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COUNCIL MEETING
lany Matters of a Routine Nat
ure Disposed Of
fKONE SYSTEM DISCUSSED
3J00 Insurance Policy Expires on
City Hall and Out of Town Com
panies May Sign up New Policies in
Preference to the Local Companies.
The regular meeting of the Corn
won Council was held last night at
the city hall with all the councilmen
present except Councilman Belland.
Mostly routine business was tran
sacted, lathough the local telephone
company and the unsatisfactory serv
ice came up for considerable discus
sion. As the city .hall insurance policy
'with the present companies -has fan
rt, and in view of the high rates
charged by the local companies, a
committee was appointed to investi
gate out of town insurance com
panies, and if better rates could be
secured the committee is authorized
to take out policies with them in part
r whole as they thought advisable.
The above was put to a motion and
was carried by a vote of 5 nays and
3 ayes. The city hall heretofore was
covered by a $20,000 policy. No in
surance being carried on the furni
ture and fixtures, it was therefore,
after a vote, decided to add $5000 to
cover the furniture and fixtures thus
waking the total insurance carried on
the building $2S,000.
The business disposed of during
the meeting was as follows:
Petitions.
From L. A. Carter in regard to
fee construction of a sewer on 17th
from Irvine to Jerome was
Petition from Mrs. Leinenweber by
B. Bv Leinenweber, asking to be al
lowed to redeem lots 5 and 6, block
35 .Adair's, for amount the said lots
were sold for, to the icty, together
with interest at the legal rate and to
be exempt from penalty. The report
was adopted. ' :
From Frank Patton asking that a
tgait claim be issued him for lots S
and 6, block 111, Shively's, a fraction
.f said lots were sold to the city
June 16, 1902, was referred to com
mittee on ways and means and the
city attorney.
Ordinances.
Confirming special assessment roll
JJo. 166 of 11th street from Exchange
to Franklin. The rules were suspend
ed and ordinance read third time and
passed.
Confirming special assessment roll
Ko. 168 at 12th street from Com-
jnercial to Duane streets. The rules
were suspended, read third time and
irasswl.
A-opropriating the sum of $1212.20
vat of the special fund for improving
Melbourne avenue from Commercial
to Alameda avenue for John Slotte,
was read the first and second time.
Appropriating the sum of $2350.60
it of the special fund or improving
Columbia avenue from Melbourne to
Lincoln avenue for the benefit of John
Slotte, was read the first and second
time.
Accepting the improvement of Ex
change street from 10th to 9th streets.
"Was read third time and passed.
Accepting the improvement of 11th
street from Exchange to Franklin
avenue. Rules were suspended and
ordinance read the third time and
passed.
Appropriating out of the general
fund for improving 8th street from
Harrison to Lexington avenue the
jraai of $265 for the benefit of John
'Slotte was read the third time and
passed.
Appropriating out of the special
fund for improving 8th street from
Harrison to Lexington avenue the
sum of $2514.20 for the benefit of
John Slotte, was read the third time
and passed.
.Appropriating out of the special
fund for improving 11th street from
Exchange to Franklin the sum of
$525 for the benefit of E. A. Gerding
was passed.
Appropriating out of the special
fund for improving 12th street from
Commercial to Duane the sum of
$1830 for the benefit of Makela &
Wuopio was read the third time and
passed.
Appropriating the sum of $625 for
mproving Exchange street from 10th
to 9th street for E. A. Gerding was
read third time and passed.
Appropriating the sum of $1200 out
of the special fund for improving
Irvine avenue from 11th to 15th
street for the benefit of E. A. Gerd
ing was read the third time and
passed.
Resolutions.
To improve 14th street from Je
rome to Lexington avenue was
idopted.
To improve 3rd street from Com
mercial to Astor street excepting the
crossing with Bond street was adopt
ed. '
To improve Exchange street from
10th to Hth street was adopted.
To establish a grade on 46th street
from Bond to Front stret was adopted.
To re-establish the grade on Harri
son avenue from 26th to 30th streets,
was adopted.
To re-establish the grade on Grand
avenue from 23rd to 29th streets was
adopted.
To improve Astor street from
8th to 6th streets excepting crossing
with 6th street was adopted.
Accepting the bid of E. A. Gerding
of $2453 for improving Grand avenue
from 6th to 5th streets was adopted.
