Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-05-02
J. NJ. Klinger presented the follow
ing propositiOn:

J. NJ. Klinger presented the follow
ing proposition:
PLYMOUTH, Ind. April, s, 1878.
To his honor the Mayor and COM
mon Council of the city Of Plymouth
L propose to you in settlement of my
claim against the city that L will ac-
cept the amount my original bill calls
for less so. and apply the amount on
taxes, city to pay costs accrued so
far. j. M, KLINGER.
The Finance Committee having re-
ported in favor of accepting the
proposition of J. NJ. Klinger it was on
motion of Councilman Mayer accept
ed.
Councilman Mayer presented the
following proposition OF Albert T.
Gibson:
PLYMOUTH, Ind April 10. 1878.
s. Mayer. Chairman of Finance Com
naitteo Of the city Of Plymouth.
DEAR SIR: On the delivery to me of a
Warranty Deed by the city of Plymouth,
of lot No. ia, i'm said city, / will pay
cdlO CisN tnC SUM vi OlC
fifty dollars down, and one hundred aud
fifty dollars with eight per cent interest,
without relief from valuation and ap-
praisement laws in one year. | will give
my note and mortgage on said lot to Sc
cure the last payment, and | will pay
taxes from April LIST, 1878.
Respectfully.
ALBERT +. GIBSON.
The Finance committee reported
that they had sold lot No. ia in Polk
and Searings addition to Plymouth,
to Albert F. Gibson for $500, per con-
dition of above bid subject to the ap-
prevail Of the Council.
On motion of Councilman Blain the
proposition was accepted. James NJ
Confer, Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department submitted his annual re-
port, from which it appeared that fol-
the year ending April 30th. 1878 there
were four fires to which the imple-
ments Of the department were taken,
The first was Oct. Sth, 1877. The fire
was discovered in the molding room
Of the old foundry south Of the iron
bridge. The engine was promptly
on the ground, and although the
moulding room was consumed and
the main building was on fire before
the engine could be got fairly to
work, it was extinguished with slight
loss, which was nearly all covered
by insurance.
November 7th, 1877, at $50 a. m
a fire was discovered in the secont
floor of law office in Wheeler
brick block on Michigan street. Ii
ten minutes the engine was throwing
water and with the effective aid OF
the Hook and Ladder company tn,
fire was soon extinguished. Los:
about $4,000.
Nov. 18th, 1877, a one story hous,
on Adams street above Walnut wa
burned. the roads being in such 1
condition that the engine could not
be moved to save it. The house wa!
unoccupied, and the loss was abou
800. March 4th, 1873, at - O'Clock
m. fire was discovered in a wooder
house owned by Thomas McChesney
but was under control before the i'm.
plemsnts reached the place. All o
the implements are reported in ex
cellent condition. the company is un-
der the best Of discipline, the month
ly meetings are we'll attended, and
the engine is carefully worked every
month to be certain that it is In order
The number OF men composing thu
company is SO, the total expenses To-
the year were $525.03.
A motion was adopted declaring
the Office Of city Engineer.vacant anC
the conucil adjourned to meet Mon
day evening April Goth, 1878.