Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-29
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
Petition to Advance the Grade of Spring
field, Presented to the City
Council Last Evening.
A Bill for the Issuance of $50, 900 of
Water Works Bonds-The sextonshiP
of Recommendations & Sons
Rebuked-Market Space.

The city council met in regular session
last TUESDAY, evening, with President
Thomas in the chair. Thirteen members
were present, the following named being
absent: Blee, Fried, Green and McKenna.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed, after which the
business of the session was transacted as
follows:
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
/ By the clerk-Treasurer's receipt for
/ filling lots on Lagonda avenue, and placed
to the credit of the street fund. Filed.
By the clerk-A report that SIS. 900 had
been borrowed from the First National
bank for six months at per cent. interest,
and placed to the credit of the bridge fund.
| The treasurer's receipt for same was placed
on file.
BY the clerk-The following petition
from Mayor Kelly:
To the Honorable City Council, City of Spring
| field, Ohio:
We, the undersigned, free-holders and
residents of the city of Springfield, do re-
spectfully represent to your honorable body
that at the federal census of 1880 the city
of Springfield was possessed of popula,
tion Of 20, 900 people and upward, and is
now possessed of . population largely In
excess of eaid number, and that the said
city of Springfield is, therefore, entitled to
be advanced from the class and
grade 1t is now in to q city of the
| first-cla,s, fourth grade. Your petit
! tioners desire such advancement,
and respectfully ask the submission OF
said question of advancement to the elec-
tors of the city Of Springfield at the en.u.
ing annual election of officers of the city In
April, according to The statute In such case
made and provided.
Signed by Messrs. J. Fl. Thomas, E. G.
Dial, r. II. Rodgers. F. NJ. Hagan, A. X.
Ludlow, Robert johnson, T. j. Pringle,
Thomas D. Wallace and one hundred and
ninety-eight others. Referred to the CON-
mittee on law and ordinances.
BY the sOlicitor-Statement relative to
the bill which he had prepared by direc-
tion of council at the request Of the water
works trustees for the issue OF $50, 900 of
bonds for the purpose of putting in a new
pumping engine, etc, as already noted in
the REPUBLIC. The solicitor said that he
endeavOred to frame a bill which would
stand the test Of litigation. The bill provices
that the question of issuing bonds
for the extension of water works in
cities OF this grade shall be submitted
| to vote of the people, the amount not to
exceed $50, 600, the tonds to run forty
years and bear six per cent interest. paya-
bic semi-annually. He had prepared the
bill and handed it to Representative George
c. Rawlins. TIL. following resolution was
offered by the solicitor for adoption:
Resolved, by the council of the city of
Springfield, Ohio, That the Hon. George &.
Rlwlin. be, and he is hereby respectfully
requested, to in'r duee in he gem ral ass, IN
bly, and use his best efforts to secure the
passage Of the bill prepared by the city So
licitOr authorizing council to issue $50, 900
of water works bonds.
Mr.. Burnett moved that there be aided to
the resolution provision for issuing S4O,-
900 of bonds for strees cleaning purposes
The solicitor stated that he did not think
that that was proper way to secure
what was wanted. In his opinion the
best way to proceed was to submit the ques-
ton of increasing the tax to q vote of the
people. Nj. Burnett still thought his
amendment was proper, and. as there was
such general feeling in favor of street
paving and improvements. he was of
opinion the amendment would materially
assist in carrying through the water works
bonds.
Solicitor Summers urged that the two
questions should not be consolidated, and
said that il council would so direct he
would draft a bill to be submitted to the
legislature. 1t was suggested that even if
hn %Ar
taxes for street purposes the tax commits
sion was under no obligations to approve of
the expenditure. To this the solicitor re-
piled that the commission would not permit
its approval to extend further than its in
clination to heed the wishes of the people.
Mr.. Funk suggested that as there was no
other way to get anything in this city, the
tax commission be killed.
Mr.. Burnett's amendment was then put
to vote and lost. 1t receiving only three
ayes-Burnett, Funk and Smith. The
resolution of Solicitor Summers was then
adopted by a unanimous vote.
PETITIONS.
By Mr.. Funk-Petitions asking for the
respectively of William NJ.
FuIweider, Isaac W. Funderburg and John
S. McGee as sexton of Greenmount ceme-
terry.
By Mr.. Dicus-Petition that John II. |
Dugan be appointed sexton of Greenmount
BY Mr.. Crumley-Petition that Levi |
Hoax be appointed sexton of Greenmount |
Ali these petitions were referred to the |
on cemeteries and parks.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The following pay ordinances were pre- |
ssnted and passed:
Wrought Iron Bridge Co.. Canton. !
Factory street o74 90 |
VIM Haines. lumber for bridges....... 248 90 |
James l.. Olds. work on bridges.........- q 10 |
A NJ. Rswlins. lumber for bridges IS 81 (
one year1 ......,..'.....,...'''... .D~ 1 ~ 200 90
d. B. Green. janitor police court. 80 %
Samuel Huffman, coal 70 rs
Telephone Co, rent of telephone, mes
sages IS 60
JOhn Woods. cleaning vault...............- 10 90 !
Tuttle & Burns, cOal.................... 2S so