Telegram-herald., 1886-09-14
MUST HAVE A PERMIT
II They Would Parade the
Streets OF Grand Rapids.
THE -laHi' ORDINANCE PASSED
4 Proposition 10 Charge the Name
Of east Bndgs-st The Dummy
Llrs Extension Ordnance Re-
ferrso \ Remonsfraoce.

MAYOR Dizsman vas absent and Alder
man Hsgaard. President ol lLe Council.
grssiied AZ the Alierusn we're present
ezlspt Dan AHA Fanlnd Levi schultz
ald Others assel Chat th- name 81 East
Bdise-st be changed % Lilcoln-ase.
Alderman Ilam moved 90 refer t0 tie Com
millee on Ordinances sltl Instructions o.
trail az ordinance ia accordance giIh the
prayer "a the petitioners. Alderman Bren-
ler supported -le motion and 10 zas carried
aro. g. EHch aud large number III resi-
dents OF the Third ward presented d
very lengthy remolstEance against The
proposition 20 ali0F she Street kaleay
Company % extend the Dummy hne %
lle Union depot. Referred ~ lbe Commit
Ice ca Ordinances
The proposition 0f Joseph Le Compte 70
sell the cty three acres of land a. the cor
usr of Godfrey ave. and Hall 81 for pest
house site eas referred 70 the Couuittee on
Health and Board 0i Heai.h
The report ofthe Controller recommend
iug tle payment ~ claims and accounts AZ
sreEsfiug about fifteen Thousand dollars. in-
Guiding lle ~ .ce and Fire Department
eaF rolls Tor August several estimates 0n
public improvements and the bin 90 A
Hlrter ~ 81, 15 Tor honf ointment wIs
4IopIed except the estimate 0t A. &
j kens for che Improvement Of Nc
keyuolds-str which Was referred % the
COMMITTEE ~ on Claims and Accounts. Il
appsar- lhat Adrian and John Reus who
have The contracts Tor tine improvement of
>puugst McE EeynOids-st and Ellsworth
ave. are engaged in a dispute, John
charging Ihal ere money received i0r work
done On Nckey yuoiis-sr., has been used %
lav for work ou EilswOrth-age. He there
fore asked that the estimate be referred aud
bis request 3as granted. after a debate ia
which Aldermen De6raaf. Launuiere,
SEE xart and Hayward participated. The
Committee on Streets reported
adversely Oh the petition for
the Improvement Of Ant0ine-st. for
the reason thar the petitioners 90 not rep
resent a sufficient amoQ4t Ot the property
on the street 90 warrant the improvement
There vas a lively debate over = report of
the Committee on Claims and Accounts
recommending the pag ment of the bill Of a
man Who watched a house ON North Front
50. which bad been quarantined by the
BOard ot Health on account OF scarlet fever
AID. Stewart stated that while the guard
Ess on duty the patient, a baby, was
brought down town by its mother, IN 2
street car, % have a doctor decide whether
the child had scarlet fever or not IL was
also sta-ej that the guard was
Kept on duty after the house had
been vacated The bin vas paid. A Aider-
man Ihum. uf the Committee on Health.
on behalf of his committee and the Board
be removed from its present location i'm
meliately after site for a hospital for con
t1gi0rs diseases has been surcbased -
Adopted
Tlere was a spirited discussion Of the
proposition o. enforce the order o. build
sidewalks on Crosby-st. The committee re
ported IN favor 0f resembling he orde-, and
motion % adopt the report vas declared
carried on a vote OF 20 g. but Alderman
Stewart made tie point t.st 10
rescind required the vote Of a majority
% the whole Council. ant he was
sustained bv the President SO the matter
rests in the hands Of the Committee on
Sidewalks
TIE assessment roll for the improvem ent
Of Barclay-st vas ratified and confirmed
and that for the improvement Of Fifth ave
was laid on the table for another week Tor
the purpose Of hearing appeals.
The ordinance relative 10 the extension
Of tie Reels Lake dummy line OF street
railway irOm East 81. 70 the Union Depot
was read twice by title and laid upon the
taDle for one week. The ordinance relative
70 street parates. prohibiting the distrlb-
uting of posters and haudDilis in the streets
etc. was taken from the table and an
amendment excepting funeral and military
professions from the provisions of
fhe ordinance, was adopted. Alderman
DOYLE then moved 60 pass the ordinance as
amended Alderman Stein hoped that for
fhe credit aud good sense ot the Council
the ordinance would not pass, and be pro
ceeded O. give bis reasons for opposing the
ordinance He had no sooner taken his
seat than three OF four aldermen jumped to
their feet. A Alderman Launuiere was rec
ognized bv the President and proceeded TO
speak in favor 1T tbe ordinance. He was
followed by Alderman Brenner, who de-
c'ared thar The actions Of the Salvation
ARMY -the crazy crowd dancing and drum
ming 0n the streefs--Wa enough to almost
convince him fnaf there fl more than one
God. BE could hardly believe that the God
to whom the crazy crowd of Saivdiouists
appealed % vas the same God % whom
Christians u-avsd Ne believed IRE personal
liberty aui Thought 10 the d1fy of the Coun-
co % make ordinances 20 secure citizens
crazy fansiLcs and fools Aid Stein did not
oppose the ordinance entirely on the
grounds that So vas intended % regulate
The actions ~ the Salvation ARMY
bar hecagse De thought the tend
encv ~ tne ordinance wrong -funda-
mental 81 wronE-it put too much authority
INFO the hands of the Mayor Alderman
-.ew8rr said the religious di-Cussion had
beiagred him 5e hardly zneV hoN 90 vote
and mavei t1 'fT ou the table for one weeS.
lost or a tie vufe-7 to T. The ordinance
vas then usssei bv the following vote.
Yeas Aldermen Brenner. Cre0ue DJy ie.
ueGraaf HavEart H1nfiey. Lsunisre
~aunders ~ssuley and -teFsrf-l0 NAYS
Marr's Richmond S-ein s7i rhum-f
a resolution offered ov Alderman Talm
requesting fhe Mayor t0 cali A meeting of
c rens so tsks acfian relauve 90 raising
money for tte earthquake sufferers w8s
sfortei and rhe Council adjourned
rhaf -~aIrssiaa Army Ordinance