Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
Council Proceedings.

The Common Council of the city of Al
pena, met i'm the Council Room on Mon
day evening January 18th, 1883, and was
called TO order at half past seven o'clock
by the Recorder
PREsENT.-A. r. Mcdonald, Recorder
and Aldermen Donnelly, Gebhardt, Hayes,
and Sheahy.
Journal of sessions held January 3rd,
and January Sth, 1885, read and approved
COMMUNICATIONS.
sundry bills. Referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
From the Chief Engineer of Fire De-
partment, recommending payment of the
following bills:
Hose company No I, one false alarm ........s 90
:, one hre...o"""...""".... 4 90
Simmons, services 90
Bills allowed as recommended and war
rants ordered drawn for the payment of the
same.
City Marshall, recommending payment
Of the following bills:
Rosseau, days OC
Do' w
McDade, team work. On
Phillips, team on
Bills allowed as recommended and war
rants ordered drawn for the payment Of tn,
| same.
The following bill was also presented, al
lowed, and warrant ordered therefor:
w Henderson, police fecs....................s2
| REPORT OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Streets and Sewer
made verbal report to the effect that TIN
bridge connecting Second and Dock street
is being repaired. No action.
From the committee heretofore apponte,
to locate the electric lights, recommendin!
that the lamps be located as follows:
| One at northeast corner of Dock anC
| Miller streets. One at southeast corner o
Dock and Fletcher streets. One at north
east corner of Merchant and Oldfeld streets
| One at northeast corner of Commercial and
| Fletcher streets. One at north side of Water
street, opposite center of 1st street One
near the Comstock block opposite center OF
Water street One at southwest corner OF
River and Third street. One at southeast
corner of Chisholm and Second streets.
One on point of land near Gavigan's meat
market corner of Washington avenue and
Second street. One at southwest corner of
First and Hitchcock streets One nj north
west corner of Dunbar and State streets
One at northwest corner of Dunbar and
Second streets. One at southwest corner of
Washington avenue and Fourth streets.
One ut northwest corner of Fourth and
Lockwood streets. One at northeast cor
ner of 9Th and Chisholm streets.
Recommendation of the committee con-
CURED in by unanimous vote.
Ways and Means, recommending pay
ment of the following bills:
Claim Pay
ed. at.
e Wall printing. ..............,...$iS 90 S4S 90
Alpena Planning Mill Co., sundries.... &c 66
Field Gray, sundries................2 6 81 &c 81
Bills allowed as recommended and war;
rants ordered drawn for the payment of the
same.
CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
The Council, in Committee of the Whole,
considered the question of charter revision
and reported in favor of five wards.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
BY Alderman Hayes, that the Chairman
of the Committee on WAYS and Means coun-
tersign all orders allowed at this meeting
Carried.
By Alderman Spratt, that when the
Council adjourn, it be to meet on Thurs
day. the 25th day of January, A ID 1888
at p. NJ, to consider the question of char.
ter revision. Carried
On motion the Council adjourned
A. II. MCDONALD,
Recorder