The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-07-31

MONDAY evening except OeSsFs.
Brickner and Gross.
Specifications were received and
adopted for painting the wood work
Of the Market house and No. l En-
gine house, and the Clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids for the
work.
The Street improvement. Commit
tee made majority and minority re-
ports in reference to extending Hud-
son street from Franklin to Sandusky
street. Messrs. Snyder, Huber and
Scheiber in their majority report rec
commended that Hudson street should
be extended from franklin to San
dusky, adding 40 feet to the north
side Of the alley now there, which
would make street SCI feet wide,
one half foot wider than the street
west Of Sandusky street. The Com
mittee think the cost would be about
s, 900, which should be assessed on
the lots benefited. Messrs. Silvers
and Horner, in their minority report
state that there is no present need OF
the extension proposed. as the alley
answers the purpcse (; that the city at
large viii not be benefited, and it
will cost s., 900 ofeity funds /; the OBJ
struetion of Ssndusky street over the
railroads needs attention, and the
city's money, II there is any to- spare,
for it is impassltile, and the city can
not shirk the blame on the railroads,
for they allowed them to destroy the
streets /; the cost Of "A feet Of land,
from Franklin 20 Sandusky will be
s., 600, which win Involve the using of
city bonds to that. amount, to which
they were opposed. On motion .the re-
ports were tabled until the next meet
ing. -
An ordinance passed its three read
ings empowering the Mayor to en-
panel juries in cases before him,
when demanded. ~.
A resolution declaring the intention
to tunnel under the railroads on
Washington street passed by eight
ayes. A similar resolution as to the
sewer from the tunnel to the river
was adopted by the same voter Or
dinances were passed for both ofthese
improvements by eightayes. -
On motion the Clerk was instructed
to advertise for bids for the bni1ding
of the tunnel and the sewer-the ex-
cavsting, stone walls and the l-sewer
to be bid for SEPARATELY = the sewer to
be completed by October 18th, and the
tunnel by the 18th OF November, 1873.
On motion of Mr.. Huber, the City
Commissioned was instructed to open
the ditch on Miami street. -
A motion Of Mr.. Huber to instruct
the City Solicitor to report a resoIu-
ton to rescind = resolution 20 appro-
pirate land for extending Franklin
street to the county road was lost.
Plans and Specifications to grade,
drain, pave and improve Harrison
street were presented and adopted. A
resolution declaring the necessity of
improving this street also passed.
The Commissioner reported the
grade of Hudson street, from WASH
ington street west to Franklin street,
and it was referred to the Solicitor to
report an ordinance to establish such
grade.
Iies.-We refsrred to this subject re-
Gently. We believe that men having
timber In this county make a. mistake /
in holding it atsuch a high figure to
the contractors. 1t has caused some
of them. to throw up their contracts,
as they could NOT save themselves on
the price they had agreed to furnish
ties to the B. p. 3 C. Railroad Com
pany. This is short-sighted IN more
ways than one. Had contractors been
enabled to get timber at a fair fig
much higher price being Of
fered than was ever offered here be-
fore-from $4,000 to 500, 900 more
would have been paid out in this
county than has been distributed for
thai. purpose. Ties and tie timber are
higher now than it viii ever be here
again, for the when the B. P. & c.
road is completed it will enabled to
control the market, - they can be
brought from any direction by the
road, freight free. The timber that is
wanted for ties is said to
be rapidly decaying, and from five to
ten years will leave none of it fit for
ties or anything else. Again, as soon
as the B. P. & C. road is graded east
from this city to the Lake Erie Divis-
ion, the ironing will be commenced
at that point, and the road can bring
ties from the mountains of-Virginia
at less cost than they are forced now
to pay for them here. Further, when
the road is completed, the price of ties
must faH to nearly what they can be
bought for in Virginia, as the rail-
road will be enabled to load its west
ward bound empty cars-which have
taken east produce from the west |
with ties, and deliver them along
the rosd at no expense whatever, ex-
cept the wear and tear, as the cars
have to run any way. .iiQ.IaH
Let these suggestions be considered
and we are satisfied That
they win be approved by ali interest
ed.
Boiler Explosion. AT ten o'clock,
Tuesday, the boiler of, BroHn-6, VIII,
Ioaghby's steam threshingjin aehihe.
in operation on the farm of George