The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

use, operation and maintenance of said
proposed street railway will be governed
and regulated by suitable and proper ordi
nances, passed by the city council of the
city OF Ottawa, with due regard 10 the
rights OF the city, and 10 private and pub
lie property owRecs affected thereby,
Your committee Is Of the opinion that
county property would In no way be In
jured by the laying down, use, operation
or maintainanCe Of said street railway, but
on the contrary il will he u great benefit
not only 10 the city, but 10 the county at
large; that the Interests OF the county will
be carefully guarded 10y SAID c,'v council
who are alike interested wi Il this ha,d ia
the projections of all public and private
property and the streets of said city.
Therefore your committee would respect.
fully recommend that this board pass the
following resolution, 10 wit;
Res0lrtd, That the chairman of the
board of supervisors be and he Is hereby
authorized ION behalf of the county, 10
sign the necessary petitions TO the city
council of the city of Ottawa 10 grant TO
the Electric Street Railway Company the
right TO lay down, use, operate and main.
tdlu Sllttt luANhN taN no WI
Main and La Sale streets, giving the con-
sent Of the county 10 the laying of said
street railway tracks ON Main street south
of the court house square, on La Sale
street west of the court house square, and
on Columbus street east of lots one ~ and
and six (6) in block eighty six (S6) In states
addition 10 Ottawa; the two last mentioned
lots being the premises owned by the
county and upon which the county Jail Is
located. CHARLES 5. CULLEN, Chairman.
Supervisor Griffin offered the following
amendment TO said report, which was
adopted.
Provided however, that nothing In this
resolution shall be construed as granting
the power to said railway TO lay down or
operate any side track, switches, turn outs
or turn tables opposite any of the county
property named In the petition.
Supervisor Fischer moved the previous
question.
The chair announced. shall the maiu
question be now put, which was decided III
the affirmative.
The main question, namely the report of
the committee on judiciary In relation to
the Electric Street Railway, as amended
by the resolution of supervisor Griffin, was
now put and failed to pass by the following
vote
Ayes.-Armstrong Bowen, Burke, Crock,
Cullen, Dunaway Boyle, Donlevy, Fades,
Ellsworth, Griffin, Hoberg, Mcintyre,
Rowe, Spencer, Spencer, Thompson, Trum.
DO, Werner, White.-20.
Noes -Burkart, Dinsmore, Dresser,
Duffy, Fischer, Gibbs, Gransden, Green,
Quincy, Hickok, Hiltabrand, Jennings,
johnson, LAUDER, Lukins, Maierhofer, Nc
Lsuchlan, Norton, Shawback, Shsfer,
Stanford, Westwood, Wyley, Mr.. Chairman
"a.
The following report of the committee
on roads and bridges was adopted.
Mr. Chairman, dc. Your committee on
roads and bridges would respectfully re-
port that they have examined the matter of
pstition from commissioners of highways
from town of Dayton for bridge over In
dian creek presented before them and rec
ommend the following:
| That a special committee of three be
appointed To examine the matter together
with the commissioners Of highways of
the town of Dayton. The special COM
mittee 10 consist Of supervisors Lukins,
Ellsworth and Burkart. Said committee
to report TO this board at Its September
meeting.
All Of which Is respectfully submitted,
f. 8. DRESSER, Acting chairman.
Supervisor Dresser, chairman to settle
with coroner, submitted the following
report which was adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, dc. Your committee 70
settle with county coroner would respect
fully report that they have examined the
bills and vouchers presented before them,
and find them correct. We also find the
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars In
the hands of the treasurer for the use of
said coroner; which amount your commit
tee deem sufficient to run the office until
the meeting of the board In September.
La Sale County
To Floyd Clcndenen, DR..
Paying two sets of Coroner's