The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-14
CITY Council.

Bower CraWfordJ PFesleyJ Reynolds ana
Russell.
Reading minutes of preceding meeting
dispensed with.
PETITIONS.
Of many residents of Granger street, ask
ing for the proper lighting of said street.
Gas.
OF residents on Spring street, asking con-
struction of sewer from northerly side of st.
Clair street, along Spring street, to Lake
Erie. Board City Improvement.
Of residents on seneoa street, with refer
ence to sprinkling said street. Board City
Improvement, with instruction to embrace
it in contract with A. Bakdale.
Of many residents on Pittsburgh street,
with reference to contracting with Garrett
Heck to sprinkle said street. Filed.
CONTRACTS.
Of City with MessTs. Southworth and
Williams, to build a sewer on the northerly
side of the Central Market Grounds. APP
proved.
of Weigher of Hay, West Side, for April,
1855. Filed.
of same for May, 1855. Filed.
OF Board of City Improvements and City
Attorney, adversely to the claim of Isaac
sturtevant for damages from obstruction to
navigation by Seneca street bridge. Filed.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Boards of City improvements and
Infrmary, recommending g. S. Wheaton
clerk of said Boards. Filed.
From Board City Improvements with
reference to bids for sprinkling streets on
West Side. Filed.
From Committee of Arrangements in
viting the Mayor and City Council of this
city to attend and participate n the Fourth
:. lanTnn
the corner stone of the monument to be
erected in the Soldiers National Cemetery
at Gettsburg, Pa. Filed.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Board of Education, That the City
Council be requested to put Colds patent
steam heater IN the new school house on
Brownell street. Public Buildings.
By same, That the City Council be re-
uuested TO furnish gas for the Office Of the
superintendent Of Instruction, in which Ihe
meetings ofthe Board Of Education are held.
Schools.
By Mr.. Dangler, That the Committee on
Schools, in connection with a committee
from the Board of Education, be requested
70 report to this Council at she earliest
moment, the best and most judicious mode
of furnishing the new school house on
BrownelI street with seats and furniture.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Dapgler, That the sum of 500,
due the city by R WatertOn for rent of the
building used for the purpose of having the
children of the Industrial School instructed
in the brush making business, be RENTED
| him, and that he be permitted to occupy
the same building for one year from the
/ date when the rent above referred 70 be-
came due and that the rent be free, pro-
vided that he engage to keep the same in
good state of repair, and have the outside
OF the same painted. Lost.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That before this Council
contract for any new seats for Primary
Schools, they shall refer the matter TO a
proper committee, and lave them report
whether q better plan for seating pupils
than the present one cannot DO devised.
Schools.
By Mr.. Townsend, That the Committee
on Schools be requested TO furnish this
Council, at its next meeting, a full report
on the subject of school houses, asked for
By the Board Of Education, through their
special committee, and that they report the
number of school-houses necess ry, and
the location and cost of each. Adopted.
Of Committee on Public Buildings, That
the Board of City Improvements be request
ed to have the Brownell street schoOl-hOuse
property graded forthwith, and TO sdver-
tise one week for proposals for building the
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of the Committee on Public Buildings, and
submit such bids to this Council as soon as
practicable. Tabled one week.
By Mr.. Rogers, That the Board of City
improvements be authorized to contract
with Michael 0'Neil to sprinkle Pearl,
Lorain, Detroit and Franklin streets, sub
iect to the acceptance of the same by this
Council, providing the contractor will take
the tax assessed for the labor to be done,
when the same is collected. Adopted.
By Mr.. Rogers, That G. S. Wheaton be
appointed OieTk of tho Bpzrd Of City In
provements and of the Iufrmary Board,
in accordance with the recommendation of
said Boards. Adopted.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That the Board of City
Improvements be requested TO erect a
stand in the northeast corner of the Pub
lie Square, to accommodate the bands of
music which may choose to discourse mu-
sic during the summer months, the ex-
pense thereof not to exceed one hundred
dollars. Parks and Public Grounds.
By Mr.. Sturges, That Randall Crawford,
G. ". Calkins and Jefferson Thomas be ad
ded to the Committee on Public Buildings.
for the purpose of examining and reporting
to the Council under the resolution of Mr..
Dangler, what further ventilation, if any,
is necessary for the Brownell street school
house, and in what manner such ventilation
shall be effected, and that they also be di
rected to report upon the manner in which
said building has been constructed, and
that they be requested to meet at said school
house on Wednesday afternoon, the l4th
inst, at two o'clock, for the above purpose,
and that the Architect, s. C. Porter, be re-
guessed to meet with the Committee. Adop-
ted.
By Mr.. Rogers, That the plan for a Mar
ket House this evening submitted by the
Board of City Improvements, be adopted,
and thai said Board be authorized to adver-
tise proposals for the erection of said Mar
ket House, in accordance with said ian, to
be approved by this Council. Adopted.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That it is the earnest
desire OF this Council TO have the Board Of
City Improvements see that the catch-ba-
sins and streets leading thereto, be cleaned
after every heavy rain, to protect the earth
from washing into the river. Adopted.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That parties operating
railroad track on Front and across River
streets, be notified by the City Commission
er TO plank the railway between their track
forthwith. Adopted.
By Mr.. Truscott, That the Committees on
Parks and Public Grounds be requested to
inquire into the necessity of purchasing
additional grounds for cemetery purposes
on the West Side, aud in case the committee
deem IL eGpedienb 70 purchase aodltional
ground, they be requested to report in full
to this Council, the size of the addition
needed, with the probable cost of the same.
Adopted. o.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That the Committee on
Hzrbors and Whsrves be requested to in
struet the several bridge-tenders to close
the bridge after a vessel has passed through,
and allow the accumulated travel to cross
the bridge, unless there is another vessel
in motion near enough to be liable to run
into the bridge before it can be opened
again. Adopted.
By Mr.. Buhrer, That permission be
granted to the Aurora Band to occupy En-
CINE House No. 10, one or two evenings e
week, for the purpose OF practicing.-
Adopted.
By Mr.. Huntington, That the Board of
City Improvements be directed to prepare
an ordinance to regulate the pruning of
shade trees. Adopted.
By Mr.. Roberts, That the Hon. Sam
uel Williamson and R. B.. Dennis, Esq, be
substituted as members of the Board of
Equalization of Personal Property, for
Messrs. WiDslow and Hawkins, they hay
ing declined to serve. Adopted.
To change the name of Euclid street.
Passed.