Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-07
THE CITY LEGISLATURE.
SUMMARY LAST NIGHTS WORK.
Saloon Licenses Granted ana Refused
-Crdinaaces Passeo-Ftacssfer
Licenses Reduced

Magor Curtiss presided and al uleDbers
we're present skcsEt Ald- Grady. Property
o.sners on Centef street demonstrated
agaiI.zt the bailGing u . sewer IA thai street
Referred - the Aldermen OF the Third Easd
WlIiam Green and others ask for sewer II
East Bridge street. from Clinton strset %
College avenue. Referred - tbs COMMITTEES
GA Sesers. justice Br0uwsr asked xhe
Council - order justice Saunders 70 tarn
over certain books and FaEers belonging -
tie justice Who preceded ~. BrOawer. he
fsrrsd - the City Attorney Property own
ers 0n Center street asked that tie street
te improved from Fifth avenue 10
HAu street. COMMITTEES On Streets.
communication from Farmer"
Reynolds VAC read, Ia shieh be slOq1entiy
urged the COaaeil ~ grant saloon license
" DlOgenss B0klen, Accepted and placed
on hle. The report Of the Controller, recon
mending the payment of Chains aud ac-
counts, aggFegating $500, ~as accepted
aud adopted. except the bln OF Sheriff
Kinney for board OF prisoners st the lall,
which sas referred 20 the Committee on
Claims and Accounts The Controller re-
ported without recommendation oil OF
Marshal NesteF for sllz50 for carriages
used ia entertaining the Fort Wayne officials,
on FRIDAY aud saturday last. Referred back
u the Controller Report OF the CITY
Il .eslsursr for June was referred 10
the Committee on Ways aud Means.
Contracts for improvements IA ihlrd avenue
and Logan street were ordered executed A
very lengthy communication from II Q Board
OF Police aud Fire Commissioner, relative
- street booths and licensed yenders, was
referred - the Mayor without reading. The
Committee On Ways and Means reported Ia
favor Of making preparations 10 work prison.
ers at the jail A. soon as the ordinance can
be amended 20 as to make Il legal 10 DO 80.
Accepted and adopted X. Mabie, ib Pearl
street, Was granted a SAIGON license. Aid.
Gilbert, chairman Of the Committee on Ways
and Means said that he cOald not report in
favor OF granting Ihos- o. DOnnell permission
10 transfer his saloon from 6S Canal
to 30 Waterloo street. Aid kIllean pre-
seuted majority report ID favor Of grant
ing the permission which was adopted. A
hceuse vas granted Shields & Slattery to
keep a saloon az 4S Waterloo street The
! Aldermen of the First Ward TO whom was
referred the application Of ID. Ill. Mccarthy
| for a saloon license az az South Division
street, reported ia favor OF granting the
license. The report was signed only by
AID Degraaf and the mayor said that he
could not consider IL a majority report and
minority report could not be considered be
fore a majority had been presented The
matter was laid on the table. Several re-
ports locating districts TO be assessed for
| public improvements were read and adopted.
On motion of Aid. Saunders the application
OF ID. B0kien, corner OF Turner and Web
ster streets, for a saloon license was
taken from the table. Aid. Saunders
moved that the hcenle be granted
Aid. Stewart moved an amendment that the
application be placed on file. Aid. Albright
moved "a a substitute that the matter be re-
| ferred To a special committee of three, to
-. ha auh int rraG fczf
| AID. Killean moved a. an amendment to
the amendment. that the matter DO referred
back 10 the Committee on Ways and Means.
| with instructions TO visit the locality and
| thoroughly investigate the surroundings.
| During the discussion II was stated that 1t
had been charged by the applicants friends
/ that Aid. Stewart opposed granting the
| license because BOkien's boys worked against
/ Stewart At the Spring election. Ald.Stewart
| denied that he acted from personal motives.
/ After a lengthy discussion tbs amendment
/ TO the amendment was lost and the matter
/ was again laid upon the table. The Crosby
/ street assessment roll was taken from the
| table. The appeal of Henry Andrea and
1 others was read and the roll was laid on the
/ table for one week for further appeals The
l First avenue sewer roll was laid on the table
for one week for appeals. The petition of
l.. G.. Dunton and Others for the gravellng
I Of Cherry street, was referred 70 the Alder
Il men OF the lhiTQ NAEu. Dlu1 lOE lOt7
/ owned by the city on Crosby and Brainard
streets, were read and referred to the Com
/ mittee on Ways and Means. The amend
/ meut 10 the ordinance relative
/ to vagrants was read a third time
/ and passed. The ordinance defining the
/ duties and fixing the compensation of the
/ City Physician was taken from the table,
read third time and laid on the table for a
week. The sidewalk ordinance was placed
upon it, third reading and passed. On
motion OF AID Hayward, the resolution fix
| ing the salary of ). G.. ketchum and kryn
/ Dyksma. members of the Board of Health,
/ AZ 500. was taken from the table. 1t was
discussed by Aldermen Hayward, Creque
and DOan and returned 20 the table. The
| license fee for hucksters was reduced 10 SIC
per year or for any part Of the year. When
the order of motions aud resolutions was
reached. Aid. DeGraaf moved that saloon
license he granted ID. II. Mccarthy. On
/ motion Of Aid. Hayward, the motion was
laid on the table. A large number of motions
and resolutions. ordering sidewalks repaired
and street improvements, we're passed, and
/ the Coupcii adjourned