Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-27
CITY CouncII-ReguIar Meeting.
TUESDAY EvEv1xe. June 90, 1866.

city COuneiI-ReguIar Meeting.
TUESDAY EVENING, June 90, 1866.
The Council met pursuant to adjourn
msnt, the President, F. W. PeltOn, Esq in
the chair. r7iR a.E
All the members were present except
Messrs. Buhrer, Crawford, Pettengib
Presley, Henderson, ThOrman and Town
send.
On motion, the reading of the minutes OF
the last meeting were dispensed with
PETITIONS. |
of property owners on a part of Hamilton
street to have the sidewalks paved. Board
of City improvements
Of citizens residing near the circus
grounds protesting against granting per-
mission 10 any similar companies in future.
Board of City Improvements.
OF citizens asking that the appropriation
of 81, 900 on account of Naval Depot and
Navy Yard made by the Council January
ID, 1855, be investigated and explained,
Commute on Finance.
Of a property owner for damage caused
BY turning water on his premises by the
city authorities. Board Of City Improve
ments.
of Michael Keyden claiming damages
for injury of property from water flowing
upon his property. Board Of City Improve
ments.
of Nicholas schmitt asking that the
yard of the school house on st. Clair street
be supplied with proper sewerage. Board
of City Improvements.
Of citizens asking that the Street Com
missioner take measures to clean and grade
the cutters on Columbus street and a part
of Winter street. Board of City Improve
ments.
From residents of the Seventh Ward pro-
testing against the blacksmith shop of
Frank Kinder as dangerous TO surrounding
property. Special Committee of Messrs.
Clark, Weigel and Pettengill.
From citizens for the grading of Wood
bine street. Board of City improvements:
From the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
Company.
From citizens for the s~prinkling of Seneca
street.
REPORTS.
of Board of City Improvements, adverse
to granting the prayer of petitioners against
a branch sewer in Huntington street.
Adopted.
of Board of City Improvements, adverse
to granting the prayer OF petitioners against
a W through Granger street. Adopted.
OF Board of City Improvements, adverse
to allowing damages to Gregory X Lloyd
for defect in grading of Merwin street
Adopted.
of City Attorney, stating the verdicts
and costs in several cases. Adopted.
of City Sealer of Weights and Measures.
CONTRACTS.
With Gore Brothers for paving Prospect
street Approved.
With James HoWells & Co. for paving
Seneca street. Approved.
With SOuthworth Il Williams, for paving
West street. Approved.
With Brewer & Edwards for removing
swill and hovse offal. Approved.
With James Howells & Co. for the paving
of Michigan street Approved.
With D. J. Morrow for building the Case
Avenue main sewer. Approved.
With William Given for building Chest
nut street branch sewer. Approved.
BONDS.
OF Mary Walworth at al, indemnifying
the city of Cleveland against any costs or
damages that may arise from vacating a
portion of Kinsman street. Approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Board of City Improvements,
recommending the vacation of a portion of
Kinsman street. Approved.
From Board of City Improvements, re-
commanding that the bid Of Joseph Tom
linson for the building of the new Market
House be accepted. Filed.
From KinsRan Street Railroad, asking
the Council to visit the road of the com
pany. Special committee-Heisly, Jones
and Huntington.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Calkins.
ResoIred, That the Board of City Improve
ments be and they are hereby authorized to
enter into a contract with Joseph Tomlin-
son, the being the lowest bidder, for the
completion of the whole work. for the con-
struction Of a Market House for the city in
accordance with his bid, and subject to the
approval of the same by this Council.
Board of City Improvements.
By Mr.. PeltOn, Whereas, On the eth day
of May, 1866, Charles II. Norton and others
presented to this body a petition for the
vacation of certain alleys, and for the mar
rowing of Putnam street, which petition
was referred to the Board of City Improve
ments, who duly returned the same with a
recommendation that the prayer of the pc
t~itioners be granted, which report was
adopted and
Whereas, AT the time of the adoption of
said report the legal notice of the filing and
tendency of said petition had not been
given; and whereas, such notice has since
been given and fled with the City Clerk;
be it
Resolrcd, By the City Council of the City
of Cleveland, that Putnam street as laid out
in the map of Geo. A. Benedict and wife,
and Charles H. Norton, recorded in vol. l,
page A, Of Cuyahoga county records, be
narrowed from &c feet to 90 feet in width,
by vacating three feet ia width from each
side of said street, and that alleys One and
Two in said allotment be and the same are
hereby declared vacant. Adopted. Yeas,
Is; a y ?.
By Mr.. Calkins, That the Board Of City
improvements be hereby authorized to
notify the owners of property fronting on
Seneca and Michigan streets, to cause sew
er, water and gas pipes to be laid from the
street pipes to their respective lots, and in
case of their neglect or refusal to comply
with said notice, said Board is hereby au-
thOrized to cause the SAINT to be laid to the
curb line and tax the cost thereof to abut-
ting lots. Adopted.
By Mr.. Sturges, That the Street Com
missioner be requested to clean the gutter
on the north side ~OfSuperior between Muir
son and Perry streets, and conduct the
water that should run down the gutter into
Muirson street sewer instead of permitting
it to flood the adjacent property and I'll the
cellars of its owners and occupants.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Sturgis, That the Board of City
Improvements be requested to take imme-
date steps to prevent the water from setting
back and overlooking a portion of Oregon
street directly east of Dodge street, and
thereby prevent the damaging of property
abutting on said street, seriously inconven-
fencing its owners and occupants, and ere
ating a nuisance that ought to and must be
abated. Board of City improvements.
By Mr.. Sturgis, That the Board of Educa-
ton be requested to adoptsuch measures as
they may deem necessary to prevent the
water shed from st. Clair street school house
near Johnson's Run, from filling up the
cellars of the adjoining property owners.
Board Of Education.
By Mr.. Sturgis, That the filthy condition
of the cutters on Oregon street, especially
that portion of it laying between Murison
and Dodge street, cannet fail, if left in their
present state, TO produce sickness, disease
and death. Therefore,
Ressluea, That the BOsrd of Health DO
requested to take such measures for avert
ing such consequences, as they, in their
wisdom may deem expedient and necessary.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Rogers, That the Committee on
Parks and Public Grounds with the City
Sexton, be hereby authorized and requested
to examine the trees in the Erie Street Gem
eteTy with q view to removing such as may
be decaying and liable to be uprooted or
| broken during storms. Adopted.