Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports of the City of Portland, Oregon 1900
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Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports City of portland, or. 1900 DocuMENT C0LLLecTion OREGON CoLLection Compliments of THos. C. Devlin AUDITOR CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON MAYOR'S MESSAGE AND MUNICIPAL REPORTS FOR THE Fiscal Year Ending December 31, IQOO l'RESS OK SCHWAB brOS. PRINTING ,S.- lITHO. CO, PORTLAND, ORK, OFFICERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT Mayor H. S. Rowe Auditor T. C. Devlin Deputy Auditor . Sigel Grutze Deputy Auditor F. Henshaw Deputy Auditor W. h- Gould Deputy Auditor W. D. Smith Treasurer J. E. Werlein Deputy Treasurer O. P. Miller City Attorney J. M. Long Deputy City Attorney . • R. R. Duniway Deputy City Attorney W. M. Davis City Engineer . W. B. Chase Chief Clerk, City Engineer William Kapus Draughtsman, City Engineer A. Reuter Deputy City Engineer . William Braden Deputy City Engineer . J. W. Brown Deputy City Engineer A. M. Shannon Deputy City Engineer George Bodman Computer, City Engineer E. W. Paget Surveyor ... W. L. Clark Surveyor Jesse Hannon Municipal Judge Geo. J. Cameron Chief of Police • • D. M. McLauchlan Superintendent of Street Cleaning and Sprinkling . Eugene Ferguson License Inspector M. A. McEachern Deputy License Inspector Philip Rogaway City Physician J. C. Zan, M. D. Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage Thos. E. Hulme Deputy Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage C. F. Petsch Health Commissioner J, P. Menefee Parkkeeper CM. Myers Harbor Master O. Jones Pound Master W. Patterson INDEX Mayor's Message 17 Report of Auditor 21 Report of Treasurer 63 Report of City Engineer 97 Report of City Attorney . 173 Report of Health Commissioner 195 Report of Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage 211 Report of Municipal Judge 227 Report of Fire Commissioners . 229 Report of Chief Engineer Fire Department 247 Report of Corporation Yard 325 Report of Superintendent Fire Alarm Telegraph 326 Fireman's Mutual Relief Association 335 Report of Water Committee 341 COMMON COUNCIL President of the Council R. L. Glisan First Ward • P. G. Nealond Second Ward R. L. Glisan Third Ward F. T. Merrill Fourth Ward W. T. Branch Fifth Ward F. W. Mulkey Sixth Ward W. Y. Masters Seventh Ward E. C. Bronaugh Eighth Ward . D. T. Sherrett Ninth Ward F. B. Holbrook Tenth Ward A. F. Nichols Eleventh Ward F. P. Walker STANDING COfiniTTEES OF THE COHHON COUNCIL WAYS AND MEANS. Meets Monday, Council Week W. T. Branch, W. Y. Masters, D. T. Sherrett. ACCOUNTS AND CURRENT EXPENSES Meets Tuesday, Council Week R. L. Glisan, F. W. Mulkey, F. P. Walker. STREET CLEANING AND SPRINKLING. Meets Thursday preceding Council Week F. T. Merrill, F. B. Holbrook, I). T. Sherrett, F. \V. Mulkey, P. G. Nealond STREETS. Meets Saturday preceding Council Week A. F. Nichols, R. 1,. Glisan, E. C. Karnaugh, F. B. Holbrook, P. G. Nealond. SEWERS AND DRAINAGE. Meets Friday preceding Council Week IX T. Sherrett, F. P. Walker, W. T. Branch, W. Y. Masters, F. T. Merrill. PARKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. Meets Wednesday preceding Council Week. F. P. Walker, W. T. Bram h, F. '1'. Merrill. HEALTH AND POLICE. Meets Saturday preceding Council Week E. C. Bronaugh, F. W. Mulkey, F. B. Holbrook. JUDICIARY AND ELECTIONS. Meets Monday, Council Week W. Y. Masters, F. W. Mulkey, E. C. Bronaugh. STREET LIGHTING. No regular day of Meeting F. T. Merrill, E. C. Bronaugh, D. T. Sherrett, F. P. Walker, A. F. Nichols. LICENSES. Meets Tuesday, Council Week F. W. Mulkey, W. Y. Masters, W. T. Branch, COMMERCE, LANDINGS AND WHARVES. Meets Tuesday preceding Council Week P. G. Nealond, W. T. Branch, E. C. Bronaugh. WATER. Meets Tuesday, Council Week R. L. Glisan, P. G. Nealond, A. F. Nichols. LIQUOR LICENSE Meets on call of Chairman F. B. Holbrook, R. L. Glisan, F. VV. Mulkey, F. T. Merrill, F. P. Walker. Regular meetings of Common Council on ist and 3d Wednesdays of each month. The Common Council and all Committees meet at 2 o'clock P. M. