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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1906)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 190 9, AFLOAT AND ASHORE French Ship Uenncc Arrives from Antwerp. SCHOONERSANJOSECRIPPLED COUNCIL MEETING Busy Session of . Astoria City Fathers Last Niht. NEW STEAM ROLLER BOUGHT Atamn Sails in to Knappton Catsrina Council, After long Argument, Approve Accame'j Crew Deserts Big Fleet of Vessels Comes In Harvest Queen's Big Tow Notes. Captain Gunderson, in command of the State schooner San Jose was compelled to leave the Columbia bar yesterday with the craft, and put her in the shelter of the bay, owing to the snap pins of her foremast-head. The stick has only been in service for four year, and as there was no sea on to straiu her in any way, the accident is hard to account for, except upon the hypothesis of poor material or workmanship. Ow ing to this mishap, rush orders were telegraphed to the drydock people at St. John's to put the Pulitzer through in the quickest time possible. If these orders are carried out the bap boat will be down in a few days. The fine, large schooner Alumna, Cap tain Genberg, sailed in over the Co lumbia bar yesterday, and proceeded up the north channel to a point just below Knappton, under her own canvass, and made a pretty picture from this side of the river, with her white harness against the vivid green of the Washing ton hills. Thousands watched her from all over the city, until the night and the wind fell, simultaneously, with her sails. She was towed to her berth at Knappton yesterday morning, and will load lumber outward for San Francisco, whence she came, this trip. 1 The Harvest Queen, one of the best tow boats on the coast, yesterday did one of her big stunts at towing, leaving up from this port with the following fleet of schooners on her hawsers. The A. S. Coats, the Seaquoia, the Virginia and the Joseph Pulitzer. The Pulitzer goes to the drydock at St. John's; the Sequoia to Vancouver, and the Coats and Virginia to Portland. Captain M. B. Staples went np in charge of bar pilot schooner Pulitzer. The steamer Eedondo arrived in port or Sunday morning last, from San Fran cisco, under command of Captain Bende gard. She is now the property of the Simpson Lumber Company, of Knapp ton. they having purchased her outright for the sum of $125,000. She is rated as one of the best steamers of her class on the coast, being of double steel hull, end with all up-to-date appliances for handling cargo, and in carrying capacity. The handsome steamer Asuncion was among the Sunday arrivals here from San Francisco. She went on to Port land, loaded deeply with an immense cargo of fuel oiL She will be followed today by the old ship Fullerton in tow of the sea tug Sea King, from San Francisco. The Telegraph came down on time yesterday with a fair list of people and went back to the metropolis with the biggest crowd Bhe has ever taken out of Astoria, aside from excursion work. Street Committee's Action in Purchasing $3500 Steam Roller Will Tax the Theatres. The much talked of purchase of the new steam roller by the street com mittee of the city council without the permission of the council by ordinance, was settled last night when the council 1 passed the ordinance authorixinir the purchase of the roller, and another specifying that the sum paid should be $3500. This last ordinance was passed with the express understanding that the company from whom the steam roller was purchased, should buy the old roller from the city council for the sum of $250. which amount should be de ducted from the price of the new steam roller. On this condition an ordinance was introduced and read the first and second time authorizing the committee on public property to sell the roller for a sum not less than $250. It would undoubtedly have passed on a suspen sion of the rules, except for the objection of Kaboth, who opposed the entire transaction as being over-expensive. Councilman Kaboih spoke vigorously before the passage of the ordinance against the city's paying so much money for a roller. "We have pretty nearly reached the limit of our expenditures," said he. "The taxpayers of this city are entitled to some consideration. I believe that if the committee had used proper discretion in the matter it could have bought one much cheaper. For these and several other1 reasons I oppose this measure." Councilman Stangland in reply to Kaboth and in support of the street com mittee's action said that the committee had used the utmost care and considera tion in the transaction and that Kaboth's objection was made at a late time. It should have been made according to him when the matter of buying a roller first came up, and not after the roller was already on the ground. "The committee is in a serious position," he continued, "and the council ought to stand behind our action." At