Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-09-06
Council Proceedings
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(Oficial.)
A regular meeting of the Village
Council was held at the Council rooms
Tuesday evening, September 2, 1879.
Present President Brown, Attorney
Humphrey, Trustees Miner, Gallagher,
Rapin and Mcdonald.
Absent Trustees j. B. and William
Macarthur.
PETITIONS.
To the Common Council of the Village of Che
boygan:
The undersigned, freehOlders of the
said village of Cheboygan, and of the
township of Beaugrand, (said township
of Beaugrand adjoining to the village of
ChebOygan), do hereby make application
to you to lay out highway on bound
ary line of the said township and the
said village, and respectfully ask that
you will lay out highway as follows:
commencing at the intersection of the
town line between Benton and Beau
grand townships and what is known as
the Mackinaw road, running thence
north on said line to the straits of Mack
inaw.
FREEHOLDERS OF CHEBOYGAN VILLAGE.
Joseph Allaire, Jr., Eugene Bellant,
John Mckay, c. +. Lynn, w. A. Lynn,
r. Patterson, j. j. Cueny, C. Cardi-
nal, I. A. Littleield,
FREEHOLDERS OF BEAUGRAND TOWNSHIP.
John B. Vincent, Ronald F. Mcdonald,
Peter Cadeau, Arcule Braville, John
Lameir.
To the Common Council of the Villaoe of Che
bOygan:
The undersigned, freehOlders of the
village of ChebOygan, and Of the town
ship of Beaugrand, being adjoining to
the village of ChebOygan, do hereby
make application to you to lay out a
highway on the boundary line between
the said township and the said village,
and respectfully ask that you will pro-
ceed to lay out a highway as follows:
commencing at the intersection of town
line between Benton and Beaugrand
townships and what is known as the up
per Black river road, thence running
south on town line between townships
of Benton and Beaugrand to the town
line road running east and west between
the townships of Beaugrand and Inver-
ness.
FREEHOLDERS OF CHEBOYGAN VILLAGE.
w. A. Lynn, Joseph Allaire, Jr., William
Bartholomew, A. P. Newton, Albert
LeGault, John Mckay, R. Patterson.
FREEHOLDERS OF BEAUGRAND TOWNSHIP.
John S. Mcdonald, Samuel Shook, S.
Robert Shook, j. B. Stevens, P. Sulli-
van, Sylvester Sammons, Samuel
Boots, Felix PilOu, Edward Cluin, j. B.
Vincent, F. S. Abbott, Moses Rapin,
Andrew Rapin, Jacob Post, 7. I. Van
ArSdale.
To the Common Council of the Village of Che
bOygan:
would respectfully ask that the pOr-
tiOn Of the ChebOygan and Alpena state
road that runs across the southwest cor
ner of the southwest quarter Of the
southwest quarter of section thirty-twO,
town thirty-eight north, range one west,
be discontinued, for which your petition
er will ever pray.
Dated Sept 2, 1879.
PHILIP O'BRIEN.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM VILLAGE OFFICERS.
From the Street Commissioner:
His report for labor performed and
material furnished upon the streets
since August 9Th to Sept. I'd, 1879,
amounting to $81 75. Allowed, and an
order ordered drawn for the same, $81 IS.
From the Street Commissioner:
GENTLEMEN: would respectfully
recommend that Black river street have
some repairs, as there are some very bad
places in it, and at present the material
can be had of the brickmaker, Mr.. Sulli-
van, free of charge, which would save
considerable cost hereafter.
Referred to Committee on Streets and
Sidewalks.
From the Fire Warden:
GENTLEMEN: hereby offer my resig-
nation as Fire Warden, being unable to
attend to the same.
EDWARD PAQUETTE.
Adopted.
From the Street Commissioner:
GENTLEMEN: would respectfully re-
port that the portion of First street west
of Smiths creek for about forty rods be
cleared of stumpS and logs so as to let
team.
Accepted, and Commissioner instruct
ed to improve upon the street as request
ed. st.
From the Street Commissioner:
GENTLEMEN: / hereby respectfully
report to you that consider it necessary
W uldht w dU Wl1dt lc
commonly known as Smiths creek, on
the north side of Third, running thence
west on the north side of said street to
the corporation limits, to connect with
drain now in the course of cOnStruc-
tion by the Highway Commissioner of
the township of Beaugrand.
Granted.
From Trustee Mcdonald:
A proposition to put in water works in
the village of ChebOygan, as follows;
1000 feet 12 inch MykOff patent pipe;
1900 feet 10 inch MykOff patent pipe; g.
600 feet inch MykOff patent pipe: said
pipe to be laid in trench five feet deep,
or as near that depth as the grade Of the
street will permit. To put in two II
inch water gates; to put in six 10 inch
water gates; to put in five inch water
gates, said gates to be placed in line of
main pipe, where the Council may direct.
One Dixon power pump, double cylinder,
said cylinder to be 9 inches in diameter,
and 16 inches long, and set the same on
good foundation, ready to connect with
water wheel. Also, to erect 20 hydrantS
with double discharge 21a inches in di-
ameter to inch strand pipe and anti
freezing pattern. Will do all the work
aforesaid in good, wOrkmanlike man.
ner, and will warrant the same to stand
a pressure of 100 pounds to the square
inch at the expiration of five years, with
proper care and use, and will also war
rant to throw eight streams of water
through eight sections of hose, each 500
feet long, out of / "a inch nozzle, from rs
to 125 feet perpendicular, all at the same
time for the space Of four hours, if re-
quired; also, will furnish with the above
bill 1000 feet of 21a inch hose and four
nOzzles with swivel handles, and subject
to the same guarantee as the pipe, pump,
an hydrants. E. G. STUDLEY,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Moved and voted that the above prOpO-
sitiOn be referred to a special committee,
which was appointed by the President,