Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
Wedne.dnY,s nIee,Inr.

The Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment last Wednesday evening; all mem
bers present. Minutes ofprevious meeting
read and approved.
The Harbor and Wharves Committee re-
ported that Mr.. D. B. Mccoy had offered
to d0 the dredging for the proposed i'm
provement at the Harbor, for 10 cents per
cubic yard, and dump the earth in the
lake.
Mr.. Seymour made motion to reject all
bids for dredging, which motion was sec
onded by Mr.. Israel. The motion was lost
Had the motion been carried, an adver-
tisement for new bids would have to be
published, and the work delayed from
thirty to forty days
Mr.. Manning then made motion sec
onded by Mr.. Hitchcock that the bid of
Pat Smith of Cleveland be accepted. The
yeas and nays were called resulting as fol-
lows Yeas, Haskell, Call, Manning,
Hitchcock and Israel; nays, Seymour,
The motion declared carried.
Mr.. Manning offered the following res
olution, seconded by Mr.. Seymour:
"That the owners of land abutting the
Harbor Improvement line desiring dirt de-
posted on their land, be required to take
care OF the dirt so deposited, so that it
may not again be deposited in the creek"
The resolution was lost, all members
voting nay except Mr.. Manning.
The Chairman of Gas committee, repor-
ted that three new, iron post gas
lights had been purchased by the COM
mittee, and a motion was made and car
ried that the committee erect the lights at
such localities as it deem best
The following report and resolution
were read and lost, the nays being Man
ming, Hitchcock, and Israel, yeas, sey-
mour, Haskell, and Gall,
We the undersigned, to whom the mat
ter of difference between Almira Simonet
and the Village of Ashtabula was referred
respectfully report,
That after hearing both parties, and
being fully advised in the premises, solely
for the purpose .of saving litigation, and
as a compTbmis0 Of the case now pending
between said parties in the Court of Com
mon Pleas without attempting to pass
upon the question of the line of West
street, recommend that as soon as said
AlmiTa Simonet shall have removed her
fence back to the true line Of said street,
said line 70 be designated, by the chair
man Of the Street Committee, and shall
have executed, and delivered, TO said Vii
lage release under SEAL of all claims and
demands, whatsoever, on account of the
matters and things set up in her petition,
in said action, then said Village to pay
her the sum of $116.67.
WADMoRE REDHEAD.
JaHE pppR9
HENRY FAssET.
April 18th, 1880.
WHEREAS, a suit is now pending before the
Court Of Common Pleas between Almira
Simonet, plaintiff, and the Village of
Ashtabula, defendant and whereas the
Village prefers TO buyher peace and avoid
litigation, be i
RESOLVED, That said Village pay TO her,
(when she shall have removed her fence
to and upon the line heretofore establish
ed by a former resolution of this CounciD
the sum of $ll6.67, upon her executing to
said Village, under seal, a release Of all
claims and demands, whatsoever,
Nothing herein contained is TO be con-
strued as an admission that the line of
West street. as claimed by the Village is
in any manner incorrect
The Mayor was directed to enter into
contract with Mr., Pat Smith, of Cleveland,
for excavating the first 10000 cubic yards
of earth at the Harbor, according to the
published notice and his bid
Mr.. Manning was excused
The Mayor was directed to retain Police
man Q, L. Scoville whose appointment ex-
pired on the 7th inst, until the next meet
ing of the Council,
The Fire and Water Committee was d.
reoted to make necessary repairs to Main
street well.
An ordinance for the payment of claims
for month Of March, amounting TO $567
was adopted upon suspension of rules,
Adjourned.
For SALE-desirable house and 2 lots on
corner West and Depot streets, for sale
cheap. Apply to W, O. Richardson. TIT