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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1909)
THE MORNING A3TOIUAN, ASTORIA, OKEGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1909. Your Choice of any Suit or Overcoat in Our Store For First come, First served. No alterations made, no pressing This includes suits from 35.00 down; It is a well known fact that Benjamin Clothes never sell for less than ' $20,00 These bargains will not last long, it will pay you to take advantage of them. The Woolen Mill Store L. - . VJ VtwX LMwr LI 557 Commercial Street. I Specials For January ' ;30 per-cent Off on Cut Glass and Hand Fainted China 20 per-cent Off on Decorated Harviland China lO per-cent Off cn all other goods in the Crockery Department A V ; AT I FN ... Sole Agent for . . . M.MfMM-L- Rarrintrton Hall Sfl Cnt 7 ' COFFEE 40c CAN Phones 731, 3871. ''- Branch UniontowD COB conn HIS MUCH WORK (Continued from page I) To this the councilmen listened at tentively. Mayor Smith might have added, had he deemed it necessary, that the whole theory of a commit tee is that each member shall have equal voice in its deliberations and actions as every other member, while to permit a single member of a com mon council to control matters is violently opposed to the whole theory of the workings of the American com mon councils. The duties and privi leges of a chairman are commonly few in number; being usually those at calling the committee together and 5i presiding at its sessions. The eyils of the one-man power have been well illustrated jn Astoria, it is commonly said. Mr. Schmidt Seated. Mr. Schmidt, who defeated Mr. Kaboth in the Second ward contest, took his seat last night, and as his presence was formally announced by the city auditor, he was given ap plause. Mr. Schmidt responded by stating that he was glad to be there, and that he thanked the council for the square deal and fair vote accord ed him. , , Street Committee. The street committee is, as usual, going to have much important work for its consideration and some of it demands immediate attention. The members of this committee are Fox, Eelland and Wilson. They announced Jw night that at 9 o'clock tomorrow Tjiorning they will meet for the pur pose of looking into some of the matters which they will have to ps upon, and intend to make personal inspection of the Adair drain, the West Commercial street improvement and the damage that is resulting from it, and other similar matters. In his December report submitted last night Superintendent of Streets J. F. Kear ney staiea tnat tne Aclatr drain is "all shot to pieces" and that the ground in that vicinity is sliding in a manner to cause much damage. Street Car Franchise. The franchise asked for by the proposed street car line was intro duced last night by Councilman Prael, and some desire was expressed to hasten it through the council, but it was merely read for the first and second times and put over. The ordi nance is said to be the same as be-, fore. The ordinance proposed by Councilman Curtis, relating to the appointment of the various standing ? y ,......'..- :' - K . ..' ; rf r""7 '.';'... ft vv . "W J '".::' ( , s : J ': I'M - K !; rry-si , u -'i',af?r ;; f i v f- ' 1 ; f. v.v.T ' , -O -"'u ' ' ' r 'Vi : v ! ; - .V, ' t. - i t ... .' .' v ' ,j ... ' ' 1 -j. . 1 :.., ! 1 " " ' ' r f 1 , - . t .... . "," ' . .r ... ; ... .... . . r SCENE FROM "SHORE ACRES" to Jerome; Jerome, 14th to 17th; sewer, Irving, ISO feet east of 11th; committees ana aenning ineir auties, Tsewcr Birch to beach "and also providing for the manner of j To Emert Ronk. purchasing supplies, was also read Resolution introduced by Council ror ine nrsi ana secona rimes. Mt. prae, t0 emp!oy one of more M. uurus expiainea tnat tne out ora..;pert3i at a cos, not t0 exceed $100) nances on tnese subject apparently lto exnert the bookg of tbe ritv 9.1(li do not cover the ground thoroughly. tor and poIice ju(Jgei an( tI)e city An orainance proviamg ior me va- :treasurer. Carried. cation of the east 40 feet of First street near tne limman tract was also read for the first and second times, and then referred to commit tee. Ordinance read first and second times for building street through block 69, McClures. Resolutions Carried. Resolutions were introduced by Councilman Fox, providing for the boards of equalization to meet in the council chamber on the afternoon of January 30 at 2 o'clock, to meet all who may wish to remonstrate against their assessments on the improve-, An Inspector Needed. J. F. Kearney, street superintend ent, reported in the matter of im proving the alley running through blocks 2, 2, 4 and S, Adair's, that he believed it necessary to have an in spector there all the time, to see that piles are well driven and work prop erly done; and that Jens Nelson has been recommended by property holders interested as a proper man for the position. Referred to com mittee with power to act. Crushed Rock. Superintendent of Streets Kearney ments as follows: sewer, 17th, Irving reported that during the month of December be had made repairs with crushed rock on 7th street, near Sum rit; 8th street, Irving to Lexington; Franklin, 11th to 14th; Bond, 9th to McClure's line; 14th street, Grand to Jerome, covering in all a total of 303 yards. Repairs on Adair drain cost $98.69. Also Mr. Kearney submitted a list of street that require repairs, "if we want to avoid accidents," as follows: Bond street, 9th to 14th, underpin ning in bad condition and dangerous for heavy traffic; Commercial street, 6th to 9th; also very bad; Duane street, 10th to 11th, underpinning very bad; Commercial street, 14th to 17th, needs new deck; 18th street, Ex change to Grand, must be improved or closed up can't patch it any long er; 33rd street, Franklin to Harrison, in bad condition, piling all rotten. . Mr. Kearney reported that the Adair drain is "all shot to pieces," and, he con tinues, ."I can say in all justice that j the district between 31st and 36th streets has slid more in the past three mouths than it did in the seven yean previous, and a great deal of prop erty has been damaged." Fire Department Chief Foster of the fire department made his annual report. There were 73 alarms during 1908. The loss on buildings and contents was $36,938; insurance on same, $36,716. In July there wre 13 alarms, in October 10, these being the greatest number of any of the months of the year. As regards causes of fires, 15 resulted from electric wires, this being the most prolific source of fires. There were 20 brick chimneys burned. Two of the blazes are laid to incendiarism. Principal fires were at North Facific Brewery, February 20; A. Dunbar 4 Co., August 10; Astoria Lumber Co. mill on September 13. The total ex penses of the department for the year was $17,477.68. There is in service 6900 feet of 2.S inch hose, 2000 feet of which is rubber, and 4900 feet cot ton. rubber lined. There are nine horses, some of which are getting old and others are light for the service, and may have to be replaced this year. The fire apparatus, horses and feed and stores are valued at $26,500. Chief Foster makes various recom mendations, among them being that Uniontown be given better protec tion. Also that it would be a great help if pumps were installed on cer tain small boats for use in waterfront fires. Also that question of a salt water main in business section should be considered, as experience ha shown that the gravity system Is apt to get out of working order. The re port Is a very complete and a very interesting one. PETITIONS. L For saloon license by JohnC. Mc- Cann, secretary of American Import ing Co.. Carlson Bros., Durham & Dibble, and John C. Tiberg; referred, Petitions for saloon licenses from Lund & Carlson and S. E ' Harris, granted. 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