To improve Irving street sewer
from 18th to 19th, the committee was
From the Mayor to the city coun
cil. in regard to the telephone situa
tion in the city of Astoria, referred to
committee on ways and means and
city attorney.
From John Hahn '. regarding the
ground slides at the improvement of
Commercial, street was read and plac
ed on file.
Remonstrances.
From Joseph Bernard protesting
aeninst the assessments as made on
8th street from Harrison to Kensing
ton avenue, as pertains to lot 5, block
120, McClure's was referred to the
committee on way and means and the
attorney.
From Mrs. Annie Trullinger against
the construction of a bulkhead in the
improvement of Commercial and 3rd
street ta lot 1, block 3, H. Tract was
ferred to committee on streets and
public ways and the city attorney.
Reports.
Of the chief of police of licenses
issued (sundry) for quarter ending
June 30, 1908. was adopted.
Of the auditor and police judge for
quarter ending June 30, 1908, which
was read and referred to committee
on ways and means at the last meet
ing was adopted.
Of the city surveyor regarding the
drain on Irving avenue from 18lh
street to 20th street was adopted.
Statements.
Of the city surveyor of amount of
work performed by E. A. Gerding on
his contract with the city of Astoria
to improve Irving avenue from 11th
to 15th street. The report was adopt
ed.
Of auditor and police judge for
month ending June 30, 1908, report
was adopted.
Quarterly report of the City Treas
urer was adopted.
Building Permits.
Application from the Banking Sav
ings & Loan Association for a build
ing permit was granted.
Certificates.
Certificate of improvement of Ex-
! change street from the west line of
10th street to the east line of 9th
street for the sum of $6.25 was
adopted.
Of approval for improvement of
11th street from the south line of
! Exchange to the north line of Frank-
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lin for the sum of $525 was adopted, a good and sufficient bond, that such
rtisfnctory service, '
Mayor Wise also spoke, expressing
his views of the present system and
recommended thRt the city take
the matter in hand and If they could
not in any other way secure better
service to organize a municipal tele
phone plant,
Mayor Wise said:
"To the Honorable, the Council of
the City of Astoria.
"I have the honor to submit for
your consideration an appeal for
redress from the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce. The facts therein stated
are so well kiiWn and the delinquen
cies of the Pacific State Telephone &
Telegraph Co., are so glaring that a
recital of them at his time would be
superfluous. Two years ago the
Home Telephone Company applied
for a franchise the old combine pre
sented a remonstrance signed by a
number of business men also promis
ing as usual a more modern system at
an early date, ut their service today
would be a disgrace to Skookom
Creek; it is a system that in olden
days tickled the cars of our great
grand fathers, a system which future
generations will look upon as one of
the curiosities "of the 18th century;
but to us today it is nothing more
than a patented aggravation. Astor
ians are known to be a generous,
long suffering people; during Mo'
these many year- they have paid a
fortune into the combines coffers,
sufficiently large to build a dozen tel
ephone lines for hours have the busy
public stood at these old coftee
grinders, thinking words no diction
ary has ever dared to print, they have
swallowed annoyances that would
have ruined the digestion and com
pletion of communities more distant
from the invigorating sea air than
Astoria; but hoje deferred makcth
the heart sick; patient as they are,
the bos Tweed methods of the Pa
cific Company are more than the
people can endure and we, the peo
ples' representatives, should termi
nate this imposition once and for all.
If a responsible opposition company
will in good faith apply for a fran
chise, we should then with open arms
grant them a reasonable franchise
only insisting, that they provide a
modern system and that they furnish
Of completion of Melbourne from
Columbia to Alameda was adopted.
Assessment Roll.
No. 168 for the improvement of 12th
street from Commercial to Duane,
report was adopted.
No. 166 for the improvement of
11th street from Exchange to Frank-
; lin avenue was adopted.
authorized to proceed with work to;
the extent and expenditure of $175. 'rpflP IlCTPJMli DUftXIl?
The following claims were ordered j ttJlVJUIfl lllllllj
paid: Astoria Hardware Co., 83
cents; Fisher Bros., & Co., $6.60; Leo
Gramms, $1.50; C. W. Holmes, $475;
A. V. Allen, $43.28; A. V. Allen, $3.16;
C. W. Holms, $16; A. D. Craig,
$3.75; John Corno, $3; Foard &
Stokes, $19.28; A. V. Allen, $10.65;
Simington Dry Goods Co., $3.44;
Sherman Transfer Co., $3; R. M.