the conclusion of Stangland's re marks, Kaboth arose and reiterated his position and at the same time asked the city attorney whether or not the com mittee's action in buying the roller without informing the council of the price, was legal To this Attorney Smith answered that it was not, in a strict sense of the term, and that under the charter could not be so construeed. Robinson, a member of the street committee, stated that he believed that the council should not go back on the committee, which had acted in good faith all through. Councilman Hansen, chairman of the street committee, followed his colleague Robinson, and devoted some time in at tempting to justify the committee's ac tion, showing that a number of cities in the state had purchased the same roller for the price as Astoria. He thought that the press had misrepre sented the facta in some degree, and said THREE DAYS SALE SATURDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY A 45-piecg: set of White Austrian China. Sells regularly at $10.50. Special sale price $6.85 The best value ever offered in the city of Astoria FOARD & STOKES GO. Ii r ' a $1 .Jiy ass mmvmm I mhF $mm4mm r1 CLOTHES n MM There is an appearance of quality about our suits that appeals to the lover of good clothes; an individuality that you can not get away from. WE SEE TO IT That you are properly fitted and perfectly satisfied before you leave our store. It is this attention, this interest in each buyer that gains your confidence, and this con fidence is never abused. It's our way. IT IS ALL-WOOL QUALITY That Makes the Wheels of this Store Go Round P. A. STOKES "Good Clothes for Men Who Know." that it had been intimated that there was some kind of a "graft" in the tran saction. This he strenuously denied. He affirmed that be did not seek for "newspaper notoriety." A vote was then taken on the question of the roller's purchase which was pass ed by a vote of seven to one, Kaboth voting no. An ordinance authorizing the leasing of the roller at $15 a day and, the ap pointment of an assistant engineer to operate the machine at a salary of $70 a month, was laid over until next meet ing for further consideration. After the reading of the minutes the following petitions for liquor licenses were read and later granted: A. B. Papadopedo, Victor Carlson, V. A. Peterson, and J. A. Borchard. A petition from the regatta committee asking permission for the ue of the city streets during the regatta, was referred to the street committee, street superin- intendent, and the chief of the fire de partment. A petition for the construction of a sewer on Thirty-seventh street from Duane to Commercial was referred to the street committee and the city sur gurveyor. A petition from H. Speilmier to build a sidewalk on Twelfth street from Franklin a certain distance was granted. A petition from Henry Humble asking that the dog pound be removed from it's present location back to the city hall was referred to the committee on health and police. A petition from the property owners on Bond street to make a fill between Sixth and Seventh street with dirt in stead of concrete as at present ordered by the council was referred to the com mittee on street and the city attorney. A petition asking that the grade be re-established on Fourteenth from Jerome to Lexington avenues was re ferred to the street committee. A petition for the extension of a sewer from the east side of Fourteenth to Lexington avenue, was referred to the street committee. A petition from property owners on Grand avenue between Eleventh and Seventh streets asking that the council allow John Leahy to inspect the im provement of that street was left to the discretion of the city surveyor. The petition presented at the last meeting by Karl Knobloch and 139 others, asking for an additional ward to be created, was indefinitely postpon ed ,or in Councilman Lebeck's words, who made the motion "put off forever." A petition asking for the repair of a sidewalk on Bond street was ordered placed on file. A petition from D. H. Welch asking to be reimbursed tot over-assessment was referred to the committee on ways and means, and the city attorney. The committee on ways and means re ported on the bill of Ferguson & Hus ton for $5 which was ordered paid. The following bills from the commit tee on health and police were reported on and ordered paid: Portland Seal & Stamp Works, $3.25 j J. H. O'Ncil, $30; H. Humble, $3.00; C, C. Utzinger, $18; L, H. Henningson, 75 cents; F. C. Berg, 50 cents. Hill from the committee on streets were allowed as follows: Superintend ent of street (pay roll), $145; city sur veyor, $277.50; Foard & Stokes. $7.00; Astoria Lumber Co., $2.25; Astoria Electric Co., $370.02; City Lumber A Box Co., $54.22; Vppertown Transfer Co., $5.73. The committee on fire and water re ported the following bills which were ordered paid: I'ppeitown Transfer Co., $13.25; Foard k Stokes, 25 cents; Pacific Iron Works, $1.00; Johnson Bros., $3.05; S. Williams. $18; W. Mudge, $18; C. W Holmes, $27. Bills from the committee on public property were reported on and allowed as follows: A. S. Tee, $7.50; Foard 4 Stokes, 30 cents; A. V, Allen. 