Telegram-herald., 1889-11-12
THE CITY SALONS
Deliberate IN solemn COuclave on
Municipal Affairs.
STREET RnLWnS AID CEMETERIES
Ihs fgdsauile Company Keeps P~gg ing
Ava -tstlsties toF the Censes Te
Az Bids fer efslsastinE CarA4rss
EePortecs Esb0Acd.

bus He-. h a- transacted during tnr St@-
SION but most Of i WAS routine After
one 0r two corrections the minutes OF
the last meeting were approved.
NJ. e. GO0-en and other residents on
Graud-aye. asked % have the street
opened az FAR as Fulton-st. The
sgners represented ESQ feet front
age between LYON and Fulton-sts
petition was received from l.. ".
Watzek and others asking that Charles
II. be opened from sherman-st. 70
Thomas-st., and WAS referred TO the
Committee on Streets.
Brown, Clark q Co. and Wm. p.
Innes asked for the opening of Grand
ave. and agreed TO deed the land re-
quired for this purpose if the city
would deed 10 them a twenty-five foot
strip along Julia-st. in exchange for
theirs. Referred to the aldermen OF
second and fourth wards.
The citizens of the Fourth and Sixth
Ward petitioned for better naphtha
lamps in their suburbs, and Mr. Hoag-
land, OF the Globe Light and Heating
Company, renewed his proposition 70
furnish 400 OF their lamps at $40 per
year, they agreeing TO place the posts
where there were none provided and
whenever the gas mains should be eX-
tended into the territory occupied 10y
them TO take UP their lamps and posts
and place them in other territory. Re
ferred TO the Committee on Lamps.
\ communication was received
from NJ. II. Grow, which stated
that the proposition submitted
last week meant that ne would either
purchase the city water system or
sell their own plant to the city AT a
price 10 be settled upon by a committee
of arbitration, two members to be So
lected by each corporation and the
four 20 select a fifth.
Walter Stanton, of New York, said
that the proposition was made IN good
faith and that in case they purchased
the city plant they would, if the city
| declared 1t necessary, go TO Lake Mlch-
igan for water. If the city wished to
purchase the Hydraulic Company
plant they would willingly abide the
decision of a committee of arbitration.
The gentleman sprInklcd a little SUI
gar on his argument in closing by say
ing that he had never been IN a nicer
Clty hall or a finer council room.
The mayor presented a cOmmunica-
ton from Robert u. Porter, superin-
tendent of the census, asking that q
COPY of all books referring 10 the city
! government be forwarded TO the De
partment of the Interior, for the pur-
/ pose of furnishing as complete detail
as possible of the municipal system OF
/ Grand Rapids.
The mayor presented the following
| communication:
Gentlemen of the Council-In re
! spOnse TO the foregoing communication
from the Department of the Interior.
/ have this day forwarded TO said De
partment one copy OF the city Ordi
nances. together with the annual re
I ports of the mayor and city treasurer
| from 1850 to date, in which ] ask the
/ concurrence OF your honorable body.
=. ..a Respectfully submitted.
JOIN KLLEAN, Mayor.
Alderman Launiere's motion 10 con
/ cur carried.
The city comptroller reported bills L
| the amount of Sl4, ,411.47.
| The committee on Ways and Mean
( reported in favor of granting the re
/ quest of Judge Burlingame TO have fOu
volumes of HOwelPs statutes annOtatcC
so as to include all the laws.
The Committee on Claims and Ac
counts reported in favor of paying tn
claim of Health Officer Saunders fO
the use of his horse and carriage 70
the use of the board. The amount va
| SIS for three months use.
The old chestnut claim of W. y
Cook for services on the Board of Re
view, while he was confined tO hi
home by quarantine for smallpox, wa
/ referred to the Committee on Claim
/ and Accounts some time ago. ThC'
reported that they did not consldc
that the petitioner had any claim upoI
/ the city.
The Committee on Health, 10 whom
was referred the proposition of Alex
I /. Patrick for cremating garbage All,
night-soil. recommended that the cit.
. adopt this method OF destroying suci
matter. and the city clerk was author
izcd 10 advertise for bids, the city re
I serving the right 70 reject any and a.
bids.
The special committee to whom wa
referred tine matter of procuring add
toral grounds for cemetery purposes
reported i'm favor of purchasing a trac
of forty acres north of GrcenwO0,
/ Cemetery at q cost of $50 per acre
There Isa spring on the ground larg
/ enough To- supply water Tor sprnkiln
/ tho grounds.
There was q long and heated discus
sion on this question. Alderman Tul
ucr was u favor of purchasing GENE
tsry lot further from the city ON az
count Of sanitary reasons. Alderma.
/ ~tcbmns considered the land grca
I bargain. while Alderman CreQue ss.
II was an old sand hili and not wort
$50 AN acre.
Alderman BALDWIN grew poetic an
pictured tho pleasure and satsfacto
with winch the citizens could lay ava
their dead in tins beautiful ar
romantic spot.
Upon motion of Alderman Tumel
acton in the matter Was deferred on
veok
Tho Comm ftce on Ordinances n
ported favorah.y in regard 20 tne pet
SION NJ fhe valley ttv Street and tsh'
Halfway Company. asking perm ss.o
to construct aud operate eale ral
Hay n portion oi Flth-are.. an
recommended THAT they ie uefmltt.
O. construct a a1z trar< RAJ l7a
therein They also ahnfttel su ora
raree wtach Ras paeea upon IS or
f ar. second raa .f.L aIl ordered frH