Telegram-herald., 1888-06-26
NOW An ORDINANCE


OF oourss tAs attraction ~ the coancil
meeting lsss svsnisx vss the resumption Of
the subjscs Of the EAss-st. railroad matter.
and Ihs ashs resulted IN practical victory
for the railroad company this time. the
case being taken oat Of the hands VI TIE
special eo2nittss and given 10 the Com
misIss On Ordinances. Of which Alderman
Hayward. Of the Seventh. 10 Chairman.
They have sn ordinance already prepared
With amendments which they we're lot
allowed to present last week. and propo-
sitisns from the company sent in last night
sy the company which eau not
tail to be Satisfactory TO sn par
ties. in regard to the nxiBg of the tracks on
East-st. and al the petitions and remon-
sIranoes relating 70 the matter. al are nov
| in possession Of that committse. and they
viii NO doubt frame such an ordinance for
presentation next Monday night as the
company and the community. including
the Grand Rapids Township Board, will Dc
satisfied with.
Mayor Weston was In the chair himself
and called TO order at 7:45. with eli the Alder
meu present except Stein. OF the First. The
Officers we're ali present, except the CITY
| Attorney. but Assistant Taylor was in bis
| place. and effective as usual. The lobby
| was small upon assembling bat attained
nearly the same proportions as the crowded
room of last week before the railway sub
1 Ject was mentioned
The session opened and closed with an
| invitation. The first thing read was
communication from Chairman A. r.
| Schafer, Of the Citizens COMMITTEES for the
| Conncil to take part in the Fourth OF July
| proceedings which was of course accepted
l and nearly the last be ore adjournment al
| invitation was received from the Grand
Island Resort Association for the city
| officers. Councilmen and members OF the
| press TO take q ride on the new steamer
Grand Island to that new resort on Wednes-
day afternoon. Alderman Stewart. who
presented the invitation. Was selected TO
pay the car fare on tns Scribner-st. line 10
the landing and the invitation was ac-
cepted
The discussion on the street railway mat
ter took about the same course as on last
Monday night The same Aldermen made
speeches and Of the same character. with
| the addition of Alderman Davidson and
Shanahan, who both favored giving
the railroad company some show,
as they have been TO great expense IN eI-
tending their lines and building their build
| ings, under the impression that the fran
chise given them was good, solid and per-
| manent
The special committee appointed last
| week failed TO report, Alderman Baldwin
making excuses for IL that Alderman Da-
wilson could not be found, and that ii was
impossible 10 get In conjunction with the
township board, but he had sesn Mr..
Hsvens and othsr members and they had
| expressed themselves willing 10 do what
| ever was right between the railroad COM
| pany and the citizens. A communication
was received from the company explai ming
how they could fix their tracks on Easiest.
| so rs to make them entirely unobjectiona-
BILE. and petition was received from i've
property owners on the street to allow o
quiet motor to run. Many intimations
made by Aldermen lie uuiere. DeGraaf and
others that the company intended to en-
force their claim by curtslling service.
and hot discussion followed.
even to Alderman Hayward and
DeGraaf given each other the lie. but it all
finally resulted in the entire matter, on mo-
ton of Alderman Stewart being referred 20
the Committee on Ordinances. and CO M
plete one will be offered next Monday,
which will no doubt cover the entire ground
from Cherry-st. to Sherman-st.
| The only other discussion OF importance
| INDUCED in by the Council was upon the
subject of the Board of Health, their neg
| lect to provide place Tor the deposit OF
filth, their appointment OF inspectors,
etc. 1t was decided by the City Attorney
that only the Council could provide place
for such deposits by the scsvengers. The
Board announced the appointment of Orrin
Raynor inspector at g day and Alex
Innes keeper of the pest house at rent free
and Si50 day. At the close of the dis
cusson the entire matter was put IN the
hands of the Committee on Health.
The rest Of the proceedings were OF the
usual routine character.
COUNCIL NOTES.
The petitions for the deposit of building
materials in the streets were numerous al
the council meeting last night. indicating
an enormous amount of building going on
The use of the Sixth-st. bridge for pyro
technic display, of the streets tor parade
| purposes, and OF Fulton-st. park for speech
| flying was granted by the council last nigh
TO the Fourth of Jnly committee.
The comptroller's bills for the past weei
amount in the aggregate TO $ll,064.13.
The commiItee on streets of the City
| Council are requested by Chairman Stewar
TO meet at Alderman Hayward's drug tor'
on Thursday afternoon, at o'clock.
Mayor Weston nominated Joseph Her
mann ne Director OF the Poor last evening
but the council would not confirm it.