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Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports, City of Portland, Ore. 1895 Portland State University PDXScholar Portland City Archives Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library 12-1-1895 Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports, City of Portland, Ore. 1895 Portland (Or.). Office of the Mayor Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/oscdl_cityarchives Part of the Urban Studies Commons, and the Urban Studies and Planning Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Portland (Or.). Office of the Mayor, "Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports, City of Portland, Ore. 1895" (1895). Portland City Archives. 18. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/oscdl_cityarchives/18 This Report is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Portland City Archives by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. MAYOR'S MESSAGE MUNICIPAL REPORTS City of Portland, Ore. 1895 ' V '' r CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON. MAYOR'S • MESSAGE MUNICIPAL REPORTS —FOR THE— FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.7 PORTLAND, OREGON SCHWAB BROS. PRINTING AND LITHO. CO. CITY PRINTERS 1896 INDEX. Mayor's Message 17 Report of Auditor 25 Report of Treasurer 71 Report of Superintendent of Streets 83 Report of City Surveyor 101 Report of Municipal Judge 135 Report of Police Commissioners 137 Report of Chief of Police 139 Report of Fire Commissioners 171 Report of Chief Engineer Fire Department 191 Report of Supt. Fire Alarm Telegraph 249 Report of Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage 271 Report of Inspector of Steam Boilers 273 Report of City Hall Commission 281 Report of Bridge Commission 291 Report of Water Committee 295 CITY OFFICERS—1895. Mayor G. P. Frank Treasurer Frank Hacheney Auditor A. N. Gambell Attorney R'. R. Giltner Deputy Attorney ./. W. Paddock " R. R. Sewell Superintendent of Streets H. D. Gradon Surveyor T. M. Hurlburt Municipal Judge B. M. Smith Chief of Police John IV. Minto City Physician Dr. C. H. Wheeler Overseer Street Cleaning and Sprinkling S1. C. Beach Deputy Auditor .S". Grutze T. C. Devlin Deputy Treasurer R. Werlein Deputy Superintendent of Streets Wm. Braden " " " A. M. Shannon " " " J W. Brown " " " Geo. Bodman Draughtsman A. Renter Deputy Surveyor Ceo. Seoggin .J. R. Hanson Sealer of Weights and Measures W. T. Ever son Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage E. J. Floyd Deputy Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage... W. H. Moore Harbor Policeman H. J. McInut's Poundmaster .John Foster Park Keeper C. M. Myers Inspector of Steam Boilers IV. T. Everson Deputy Inspector of Steam Boilers IV. S. Lotan COMMON COUNCIL. President of the Council, - - - T. C. Malone First Ward, C. E. Ruinelin Second Ward, ------ J. Monks Third Ward, - D. W. Burnside Fourth Ward, J. P. Moffett Fifth Ward, ----- H. Fleckenstein Sixth Ward, - J. M. Terwilliger Seventh Ward, ----- T. C. Malone Eighth Ward, - - - - - - T. J. Jones Ninth Ward, W. B. Hall Tenth Ward, - - - - - J. P. Menefee Eleventh Ward, - - - - W. H. Armstrong STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND. WAYS AND MEANS. W. H. HALLI. C. E. RUMELIN H. FLECKSTEIN ACCOUNTS AND CURRENT EXPENSES. H. FLECKENSTEIN ]. M. TERWILLIGER J. P. MoFFF.TT STREET CLEANING AND SPRINKLING. [. M. TERWILLIGER J. P. MOFFETT J. MONKS J. P. MENEFEE T. J. JONES STREETS. C. e. RUMELIN W. B. HALL. T. C. MALONE W. H. ARMSTRONG H. FLECKENSTEIN SEWERS AND DRAINAGE. T. C. MALONE J. P. MENEFEE J. MONKS |. M. TERWII.I.IGER J P. MOFFETT. PARKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. J. 1'. MOFFETT W. II. ARMSTRONG H. FLECKENSTEIN HEALTH AND POLICE. T. J. JONES J. MONKS D. W. BURNSIDE JUDICIARY AND ELECTIONS. W. H. ARMSTRONG J. P. MENEFEE W. B. HALL COMMERCE, LANDINGS AND WHARVES. D. W. BURNSIDE T. J. JONES W. B. HALL. SPECIAL WATER. J. P. MENEFEE D. W. BURNSIDE T. J. JoNES LICENSES. J. MONKS T. C. MALONE C. E. RUMELIN SPECIAL LIGHT. J. P. MENEFEE J. MONKS T. J. JONES T. C. MALONE 1). W. BURNSIDK Regular meetings of the Common Council on first and third Wednes- days in each month. The Common Council and all Committees meet at 2 o'clock P. M. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THK COMMON COUNCIL First and Third Wednesdays of each month, at 2 o'clock P. M. COMMITTEE MEETINGS. COUNCIL WEEK. Monday Ways and Means Monday Judiciary and Elections Tuesday License Tuesday.- Special Committees Tuesday Accounts and Current Expenses WKKK BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING. Tuesday Commerce, Landings and Wharves Wednesday Parks and Public Property Thursday Street Cleaning and Sprinkling Friday Sewers and Drainage Saturday Streets Saturday Health and Police Committees meet at 2 P. M. