Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-02
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
MONDAY EVENING, June /

aldson, Frankel, Gibbons, Janney, Knopi
McAlister, Mcdonald, Patterson, Reinhard
: Ross, Wall and President Naghten.
The President called the Council to order
The Clerk read the minutes of the pre-
ceding meeting, which were approved.
The Mayor reported the collection o
sl37 for fines and licenses during the montl
ending May 26, A. d. 1868.
Bernard McNally, Street Commissioner
= reported that the work for the streets fo
: the month of May amounted to s964.75, ant
that 76 days work was performed by tn,
] chaing-gang.
The City Civil Engineer made the fol
lowing report of estimates of work re.
qnired to be done:
i For grading and graveling the roadway
of High street from South Public lane tc
South Corporation line, Sc, 151.40.
1 For grading and paving the unpaved
cutters and crossings, and graveling the
roadway of Medary alley from Sixth to
Eighth street, $1,05401.
j For grading to the depth of two inches
the roadway of State street from High to
Sixth street, S4S900.
For grading and graveling the unpaved
sidewalks and paving the cutters and
crossings on Mound street from the canal
bridge to east line of Hooking Valley rail-
r al, $1,767.40. ai'z-
For building a double row flag stone
crossing on the east side of Sixth street
across Broad street $l60 =
! For making crosswalk across State
street on the west side oi Sixth, ss94O.
| For graveling the roadway of South
street and South Public lane west of the
point where these, highways meet and
between the center lines of the same,
s23O.25.
For constructing double row flag stone
crossing across Cherry street on the east
side of Seventh, $40 80.
For building double row flag stone
crossing on the east side of Fifth street
across Broad, $3.50 10.
For building double row flag stone
crossing on the west side of Seventh street
across Broad, $160 10.
For raising the Market House bell fifteen
feet from its present position, in order that
it may be connected with the engine houses
by the fire alarm telegraph and struck by
electricity in case of fire, such raising ne
cessitating belfry, $3.50.
Mr.. Chadwick presented petition from
r. E. Neil and eight others asking for the
building of twenty inch pipe sewer, CON-
mencing at the north line of Gay street in
Fisher alley, and thence in Fisher alley to
Fair alley, thence in Fair alley to intersect
the sewer now in Fair alley at point about
sixty feet south of Long street. Referred
to committee of First Ward and City So
licitor. -
Mr. Comstock presented 8. petition from
F. A. Sells, VIM. Trevitt, and about twenty
Others, asking for. the repeal of an ordi-
nance to sprinkle Town street from Fourth
to Sixth street. Referred to committee on
Third Ward. i,-.-
Mr.. Donaldson presented petition from
j. Fl. Martin. r. Main and forty-five others
asking for the purchase of so much of the
Kelly property, east of Fifth street, be-
tween Broad and Long street, tor the pur-
pose ofwidening Fifth street. Referred to
committees on Second and Eighth Ward
and City Solicitor.
Mr.. Bergen presented a remonstrance,
signed by r. Jones 6 Son, A. G. Hanes and
about thirty others, protesting against the
proposed widening of sidewalks or pave
ments on Gay street, from High to Fiftl,
street. Referred to committees of Eighth
and Second Wards and the City Solicitor.
Mr.. Armstrong, from committee on Po-
lice, reported back an ordinance to estab-
lish City Police and prescribe its powers
and duties, which was read third time,
and referred back to the committee on
Police. sae4 .+-s,,s,e
. Mr.. Bergen, from committee on Sewers,
reported back an ordinance to construct a
main or trunk sewer with several amend
ments. The amendments were agreed to,
and the ordinance was read third time.
: Mr.. Janney moved to lay the ordinance
on the table, in order that it may be print
ed. Lost.
The question being on the passage of
the ordinance, it was passed-yeas IA,
nays g.. ...., -,,-,r-.
Mr.. Armstrong, from the committee on
Police reported back an ordinance fixing
the salary of the City Marshal, and recon-
mended its passage.
The ordinance passed-yeas 16, nays 1.
. Mr.. Reinhard, from the committee on
City Park, made a statement in regard to a
failure on the part of Dennis Kinney to
contract for building fence around the
Park, and offered the following:
RESOLVED, That the committee on the City
Park be authorized to give the contract to
the next lowest bidder in case Mr.. Dennis
Kinney does not give the requisite security
the contract thus entered into and the
bond to be filed with the City Clerk.
The resolution was agreed to. 51..
Mr.. Wall, from committee on Orphans
Home, offered resolution authorizing
Marcus Frankel and j. j. Janney to become
sureties on the bond of the defendants for
the appeal of the case of Norderer and
others against Henry Derwort and others
INSTITUTED by the plaintiffs to set aside the
will of John Miller, deceased,) from the
Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county
to the District Court of said county, and
| that the faith of the city of Columbus is
pledged to the said Marcus Frankel and J..
j. Janney that they shall be saved from all
costs, expenses and damages, which they
may incur by reason of becoming such
sureties, -s.- -l-
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr.. Reinhard moved to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution was lost.
Mr.. Patterson moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table. Agreed to.
Mr.. Chadwick presented communica-
ton in regard to the management of the
Hare Orphans Home and the Orphans
Home, charging that the combined chari-
ties had not been productive of the amount
of good that was expected of them, because