Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-20
THE CITY FATHERS.
IN BRIEF SESSION ASSEMBLED.
The Mayor Calls Public Meeting for
Wednesday Evening - Tower
System OF Lighting.

The Common Council met al the usual
hour last evening, Mayor Bslknap presiding
Aids. Patterson and Parmerlee we're absent.
The petition Of Peter swineteg and seven
others for sewer on Stocking street was re-
ferred 10 the aldermen Of the Seventh Ward
and Aids. Yates, Patterson and Brennsr.
petition from Wm. Vinegar and others ask
ing that the Mayor be instructed 20 call q
public meeting Of citizens 10 take measures
for the relief Of workingmen out Of employ
nent was granted, and His Honor iIed on
Wednesday evening at 7:3O o'clock IN the
Council room for such meeting. The quit
claim deeds for VIM. Jamison was referred
70 the Committee on Ways and Means. The
druggist bond Of Fallas and Currin was
ported correct and approved. The petition
Of w. l.. Cofinbury and Arthur Wood, IN
regard to the wood and hay market on Sum-
NIT street, was accepted and placed on file.
The City Controllers report was adopted
and the several amounts ordered paid. The
bill of Harry Vandriel was reported back
from the special committee without recon-
mendation and referred to the Committee on
Il
were made committee TO settle with the
City Marshal for the grading of James
street, and thirty days additional time was
granted for the collection of the Bowery
street grading and the Wealthy avenue ex-
tension sewer rolls. The petitions relative
to the grading on Webster and Crosby
streets were referred back to the aldermen
presenting them until certain conditions
garding the petitioners be complied with in
accordance with the city charter on such mat
ters. The drug bond of Buckhslve and
Savard was approved.
Aid. DeGraff, from the Committee on
Poor, made motion that the City Marshal
be instructed to procure from the Director
of the Poor number Of workmen on his
list, for the purpose of cleaning the sidewalks
on the public parks and City Hall lots. Adop-
I'd. Aid. Pierce. from the Committee on
LAMPS, reported adversely on the petition for
an electric light at the corner of Broadway and
Leonard streets, and also that the advisable
ity of having such light in the vicinity of
the night school be left to the Board OF Edu-
catian to decide; adopted. Aid. Pierce read
an extended report upon the subject OF cleo
trio lights, giving comparative stat :
ments of estimates, based upon the present
system of lighting the city and that pro-
posed by the tower system, also upon in
creased number of lights as required by the
wants of the city. These estimates we're
given for five years, making a total Of ex-
penses under the present system Of $1lS, 400
and for the tower system twenty 1--WE towers
with $50 lights) of $114,75O This report was
concluded with a resolution that $4,000 be
raised on city bond, for the purpose Of
erecting the tower system and that the same
be left to a vote of the people ut the next
city election; the report was received and
laid on the table for one week.
Aid Gilbert. on behalf Of some ladies pre-
sent, presented an amendment to school
laws by which the words qualified electors"
were changed to qualified voters" by
which change it is claimed women will be
allowed to vote at elections for school off,
GERS under the State laws; also the amend
ment proposed relative to providing work for
city prisoners, the building of warehouses;.
lhitos otC. Anc foico Wclo oucpch0oA hOk shS
consideration of these amendments, and
they were adopted. Aid. More presented an
ordinance relative to sidewalks as an amend
ment to section 9, which was passed to sec
ond reading and laid on the table for one
week to be printed.
Aid. Nester, of special committee on the
Newberry bridge approaches, az reported by
the Board Of Public Works. made . report
of the views of property owners; adopted.
The collectors of the various wards were
given thirty days additional time after Feb.
l, in which to make collections Clerk Bel
KNAPP submitted bill of the charter amend
ments proposed to be sent To the representa-
tives at Lansing for action by the Legisla-
ture; referred to the City Attorney to be
forwarded by him after examination. On
motion Of Aid More the ordinance affecting
auctioneers was taken from the table, and
substitute offered by him. which was read
the third time and passed. Adjourned.