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PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904. Morning Astoriari Established 1873 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. iy mail, per year Uy mail, per month By carriers,' per month . . . $6 00 50 60 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOMAX. By mail, j er year, in advance $1 00 AST0RIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. FRANKLIN AVENUE IMPROVEMENT. Councilman Nordstrom is righteously indignant because of the sudden turn of affairs in the matter of the contemplated improvement of Franklin avenue in the east end. Whether or not Mr. Nordstrom 's charge of political trickery is well founded, it is evi dent that the people of the Third want, and, for that matter, the people of "the entire city, have not been fairly treat edln this matter. Mr. Burns, chairman of the street committee, is the atuhor of the bill which the mayor vetoed. The ordinance was intended to place the council in pos session of accurate information as to the cost of the work. It authorized the street committee to invite bids, but the actual awarding of the contract was a matter to be acted upon at a later date by the council. Mr. Burns asked that the ordinance be passed so it might be positively determined just what portion of the cost of making the improvement would fall upon the city. In all fairness, this much, at least, was due the people of the Third ward. No one knew how much of the cost of the improvement would have to be paid out of the general fundand, in view of the fact that there had been considerable expense attached to pre liminary work already done, the council should have taken steps to thoroughly and authentically post itself. Generally speaking, we are opposed to the city making improvements for the property owners. As toria has gone into this sort of business altogether too extensively, as our immense municipal debt will show. People who want streets ought to pay for them. No other equitable manner of street improve ment could well be devised. But there are exceptional cases. Our charter pro- .. 1 il. l i 1 11 i m viues inai property snau not be taxed tor street or sewer improvements in excess of 75 per cent of the assessed valuation. This provision makes it necessary for the taxpayers at large to occasionally assist the people of a certain district. Nearly all of the im provements recently made have been partly paid for out of the general fund of the city.The east end ought to be entitled to equally as much consideration as the downtown wards, and certainly was entitled to the privilege of demonstrating just what the pro posed Franklin avenue improvement would cost. There are other considerations to be reckoned with in this matter. So long as Franklin avenue remains unimproved, just that long will property valuations remain at bedrock. -With an improved street from Thirty-fifth to Forty-third property would become more valuable and the city would in time get back the money which it would advance at this time. There's nothing temporary about the city government it will lie here after we of the present generation are gone. It can well afford to assist in the upbuilding of its several districts, for the east end is as much a part of the whole city as the First ward or the Sec ond ward. Perhaps, as some of the members of the council aver, the city is financially unable at the present time to assist the Third ward; but it is equally plain that the council will disregard the rights of the people whom it represents if it fails to override the mayor's veto of the ordinance 'for the Franklin avenue' improvement, which is purely a preliminary measure and calculated only to place the council in possession of facts and figures which are now lament ably Jacking. -If Mayor Suprenant and Messrs. Han sen and Lebeck are anxious to do the right thing in this matter, let them afrree to passage of the ordi nance, and then, if the cost to the city will be too great, let them reject the bids at the proper time. The improvement is needed and every reasonable means should be' employed to secure it. There is nothing reasonable to the action thus far taken. given a chance' to demonstrate its usefulness, but for that matter neither has the Chinook. In all fairness, and for the advancement of our own interests, we should not take snap judgment on either of the methods now being employed at the mouth of the Columbia. Extension of the jetty is not the easy matter many of us believe it to Ihk. It has been demonstrated that, as the jetty is built seaward, the bar is forced out. The extension carries the work into deep water, the depth having been 30 feet when operations were suspended last fall. A few hundred yards beyond the end of the breakwater the depth is 10 fathoms, and a mile or so farther out is 100 to 150 feet; Con struction of the jetty in such depths as these is no small matter. The undertaking calls for the best work of our scientific engineers. Should they fail in the future as they have in the past the