Telegram-herald., 1888-06-19
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Promptly Al I'D last ssenins AaYor
v esfon. sho sss prsss1E Ia p<rssD, called
TIE cty connclk - order vita al tbs on
GERS at bis aide aa9 al the Aldermen pres
ems. sxospl DaFidson, 0f the Inlrd ward
A fill force was needed. a. the eoGncii
chamber oakslds the baF was erosdsd - rs
usnost capacity. Tbs sizn -sEsndisg room
oaiy would have been useless. IS there
Vas aot even slandlnz room
The im8lenss cFosd consisted chiefly OF
HollsBdefs, act from EAsf-sE only. oat
from al parts of TIE eify, interested IN their
nnilsd opposition ~ the Grand Rapids
street Railway Company IN regard % run
mag rs motor ~ ksst-st-
TIE procsedlnss opened with the usual
tsk Of petitions Tor improvements. aud Ia
adtitl6a thereto were = number Of remOn-
str4nces against granting franchise 10 tae
Grsnd Rapids street Railway Company 10
run their dummy Line Ia kzst-sI-. from
snsfman 10 CneFry-sts. Among them were.
oHe rom the Holland Refcrned ehu-ch.
With about nfty signerS, from the residents
Of East-st, BY IL. ). Prssbufg and 10 9TH
era. from property owners. signed BY Olive
=. Fisher aud thirteen Others from the
Christian ksf0rmed church. signed BY about
two hundred, from the second Reformed
charca. with eighsy-foar names from the
Dutch Reformed chufch OF 0r2ndvllle-aye..
a d0zea more, from the Lsgrzye street Re
formed eaurch, six aAnles, from the FIRST
Reformed church Of z. AOerdyk. with sew
ersl names, and last, but not least, from the
Township Board Of The township OF Grand
Rapids, signei by j. DeHolif. Esq. and
Fred II. Hosford. and from Henry HaVens,
Supervisor.
These petitions and remonstrancss set
forth Ia earnest terms that the running OF
steam motors through East-st. Was detri-
mcnt 10 property aud an annoyance to the
residents, that horses were frightened and
travel impeded thereby. that church ser
vices we're disturbed and the Sabbath desc
Grated, that the lives of pedestrians. chill
dFen especially and church-goers generally,
were endangered: and that although a
charter had been granted 20 the Railway
Company by the Township Board. its pro-
visions had not been rightly under
stOod.by them
These complaints were made the basis Of
the numerous arguments and lengthy
speeches made pro and con Atsr in the
evening.
They were all laid aside while the busi-
ness Of the Council proceeded, which was
sntirsly of routine character, until the
order OF unfinished business was reachad.
whea Alderman Hayward. of the Com nit
tee on Ordinances, opened the bail by
calling the new street railway ordinance up
from the table and moving It's second read
ing by title, which was done. Then he
moved some amendments previous to
passing il to its third reading, when Alder
man Bald win, of the Third ward, arose aud
opened for the opposition by saying that
he thought the ordinance was only draft
OF the rights of the city in the premises, that
II might not concur with the township or
dinancs. even ass snded. and would only
be another bone Of contention and the
cause for another Injunction. He, there
fore. moved that the whole subject matter
be referred 70 q special committee of three,
together with the City Attorney. to confer
With q like committee from the Township
Board. with an attorney selected by them,
TO frame an ordinance TO be presented TO
each body before its passage.
Then the music commenced. Alderman
Hayward was surprised that Councilmen
should wish TO confer with Q body of men
who bad in their remonstrance ac-
knowledged that they didn't know what
| they were doing when they passed the
present franchise. and written across their
| forehesds "blockheads.' He made strong
| plea for the line a. il now stands, in the in
| terest of the poor people as against the
| rich, and thought il matter for the whole
| Council, and not for o small committee to
| act upon.
Alderman Launiere took hand on the
| other side. and thought the whole matter
might as well De dropped, rs the courts had
already decided that any ordinance that
| did not concur between the city and town
| ship was null and void.
Alderman De Graaf supported the refer
| ence 90 q committee, and made an earnest
| opening speech in favor of the Easiest. pc
| ntiOners.
Alderman Crequs put in sn amendment
| substituting the Aldermen of the Third
ward for The special committee.
| Alderman Rogers. Of the Seventh, had 8
| brief prepared and delivered an eloquent
/ speech in favor Of the Railway company,
| and their right to be allowed TO use their
privileges for the benefit Of the entire city.
1T is not a question" be said. between
the city and the Township Board, nor be-
tween these Boards and the Railway COM
psnY. bat between the 3S5 sign
ers TO these remoDstrances and
| the rest Of the $4,000 people Of the city oi
Grand Rapids, which has received the bene-
/ nc OF thousands upon thousands of dollars
lard out by this company. and of the ser
vice they bad given them and which they
still wished 10 eaioy.
/ Aldermen DeGrssf Baldwin, Launiere
II
Alderman Hayward made one more
effort on q motion OF order, in the course
Of which be took occasion 70 say that AT
derman Lsanisre's head was always thick.
bat tonight IL seemed 10 be thicker than
| usual" Reference Was made 10 ths large
lobby. ard they were asked to vote on the
matter by rising. bat only one side Of the
vote wss taken. fully 0ne-hslf OF them BE-
/ ing on their feet anyway.
Finally tbs matter was brought to a vote
on Alderms su Cregue's amendment to AL
| derman Bsidwin's motion. sni Was carried
sod after some discussion "a to whether il
Was an amendment or substitute, the
orisiaal motion As Smeudsd was put and
( afrtsd by vote Of IL to 4. all voting il
svor except Aldermen Hayward, Mckee
| Rogers and Stewart.
This virtually settles the street rsilway
business. for tie Township Board and the
/ Third wsrd aldermen viii never allow Ga,
! dummy Inc 70 remain in its present DO
| sition.
The balance Of the session vas occupied
~ the psssage CT few resolutions f0
street improvements and the responses OF
ne committees Of -ao reports
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