Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-16
COUNCIL LpRooEEDINGs.
MONDAY EVENING, June Is, 1868.

MONDAY EVENING, June Is, 1858.
Council met pursuant TO adjournment.
Present-Messrs. Armstrong, Beekey
Bergen, Caren, Chadwick, Comstock. Don
aldson, Frankel, Janney, Knopp, McAlistel
Mcdonald, Reinhard, Ross,and Presiden
Naghten.
The President called the Council {
order.
The minutes of the preceding meetin
were read and approved.
B. F. Bowen, Assistant Civil Enginee
made the following report of estimates O
work required to be done:
For building a double row flag crossin.
on the north side OF North street acros
Third, $s7 G5.
For paving the unpaved sidewalks on tn
south side Of Friend street from Seventh
street to Stone alley, S47.70.
For building four foot brick sewer or
Broad street, from the west side of Fiftt
street to the east side OF Cleveland avenue
a three foot brick sewer from Cleveland
avenue to Pike street, and thirty inch
brick sewer from Pike street to the sum.
NIT on East Broad street, S13,764.
Mr.. Reinhard presented petition signed
by, Christian Bennington and nine others.
for the passage of an ordinance for gra-
ding and paving on Washington avenue,
between Mound street and South Public
lane.
Mr.. Reinhard moved that the petition
be referred to the committee on the Fifth
Ward, and offered for adoption a resolu-
tion directing the City Civil Engincerer to
prepare the necessary plat and estimates
for doing such grading and paving. The
resolution was passed.
Mr.. Armstrong presented petition from
II. Schroenker and four others, asking that
distractions be removed from the north
sidewalks on Hickory alley, between High
and Fourth street. Referred to committee
on Eighth ward.
Mr.. McAlister presented petition signed
by G. Eberly & Co., aud six other firms
doing business on High street, near Friend
street, asking for the removal of the dray
stand from their locality. Referred to the
committee of the Fourth ward.
Petitions signed by Isaac Eberly, Horace
Wilson, N. Merton and about 100 other
property owners on Friend street, asking
for permission to build street railroad on
Friend street, were received and referred
ts the committee of the Fourth ward, and
the City Solicitor, with instructions TO re-
port an ordinance, if they find the petit
tions prepared in compliance with the re-
quirements of law.
Mr.. Janney, from the committee on Sec
ond ward, to whom was referred the me.
mortal of certain citizens residing on Oak
street, asking for the laying down of the
Nicolson pavement on said street, reported
adversely to granting the prayer of the
petition. The report was concurred in.
Mr.. Reinhard, from the committee on the
Fifth ward, offered the following:
Resotved That the cost and expense of
graveling the roadway of South street and
south Public lane, west of the point where
those highways meet, and between the GEN.
Ter lines of the same, amounting to $3.50 25,
be paid by the city.
On motion of Mr.. Donaldson, the reso-
luton was referred to the committee on
Ways and Means.
Mr.. Comstock, from the committee on
fhird ward, reported adversely to repeal
ing the ordinance for sprinkling Town
street. The report was concurred in.
Mr.. McAlister presented an ordinance
20 grade and pave on the south side of
Friend street from Seventh street to Stone
llley, which was read first time.
Mr. ,akr
supplementary to an ordinance passed June
st, 1868, entitled an ordinance to build |
nain or trunk sewer, which was read a |
irst time.
Mr.. Keinhard moved that the ordinance
he referredl to thea committee on Sewers.
agreed to.
Mr.. Donaldson introduced an ordinance
d build thirty inch brick sewer in Center
lley from Gay street to Spring street,
shich was read first time.
Mr.. McAlister introduced plat of B. F.
tage's addition to the city OF Columbus,
nd an ordinance accepting said addition,
'hich was read first time.
Mr.. Knopf introduced an ordinance to
ssess special tax on the property bound
ig on Ridgeway alley from Mound to
outh street, which was read a first time.
Mr.. Knopf intronuced second ordin-
nee to assess special tax on the real es-
lte bounding Ridgway alley from
lound to South street, which was read a
rst time.
Mr.. Knopf introduced resolution to as
ess special tax upon the real estate
ounding the south side of Mound street
rom Zenos alley to Hubble alley, was read
first time.
Mr.. Chadwick, on leave, presented the
blowing estimate of work required to be
one.
For building twenty inch stone pipe
ever in Fisher alley and Fair alley to a
oint about sixty feet south OF Long
rect, S427.
MIR. Chadwick presented an ordinance to
uild twenty inch pipe sewer from the
orth line of Gay street in Fisher alley to
air alley, thence in Fair alley to intersect
he sewer now in Fair alley, which was
cad first and second time.
Mr.. Donaldson moved to take from the
able an ordinance to build thirty inch
ever In Center alley. Agreed to and the
was read second time and re-
erred to committees of Second and Eighth
7ards.
The following ordinances were read
econd time:
An ordinance to make double row flag
tone crossing across Cherry street.
An ordinance to grade and gravel South
LEY between Fourth and Fifth street.
An ordinance to grade and gravel the
oadway of South High street from South
'nblic lane to the corporation line.
Mr.. Bergen, on leave. presented an or
idance to build double row fiagstone