good, as probably
all knew just how they were going
TO vote irrespective Of the oratory.
The name of w. Schimpf appears
/ in the bill as adopted as the commits
sioner in place OF S. F. Harrison, who
resigned.
| At the request of Councilman Bel
land the entire bill was read at the
meeting last night 1t was a tedious
matter to listen to-
The whole matter is now to be
placed before the people, as it is pre-
sumed there will be little difficulty in
securing at least enough signatures to
get it into the election.
The meeting lasted until after II
o'clock. and everybody was tired Out
when the session came to an end.
The surprise Of the evening was
when Councilman Robinson showed
iup, while nearly everyone supposed h'
was in the hospital with the typhoid
fever.
The matter Of next importance wa
the question of the Mayors veto o
the proposed public pier at Forty
sixth street.
OVER MAYORS VETO.
Hardly had the common counci
gotten we'll down to business befor
il was announced that there was
communication on the table from tn
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