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Abbott L. Mills, Chairman, Wm. MacMaster, A. H. Breyman, Richard Williams, Walter F. Burrell, W. B. Chase. Thos. C. Devlin, Clerk HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOARD OK HEALTH Hon. H. S. Rowe . Mayor E. C. Bronaugh . Chairman Health and Police Committee J. C. Zan, M. D. City Physician D. M. McLauchlan . Chief of Police J. P. Menefee . ... Health Commissioner POLICE DEPARTHENT BOARD OK POUCK COMMISSIONERS D. Solis Cohen, Geo. W. Bates, C. N. Rankin I). M. McLauchlan, ex-officio President . D. Solis Cohen Secretary Louis Rau Municipal Judge • Geo. J. Cameron Chief of Police D. M. McLauchlan . Robert Holman Captains of Police 1 . T. J. Hoare Clerk of Police Department James Roberts WATER COnniTTEE H. W. Corbett, R. D. Iutnan, C. H. Raffety, G. W. Bates, S. E. Josephi, H. S. Rowe, J. C. Carson, R. B. Knapp, H. W. Scott, C. A. Dolph, C. Kohn, J. N. Teal, J. R Haseltine, W. M. Ladd, L. Therkelsen. C. H. Hill, L. A. Lewis, H. W. CORBETT, Chairman L. A. LEWIS, Treasurer FRANK T. DODGE, Clerk SUB-COMMITTEE ON CONSTRUCTION C. A. Dolph, J. N. Teal, H. W. Corbett G. W. Bates, L. Therkelsen SUB-COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS C. H. Rafferty, W. M. Ladd Frank T. Dodge, Superintendent and Accountant D. D. Clarke, Engineer Regular monthly meeting of the Water Committee on the third Tuesday of each month. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS WM. FLIEDNER, President. RICHARD EVERDING. THOMAS A. DAVEY. OFFICERS: DAVID CAMPBELL Chief Engineer M. LAUDENKLOS Assistant Chief Engineer (First District, south of Morrison street.) JOHN E. YOUNG District Engineer (Second District, north of Morrison street.) LEE HOLDEN District Engineer (Third District, East Side.) GEORGE J. WALKER Superintendent Fire Alarm Telegraph Office Board of Fire Commissioners, City Hall. MILTON WEIDLER, Secretary. Regular Meeting of Fire Commissioners, fifth day of every month. Office, City Hall. FIREMAN'S MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION OFFICERS: WM. FLIEDNER, President. WM. FLIEDNER, Treasurer. MILTON WEIDLER, Secretary. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: THOS. A. DAVEY. RICHARD EVERDING. WM. FLIEDNER. DAVID CAMPBELL. MILTON WEIDLER. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineers. Meetings are held the fifth of each month at office of Board of Fire Commissioners, City Hall. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT TWO O'CLOCK P. M. COMMITTEE MEETINGS COUNCIL WREK Monday Ways and Means Monday Judiciary and Elections Tuesday License Tuesday Street Lighting Tuesday Accounts and Current Expenses WKEK BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday Commerce, Landings and Wharves Wednesday . Parks and Public Property Thursday .... Street Cleaning and Sprinkling Friday Sewers and Drainage Friday Health and Police Saturday Streets Committees meet at 2 p. m. MAYOR'S ANNUAL MESSAGE To the Honorable Common Council : Gentlemen :—In pursuance of the requirements of the city charter I present herewith a comparative statement of the expenses of the city since January i, 1S93, and a statement of the present financial condition of the city: t t s g t l l e t d e d r Fir Tota I'olic Fun Fun Stree Yea Interes Expense Genera Cleanin Departmen Departmen j 1893 ! $ 172,(jSii.09 | l"in,.ViS.(KP !J 1 Kl.l'.IH.-1:1 J til.itlil.-!(» J 75.0O7.S9 $ 47,822.'.'9 } 027,1 S'.I.SO 1894 IS(>,504.24 l:!2,777.(ili 10.'l,!l9:i Ii2 ">:! 4<i2 7."> S:l 49(1 S:> l>2,:!74 O.'S C.22.CII:i.lS 189f> lWi.SOI.O" (I!) .Wl.07 Sfi,:ll.s.:a (T.:',70 SO ! sl,()!IS.71 ' (Hi,•KU.iVi ' .")(iX,!l(K) M 18(Ki i:t!,l!«l.44 1011,001.(ill 71,Sis.Ill :KI,l."iS.4(l 7;,.7»; 26 r_'O,2tiO.7(l fi-'W.li-I.".. 10 1897 l:i(i,65!l 07 100,01)0..">! 71,(i!l2.11 : :;.s,Slfil.!«> ! S(i,(]()S..">il llU.5tl.S8 ! r>SJ,7::i2.41 18118 Ki.'!,S92 10 112,4ii2.71 S5 Kiili 74 ' 49 Ii7:i ::!l ' S'>r,I"(W ' l(W,."K."i tifi ' ,"i(i7.S(Ci r>;l 1S99 l:il,0(;80:: Ki/JIU.lli i;ii,l«4.1:; :!2,21I.J7 f>4,(WI.27 l:iO,S!l."o I ">( ].<K'P.«1 1900 i 10:i,479 20 80,098.90 «2,24r>.42 . :S4 095.1:! ,">2 701 18 128,(i2IP 50* 461,249.(>3 * To this sum of interest should be added the sum of $5,160 for in- terest coupons which are due and which have not been presented to the City Treasurer for payment. From the foregoing table it will be seen that the cost of the va- rious departments of the city has been decreased each year, and that the charge for interest has been continually increased, until it now absorbs a very large share of the city revenues.