Telegram-herald., 1889-12-04
COMMON COUNCIL



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ALrx l. PAraIrE.
On motion ~ Aid. Rodgers. referred % Com
| migtre on 81 altu and thr Board Of Health.
| UI We. Hopsau. as sius that "a street lamp
be paseI at Tie corner Of Pleasant avenue
and Orchard street
| Referred 20 Committee on Lamps.
! on Robert X. PGtnam. rendering his re.igaa
ton OF lhe position OF eusine-r &c tAe c.iy
hail. having accepted an 0feT from savannah
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on motion Of Aid. Creque. referred 10 the
| Committee n buildings
| Of samuel l.. Fuller. secretary treasurer a
the West Michigan Farmers tlu1. asking fle
| privilege of usns the room ln The city ha.
known as the supervisors room" for meet
ias Of said club. TO be held Tues d ~. Decem
terlO
On motion Of AID Creque. referred t. the
Committee on Buildings vita power 20 act,
OF Thomas Wrlsh and ~ others residents cf
the Eighth and Ninth wards asking for bette.
| street lights.
On motion Of AID. Rodgers referred to Com
mittee on Lamps.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Common
Council OF the City of Grand Rapids:
Your petitioner. the Valley City Street A
Gable Railway Company. desires % make tAe
following statement II factsin reference % the
resolution. now pending before your honorable
BODY. 20 forfeit its franchises IN Taylor street.
4 considerable portion OF that pant OF Iay
Tor street. lying between Qu.mby street and
Leonard street is OF a wet and springy soil,
which had been filed up with bark and saw
dust. and IL only had a light covering OF earth.
In laying the ties ol your petitioners railway
IN that street, it was frequently necessary o.
dig through the earth and iay them on The bark
and slw-dust foundations. After the track
had been laid. your petitioner filled !n between
| the tracks and on the outside thereof with
Dirt and gravel. so as to bring the street in the
| immediate vicinity Of its rails. up 10 the level
OF the surface thereof, and your petitioner left
the street occupied by its tracks and in the
immediate vicinity in good condition If any
| part OF the said track projects above the sur
| face Of the street. IL is because the dirt and
| gravel thus placed thereon by your petitioner,
| sett ed. The entire street needs improving,
and your petitioner is informed and believes
that the Board of Public Works la-
changed the grade north of Leonard street
50 IS TO correspond with the trick q
your petitioner. This action by the board
shows conciusiyely that the street was orgi
naliy too low and required raising 90 the grade
! 10 correspond 10 your petitioners tracks.
] During the past summer and fall your peu
toner has done work on the street in tll
| neghborhoOd OF Leonard street to the amount
/. II nearly two hundred dollars. That while
!, said work was being done. the street commits
a sioner informed the foreman in charge of you
/. petitioners employees that there was not mucl
! Of tine street that needed repairs and that IL,
, tack was in pretty good shape.
In laying It's tracks your petitioner gradeC
that part of the street lying between LeGgaud.
= street and Leonard street and filled il up viii
dirt TO a width Of about thirty feet. and %
depth Of about three feet. and the I'LL thu
made was worth nearly FIVE hundred dollars
Your petitioner has been thinking for Som
time OF converting said line into a cable line
! and thus obviating the necessity Of using
{, steam motor within the city limits. oar pc
. titioner has reached the conclusion tnati 81
: be e,ter ali around If the said Taylor 81
T line Shall be changed 10 a cable hne You
J petitioner therefore. asks that IL may be al
: lowed 10 take up its tracks In Taylor street
!, and that an ordinance may be grautet 10 30 Il
q Granite rect north 10 the city limits. 90 d
{. operated iu connection with its ottawa an
Canal street line.
II your honorable body will grant such a
! ordinance 10 your petitioner. it will compet
said line within six months from the passag
0f the ordinance. and Will at once take up d
tracks n Taylor street AID put that street j.
3 good passabie condition for winter trayc
p This ordinance should be passed without d'
c lav 80 thar the vo-k OF taking up the tracs
and on the street may D. doue before .t freeze
up. In order to hasten tne matter, yo1- pr
TONER herewith submits a. ordinance and asa
- that it may have your immediate consider.
tio0 and that &c may De passed
And your petitioner will ever pray.
VAuEY CRY STREET & CAHlE RALvAr Co.
By A. J.. Bovvr President.
on motion of AID O'DonneH referred {
Committee on Ordinances.
OfAnton Skory. representing that he has
wife and four children 20 support. asking 2
be apolated night watchma1 ~ the cts bal
The petition is supp 'emented bv Albert Dan
sky aad twenty-five others. recommend
him.
0l notion ~ Ald. Lsuniere. referred 70 Oh
Committee on Buildings
uf F. Z. smith & Son. represeutin- shat the
have rented N poo, rooms ~ $50. -s ~auf
p vision str o. askHg couaei 60 grant fh F..
eense for flelr tables an-ll Nay &. lsu. on
prn rata basis
0um.uana AID. O.Donneu. referred g. th
mayor tn power to a0'
0fo Naa Haren. sstnr permission 20 pr
nparanp ri tte corner fWa.srr avenue =.
Powers street, fa ha rrecfel ln saeb y manns
as naf - interfere vIt1 pH.le travel
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