Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-09
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
PEARL STREET BRIDGE REPAIRS
The Happy and Disappointed Saioonists
Simon Sullivan ENoner4tea
Much Minor Mention.

evening. Several reuoustranoos against
grades and the construction OF sewers were
introduced. Aids. IAuniere, CreqUe and
10 investigate swOrn charges preferred by
Henry Brown. to the effect that city scayen-
gers Small and Bommelji. IN removing
the contents Of vaults would ask and
receive pay from the Board Of
Health for twice the amount of work per
formed. Mai Melch petitloned 10 be ap-
pointed City ScaNenger and said, should the
Council grant him d proper hearing, he
would prove and substanIlate the charges
made a. 10 the present scasengers over
charging aud over measuring. His petIt Oh
was accepted aud referred 10 the Mayor and
President OF the Council Geo. q. Briggs
and thirty Others petlnoned asking that
Timothy Hartnett be appointed city bridge
tender. Referred 10 the Committee on
Bridges. The corrected liquor bond OF Pat
rick Finn, ~ Plainfeid avenue. was present
ed by the Clerk. and on motion Of Aid.
kIllean was accepted The application
of ID. BOkein. for a license TO run a saloon ia
the Sixth ward was placed Oh the table. The
COmptrOllers report aggregatlng the
amount of about 1900 was accepted. with
the exception of the items for gravel used ia
the Seventh and Eighth Wards, which were
referred TO the aldermen Of those Wards.
and the Clerk Was Instructed 10 draw orders
for the several amounts. The Board of
Health reported the purchase OF a horse 10
replace the deceased animal takeL from q.
Assink by them and killed, and asked for
$50 TO square accounts, which WAS grant
ed. Receipts of the Superior Court for May
were reported as Sll965; from the Police
Court, same period, $55l.9O. The Board of
Public Works reported estimates of the cost
of an iron bridge across the river at PeaIl
street, as follows: Low truss bridge-sub-
structure S2l,2 superstructure xO,47O.
total Stl 100: high truss-substructure SI4,-
40, superstructure $26,690, total Sal, 100.
Accepted and placed OH file.
The Committee on Streets was given no
tlce 10 meet IN the committee room on
Thursday evening; the Committee on Claims
and Accounts, To consider the claim OF Jacob
W. Arndt, on Wednesday evening. Mr..
Arndt was also requested 10 meet with the
committee: the Committee on Ordinances 10
meet on Thursday evening.
j. Sparks. go Canal street: Joseph PetZ.
76 South Ionia; NJ: McGee & Co. North
Divisions; T.. L. Mcclure, ~ Canal John
Rauk a Co., III Canal Frank :. Damaskey.
cor. Wzst Bridge and Summer, Robert Cook.
II Plaindeld avenue, were granted saloon
licenses.
Two members of the Committee on Ways
and Means reported fayorIng the granting of
saloon licenses TO William i. Walch and ID.
III. Mccarthy, and adversely to granting "A
license 10 Vim. Echterach.
The report was rejected. Wm. +. Walsh
was granted license 10 conduct a saloon at
44J South Division street. and licenses were
denied VIM. Echternach ana ID. II. Nc
Carthy. The Committee on Ways and
Means reported recommending the increase
of Assistant City Surveyor Prang's salary 10
S2.25 per day, which was adopted. The
Committee on Sidewalks reported, recon-
fl...
repairers by the City Marshal, at a salary of
Sl.75 each per day, the same 10 be dismissed
at the pleasure of the Marshal Adopte l.
The Committee on Bridges reported recon-
mending the adoption of the report of the
Board of Public Works, IN reference TO the
repairs to Pearl street bridge; and that such
repairs be under the direction of the Com
mittee on Bridges. The report was adopted.
The committee reported further that they
had let the contract of cleaning the city
bridges To j. Il. FortIer, at the SUN of Sl4
per week, which was approved.
The special committee. to whom was re
ferred the resolution of Simon Sullivan ask
ing that the charges connecting his name
with the attempted bribery of Aid. Patterson
be investigated, reported that they could
find no reason for connecting the name of
Mr.. Sullivan with the attempted bribery, and
they exonerated him from all blame. The
report was adopted. The temperance people
asked for the use of Fulton street park for
an open air temperance meeting, 10 be ad-
dressed by Ex-Governor st. John, of Kan
sas on June Is, which request was granted
The Clerk presented bids from German and
Holland papers Of the city. for printing the
assessment rolls, Marshal's sales aud Treas
urer's notices, as follows: Stats Ze,tpng.
20 cents per square, GeTm0niG, same a. last
year. VT7jheidS Banter. 65 cents per square.
and De Standard, 60 cents per square. Re
ferred To Committee on Ways and Means.
All former action taken by the Council ia
regard to- appointing a committee 10 de-
fine the assessment district for the West
Fulton street improvements, was resciDded.
The old committee appointed boy the old
Council. was discharged. and Mayor Curtis
appointed a new committee. a. follows
Aids. Hayward, Stewart and Grady.
The resolution appointing J. B. Fuller TO
take charge of the parks was rescindcd and
the committee authorized TO appoint another
man.
The salary Of the city draughtsman. which
boy mistake was fixed at 3 so was red1ced
to $500 per year. 4 resolution offered bY
Aid Gilbert requesting the Sidewalk Com
mittee TO submit plans for constructing
all sidewalks Of some material other
than wood vas adopted. ON
motion of Alderman Thum the
resolution ordering the Marshal 10 obtain
badges for the Aldermen AZ an expense not
/
Saunders moved that the Marshal be in
strocted 80 obtain suitable badges for the
Aldermen and asO one for himaelf Aid
/ Jhum moved 10 amend 20 that the badge
should not cost more than s. each. Aid
Stanley moved % authorize each Alderman
TO pay for ms own badge. AID. Gilbert
thought the badge unnecessary. He had not
felt the need Of one and Il 3
badge Vas needed the Aldermen
could use a Salvation Army ribbon. Aid
Saunders had felt the need of badge In
trying 10 open street car AZ abroad cross
iBg he had been unsucces@fnl until be don
ned his badge. Aid. Gilbert said that II vas
the first time that he had learned that =
badge Was ~ more importance than an Al
derman. Aid. Saunders card that II ail Al
T dermeu were ~ well known ~ Aid. Gilbert
F they would not need badges. The matte1
F was iaid OF the table
a Missing Baby.
f On June = daughter was born - NJ
and Mrs. Henry Henulck. Who were MAJ
red on the lsTh q Febr1sry last. The