The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-16

done as directed by Council, no gentleman
opposing; If anything wa omitted or neg
lected the Council was to blame, not the
Committee certainly, for the Committee
had acted exactly in accordance with the
orders of the Council.
MI. Morley, on behalf of Committee,
said, no inquiries were made for dirt; the
committee knew not what to do with the
dirt, and 1T was generally entirely unfit
to put on the streets anywhere.
Mr.. Raber was surprised at his friends
on the other side, showing their hands in
this way these gentlemen had been active
IN getting large sums expended on other
streets IN which they were interested this
assault upon the committee and their re-
port as called for by Mr.. Lindsay's resolu-
ton was greatly unjust. He remembered
the anxiety of his friend Lindsay to grade
Charles street last summer Mr.. L. even
urged HIM (Raber) to vote for it, and he
lindsay would stand by him.
The report was adopted by the follow
ing votes. Nh. Morley asking to be ex-
cused.
Yeas-Schefer, Hawk, Raber, Henning,
and shrimp. NaYs-Anderson and Lind
say.
Mr.. Schafer read a bill to r~eorganize
and more effectually regulate the city
fire department. The bill disDenses with
steamer and other fire engines unless re-
CURED IN an emergency or case ofnecessity,
when the water works power is not in
order 1t also provides for organizing seven
hose companies. The bill islong and very
full IN regard to management at fires.
After some discussion about further con-
sultatlon with the foremen of the fire COM
panles a motion to refer was carried.
Nv Pohar ed $500 -. IL -
urging him to try and get the cattle ordi-
nance repealed, as 1t was very oppressive
to many of d poor people; he would
therefore move an ordinance be prepared
for its repeal.
Mr.. Schafer seconded the motion he
had also been spoken to by many citizens
and had been told a petition signed by a
thousand or more could be had for its repeal;
there was enough land in the CITY living
out in common he had 81 acres, and other
gentlemen had a great deal the grass on
this common should be kept down and the
cattle, II allowed to run at large, would do
1t; he did not think, If allowed to 90 at
large, they would trouble town much.
Mr.. Anderson thought it a bad time to
repeal now COWS would be breaking into
lots and lnJuring grass plats did not like
to enac ordinances, and in a few months
repeal 1t Just to please a within.
Mr.. Raber said this ordinance was hard
upon poor people who had COWS; there was
open ground enough about to feed a large
number OF COWS, and they should be al
lowed TO range over 1t, and keep down the
grass.
Nj; Hawk opposed the repeal the COWS
might be herded upon these open grounds.
Mr.. Lindsay said, in his part of town
the cattle ran ont any how, and the repeal
would not affect him; the ordinance in
Thompson's addition did not amonnt to a
row of pins he had repeatedly urged upon
the police to enforce the ordinance strictly
wanted 1t repealed or enforced thoroughly
all over the city.
Mr.. Shrimp would sustain the ordinance,
and would rather add to it, town BOYS for
instance Qaughter)Ethought it should be
carried out.
Mr.. Schefer thought it would be better
to have the grass Kept down, would be
conducive to health; the grass and weeds
beng allowed to grow up, and decay on
u side streets, and grounds living open
were worse than letting the cattle q at
large. Many poor families had but one
COW, and pasture was scarce at SIS a
season.
Mr.. Hawk, in reply TO Mr.. Lindsay,
said, any citizen had a right to enforce the
ordinance-all had the privilege ofdrivinp
cattle to the Pound.
Mr.. Lindsay said, it was not enforced at
all IN the suburbs of the town; a French
man tried to drive some geese to the
Pound, and two women got after him and
beat him off, Qaughter.)
The motion to draft ordinance to repeal
was lost by a tie vote.
The bill to accept Bucher's addition was
read the second time; amotion to suspend
the rules and put it on its third reading
was lost, only five voting therefor.
a bill to establish grade of North street
was read the third time, and laid over for
n week; the bill for grading sidewalks
on same was also laid over one week.
The bills Of Hartzell & Saxtoa and a.
McGregor q Son for printing were referred
to committee on claims.
An item in each bill was for publi.bine
reports on accounts of Water Works.
Messrs. Anderson and Lindsay objected
to the item, the reports being inserted in
the papers they thought unnecessary and
unauthorized.
Mr.. Schafer said on consultation with
Mr.. Hawk and Mr.. Worley, he took the
responsibility, the papers circulate all over
town, and he wanted the mean i~nsinuations
and falsehoods that had been Circulated
all over the country against the Water
Works committee, fully met and refuted
these lies had been industriously circulated
for a year or two, and these reports were
a complete v~indication he wanted the
answer too to appear in the very papel
1.-THE Rep. q Rep.) which had been sland.
erlng the Committee and the Trustees O
the Water Works-let the antidote follow
the poison-hence he wanted it in the same
paper that had published the ISLANDERS
he wanted a complete vindication of his
character and the other members of tn,
committee, even if he had to pay for it out
of his oWn pocket.
MI. Lindsay was opposed to the public.
alton IN the papers without authority.
Mr.. Raber thought our citizens wanted
to know all about what has become of the
money they had voted to build Water
Works; 1t was right to make it public anC
circulate as much as possible; it was {
complete Vindication Of the gentlemen WIKI
had managed the building Of the Wate,
Works, and he was ready 10 vote to- pa,
for publishing. These very gentlemen
howled for these Water Works reports 70,
months before they got them, and now
when they have them they seem to b,
afraid to have them published
Adjourned.