Columbia will be left with only 25 or 30 feet depth, the mill ions already expended will be lost and our harlwr deprived of a suitable entrance. Everything thus far points to the success of the work of the bar dredge. The vessel has been able to operate only at times during the winter, but it i believed she is doing good work. Those men who work on the bar in the capacity of pilots, and who should be most thoroughly posted on matters of the kind, express the belief that the dredge will give us the desired depth. Perhaps they are mistaken, but it is only logical to suppose they know, more about this matter than the average landsman. It's all very well for the engineer department to make periodical soundings, but it is not fair for the department to pass judgment on the Chinook after she has worked only 60 or 70 hours. The Chinook is entitled to as much consideration as the jetty if anything, is entitled to' more consideration, for it gives more promise of results. We want greater depth on the' har and it is a mat ter of no consequence whether the depth is provided by the jetty or by the Chinook or by both. THE JETTY AND THE BAR DREDfJE. If the bar dredge Chinook accomplishes no more for the mouth of the Columbia river than bas been accomplished by the jetty, the depth will not be materially affected. We have been depending upon the jetty for a great many years, yet today there is no more water on the bar than there has been in the past not nearly as much as during the period from) 1892 to 1896. . We believe the jetty has never been The excellent plan of pensioning superannuated employes which was inaugurated by the Pennsyl vania and Chicago" & Northwestern companies on January 1, 1901, followed by the Illinois Central six months later, has proved so satisfactory that it is gradually being adopted by other companies, says the Railway Age. The latest to announce the es tablishment of a pension system is the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, which operates some 4,200 miles of road, and controls companies representing over 5,000 miles more. The basis upon which pen sions are figured is practically the same in all com panies, namely : an allowance for each year of service of 1 per cent of the average regular monthly pay received for the 10 years preceeding retirement; but whereas some companies require 30 years of con tinuous service and others 20 years, the Atlantic Coast Line pensions all who have been 10 years in the service on their reaching the retirement ase of 70 years or of 61 to 69 years incases of incapacity for further service. The usual clause prohibiting the regular employment thereafter of any person over 35 years of age is modified by this company to read: "No person inexperienced in railway work over 35 years of age, and no experienced person over 45 years of age shall hereafter he taken into the ser vice," subject to exceptions for temporary or special service. The 4000 telephone irls in Germany are govern ment employes. Each must be of good character and live in a respectable family. The pay is 53 cents a day, with an advance of six cents in two years, and those four years in servise secure 71 cents a day. Applicants for these positions usually wait two years for an opening. The members of the council at Monday night's meeting agreed to an amendment to the appropria tions bill whereby the entire library tax is to be turned over to the public library. This action was commendable,' and, if the emmbers of the council do not change their minds, the public library will re ceive the money. Harbin, Manchuria, is but three years old, but is one of the greatest cities of Asia, and has the largest European population of any Asiatic city, containing 60,000 Russians, besides the soldiers, and 40,000 Chinese. It will be the great flouring mill city of that region. i ill . r i hjutr? UDecokating The quiet, artistio beauty of any homo is easily nimrod by luck of taste in wall decorations. We wish to state that tho New Year will find us in a hotter position to do decorat ing than ever before, New patterns aro beginning to arrive, ami all wo ask is that you favor us with an op iwrtunity tu show you tho lino. B. F. ALLEN $ SON. ?65-7 Commercial Street BLACKSMITH 1 NO CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDING. FIRST-CLASS H015SK SHOEING. Loffslna Camp Work. All kinds of wagon material tu stock for mK We guarantee the beat work done Id tbe city. Prim right. , ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duaae Btreets. Thone 291, If the correspondent signing himself "Observer" will send his name to this office as an evidence of good faith, his letter will receive due consideration. If not, it will be thrown in the waste paper basket. As President Harper, of Chicago, is able to handle all his professors, he might make a good campaign manager for the democrats. The democrats claim that Mr. Roosevelt has not a divine right to 4he presidency. This is true ; but he has the right of a majority vote holder. 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