Gaston, $1.55; Ross, Higgins & Co.,
$14.32; Zapf Furniture Co., $1.10;
Steel & Ewart, $6.88; Astoria Hard
ware Co., $48.66; Mrs. M. Olson,
1 7?- fMi.ir1 Heilhorn. $18.50: S.
Elmore. $22: Allen Wall
QUESTION
Paint Co., $1.80; Eastern Painting &
Decorating Co., $28.92; George Lind-
strom & Co., $2.20; Clatsop Mill
Co., $23.50; City Lumber and Box
Co., $11.10; City Lumber & "Box Co.,
$39.90; Foard & Stokes Hardware
Co., $12.79; Astoria Budget, $1.20,
$1.20, $9.90, $15.84, $5.28; $5.28, $1.20,
$5.40, $6.80, $8.65, $34, $4.15, City
Lumber & Box Co., $12; W. A.
Goodin, $95; Stret Assessors, $10; J.
MAYOR WISE EXPRESSES FA
VOR FOR MUNICIPAL PLANT
-DR. HENDERSON DEFENDS
THE PRESENT COMPANY.
George E. Waggoner, a reprcscnta
Paper &jtive of the Northwestern Long Dist
ance Telephone Company who is
seeking a franchise for his company,
attended the meeting of the . com
mon council last night and talked at
lengh of his system. He claims that
there is not, to his knowledge a town
the sfee of Astoria in the country
that has the automatic system, for
the reason he says that the system is
an expensive one and must have at
C. Clinton, $4.20; J. C. Clinton, $19.50; least two thousand subscribers to
new company will begin work as soon
as practicable and complete it at the
earliest possible date. If such new
company does not meet with our rea
sonable demand then I suggest, that
your honorable body make use of the
nower riven to you by the people at
the last charter election and proceed
with the establishment of a municipal
telephone plant, insuring to the peo
ple the best possible service, as well
as providing an additional source of
revenue to the city. In order that
expedition be a proof of your sincer-
ity t hope that you will provide for
the immediate appointment of a com
mittee to carefully look into the ad
visability of building a municipal
telephone plant regardless of any
other proposition, so that, if any op
position company fails to meet tnc
popular expectation or by any chance
becmes absorbed in the watered stock
of an old company the council will
then be in a position to act without
loss of time,"
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Street Assessors, $10; Street Asses
ors, $20; J. C. Clinton, $6.25; S. El
more, $12; Knapp Fuel Co., $13.
Bids.
Of Christ Larson of $517 for the
improvement of Irving avenue from
9th to 8th streets was accepted.
Of Christ Larson of $1070 for im
proving 8th street from Harrison to
Lexington was accepted.
Of E. A. Gerding of $1720 for im
proving 12th street from Exchange
to Grand avenue was accepted.
Of Birch and Jacobson of $1832
for improving 23rd street from Com
mercial , to Exchange street was
adopted.
Communications.
From the Clatsop Fuel Company
accepting the franchise recently is
sued by tke council was placed on
file.
From the county court of Clatsop
in regard to improving Commercial
street from 7th to 8th street was
filed.
From the Northwestern Long Dist
ance Telephone Company in regard
to a franchise to install a new tele-
phone system in' the city of Astoria
was referred to the committee on
way's and means and city attorney.
bring the rates down to a reasonable
figure, and stated that he didn't think
his company could undertake to in
stall such a system in Astoria unless
they were assured that amount of
business, but, he continued, as an au
tomatic plant would cost about $165,-
000, their present center energy sys
tem was giving perfect satisfaction
throughout the country, and that they
had now in operation about 14,000
more phones than any other com
pany. If however his company could se
cure the franchise for their central
energy system they could make the
rates, for business houses $2.50 and
for resident telephones on a two
party line $1.50, he said.
The local telephone company and
its unsatisfactory service came up for
considerable discussion among the
members of the council last night,
and they all seemed heartily in favor
of an improved system, by the pres
ent company, or by a new company.
The only member who seemed to de
fend the local concern was Dr. Hend
erson, who said that he had been
using his present telephone for about
11 years, and in all that time he never
had any trouble getting prompt, and
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