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. G. P. Frank, Mayor John W. Minto, Chief of Police Board of Health T. J. Jones, Councilman Dr. C. H. Wheeler, City Physician POLICE DEPARTMENT. G. W. Bates Board of Police Commissioners P. L. Willis A. B. Croasman President G. W. Bates Clerk J. G. Mack Municipal Judge B. M. Smith Chief of Police John W. Minto C. Gritzmacher, A. M. Cox, A. Holm- Captains of Police berg, F. Buchtel, C. T. Belcher. Clerk of Police Department L. Ran BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS —OK — PORTLAND PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT 1895. SYLVESTER FARREU., President. H. S. ROWK. WM. FLIEDNER. OFFICERS. David Campbell Chief Engineer A. Donaldson Assistant Engineer (District East Side.) M. Laudenklos District Engineer (District North of Morrison Street.) G. H. Weinple District Engineer (District South of Morrison Street.) A. J. Coffee Supt. Fire Alarm Office of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Chief Engineer and Secretary, City Hall. H. H. HOLMES, Secretary. THE WATER COMMITTEE OK THE CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON. H. W. Corbett, Henry Failing, C. H. Carey, C. H. Raffety, R. B. Knapp, L. Fleischner, L. Therkelsen, S. G. Reed, J. Loewenberg, G. P. Frank, C. H. Lewis, C. A. Dolph, H. W. Scott, C. H. Hill. HENRY FAILING, Chairman. C. H. LEWIS, Treasurer. FRANK T. DODGE, Clerk. SUB-COMMITTEE ON CONSTRUCTION. G. P. Frank, Chairman. C. A. Dolph, Henry Failing, J. Loewenberg, L. Therkelsen. SUB-COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS. Henry Failing, Chairman. L. Fleischner. Isaac W. Smith, Engineer and Superintendent. Frank T. Dodge, Asst. Supt. and Accountant. NEW CITY HALL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OK PORTLAND, OREGON. C. B. Bellinger, A. H. Breyman, W. M. Ladd, J. J. Fisher, CM. Forbes, H. J. Corbett, W. B. Aver. W. M. LADD, Chairman, CHA.S. RANDOLPH, Clerk. THE BRIDGE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON. ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 27, 1893. Term of Office John L. Sperry, Eight years Thos. W. Pittenger, Six years Christopher C. Redman, Four years Wm. M. Ladd, Two years JOHN L. SPERRY, Chairman, W. M. LADD, Treasurer. THOS. W. PITTENGER, Clerk. MAYOR'S ANNUAL ME55AQE. 18 9 5. PORTLAND, January 2, 1896. To the Common Council of the City of Portland : Another year has passed away, and it is again my duty to present to your Honorable Body information concerning the condition of the finances of the city, and the work accomplished in the different departments during the past year. Before proceeding to lay before you a statement of receipts and dis- bursements, I beg to call your attention to some facts which should be con- sidered in reviewing the administration of municipal affairs during the year, and should be kept in mind in planning for the future. Throughout several years of continuously increasing pubic and private prosperity, which stimulated enterprise beyond reasonable bounds, and expended credit and made it easy for public corporations, as well as private individuals, to speculate upon the future, the city government incurred obligations which have had to be met during a period of universal business and financial distress. Many of these obligations were not voluntarily assumed by the officers of the city, but were laid upon the municipality by acts of the state legislature. What has been thus done need not be criti- cised, but suffice it to say, that just as some of our citizens have burdened themselves with debt to erect great buildings, the city has been heavily laden with debts for public improvements; and, though the buildings may be beautiful and commodious, and of great public benefit, yet, in view of the conditions during the past year, the owners, like the public at large, may confess to errors of judgment and past extravagance in explanation of present stringent circumstances. Our free bridges, and city hall, however convenient, have added to the expenses of the municipal government, and the interest upon the bonded indebtedness of the city must be regularly paid in spite of diminished revenues from the usual sources. The cares of the city officers during 1895 have been much increased be- cause of an injunction suit to prevent the collection of taxes, which was insti- tuted and is still maintained by certain individuals for their own benefit. Although the estimates for the year 1895 had been carefully and economic- 18 MAYOR'S MESSAGE. ally made, so that a reduction in the expense of every department over previous years was contemplated, and the computations were made with a view barely to produce sufficient funds by taxation to meet the interest charges and other expenses that would necessarily be incurred, the persons alluded to procured an injunction to be sued out in the courts, so that the collection and use of the city's funds became impossible. On this account, default would have been made in the payment of the semi-annual interest due upon certain bonds of the city, but for some temporary relief that was granted at the last moment. And, notwithstanding the fact that the legality of the tax has been sustained by the court, and the right of the city to col- lect the tax is established by judicial decision, and notwithstanding the greater number of taxpayers have paid the tax complained of, and none but a few of the wealthier are still in default, and notwithstanding there are pressing claims against the city to be met and another installment of interest must be paid, and notwithstanding that the failure to collect the delinquent taxes will necessitate a heavier levy during the next year than would otherwise be required, these same citizens persist in keeping the hands of the government tied by appealing the case to the Supreme Court.
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