63 cents; Astoria Electric Co., $23.45. The bill of Charle Verschuen for $27 for painting the engine house wa referred back to the committee on Hansen's objection that such work as this should have been advertised for and bid upon. The bill was signed only by Councilman Ka both, the other members of the commit tee being ignorant of the transaction. The report of the auditor and police judge showing that the sum of $10!)0 had been turned over to him from chief of Police Gammal was filed. The report of the city surveyor and street superintendent in regard to the cowli'ton nf certnin street was re- fevivd to the wti'eet committee. A. S. Tee reported that the bell tower on the chemical engine house was in bud and unsafe condition and that the stalls for the horses in the building be moved forward in order to give the men more adequate quarters. The report was ordered filed. The city surveyor submitted a prior assessment of Irving avenue property at $2303, which was filed. Quite a discussion agnin ensued when the bids for experting the city books were read. There were three bids us follows: Victor Hayn and A. F. Finell, $175; A. Leberman and W. P. O'Brien, $170; A. L. Clark and A. C. Ko-s, $170. Lebeek asked permission to introduce an other bid of $170 in place of Hayn and Finell's bid of $175. This he thought was fair, and his expressions were stren uously objected to by Councilman I-in-enweber. The matter was argued at length until both Lebeck and Llnenweber grew rather warm under the collar. Robinson finully settled the question by amending a motion of Stangland's that the Leberman-O'Brien bid be accepted, so that the whole matter was post poned until next new year day. An ordinance providing for extending the time for the completion of the Bond street improvement from Sixth street to McClure's Astoria was passed on suspension of the rules. An ordinance introduced for the first time, providing for the extension of time in the improvement of Bond street from Sixth to Nintr streets, was passed on suspension of the rules. . An ordinance accepting the Eighteenth street sewer improvement was also passed on suspension of the rules. An ordinance prohibiting the erection or maintainance of oil tanks and other means of storage, for petroleum and its products in greater quantities than 5000 ASTORIA GROCERY PHONE, MAIN Mi. 313 COMMERCIAL STREET. JUST ARRIVED A Carload of Sweet and Juicy WATERMELONS ORDER TODAY THE STORE THAT SERVES YOU BEST STARTHEATER P. GEVURTZ, Mgr. MR. LEE WILLARD AND COMPANY, MANAGEMENT ARTHUR C. FOX. TONIGHT East Lynne A FIVE-ACT EMOTIONAL DRAMA. THE DRAMATIZATION OF MRS. HENRY NOVEL WOOD'S CELEBRATED Summer Prices, 15c, 25c. and 35c gallons within the city limtis, and giving DO days from the passoge of the ordi nance, in which to remove all such tanks, was read the first and second time. An ordinance extending the time to complete the improvement of Alameda avenue from Columbia to Ilwsco avenue was passed on the suspension of the rules. An ordinance accepting the improve ment of Tenth street from Commercial to Duane was passed on suspension of the rules. An. ordinance appropriating $817 for the improvement of Tenth street from Commercial to Exchange for the benefit of E. A. Oerding was read the first and second time. An ordinance appropriating $040 for the construction of a sewer on Eigh teenth street was read tile first time and second time. An ordinance appropriating various sums for the return of liquor licenses to the following permit was read the first and second times: Frank' Lind strom, Axel .lacobsen, Mutt Sundstrom, and Charles Nierni. An ordinance providing for an exten sion of time in tho improvement of Dunne from Tenth to Sixth streets was passed on a suspension of the rules. An ordinance appropriating $450 for the construction of a , drain on Mel bourne avenue was passed. The following resolutions wore adopted: To repair sidewalk on Bond from west end of Bond street; to establish grado on Columbia avenue from ' Lincoln to Melbourne; to repair Bond stret from Forty-second to Forth-fourth streets, by replanking; to repair Commercial from Ninth to Fourteenth by replanking; to re-establish the grado on Harrison ave nue from Ninth to west lino of Shiveley't Astoria; to establish grade on Franklin from Fourth to Third; to establish the grade on Grand from Third to west line of McCIure's Astoria; to make assess ment for Eighteenth street sewer, sur veyor's estimate of cost, $735; to accept l.i.l,. f t. A r I i. I m'uh ui ta. j. uuiuuig jor improvement of fourteenth from Franklin to Grnnd at $1305, for improvement of Niugara (Continued on page 8)