The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-05-17
Common Council.
COMMON COUNCIL ROOM,
Owosso Nav ID 1880.

Regular meeting of the Common Council,
Mayor Frieseke I'm the chair.
Present, Aid. Gould, Hen, Keyte Rob
bins and Wells.
Minutes of last regular meeting read and
: approved.
Aid Gould presented the following petit
ton signed by /. NJ Purdy and four others,
which was referred to the committee on
streets and sidewalks.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council
of the city of Owosso.
Your petitioners would respectfully ask
your honorable body to have sidewalk con-
structed, commencing at Mulberry street
bridge south, and running south on Shia-
wassee street to River street, and your petit
TONERS will ever pray.
Aid. Gould presented the following petit
ton signed by A. ID. Sutton and 10 others,
which was referred to the Committee on
streets and sidewalks.
To the Mayor and Common Council of the
city of Owosso.
We the undersigned citizens and taxpay-
ers would humbly ask your honorable body
for sidewalk ON both sides of Pine street
from King street to Elizabeth street, one
block, for which we will ever pray.
Mayor and Common Council of the city of
OwOssO.
We the undersigned, request that street
lamp be placed at the west end of station
platform on Washington street crossing.
Your prompt attention to this will Oblige,
Il. A. A. e. N. M. r.. II. Co.
The above was referred to committee on
public lighting.
The standing committee on fire depart
ment made the following report:
OwossO, May ii, 1889.
Tt, fl,a Nov nd of
city of OwOssO.
Your committee to whom was referred
the resolution on fire department would re-
port the following:
Chief of fire department, James II. Calk-
ms; assistant chief, David Dwight; foreman
of engine company, Moses Keyte; foreman
of hose company no. 2, Joseph Harvey;
foreman of hose company no. 1, ID. L.. Muir
ply; foreman of hook and ladder company,
Webb Amspoker.
Members of the fire department as approved
by the Common Council. Engine company,
foreman, Moses Keyte; Oscar Wells, Geo.
Hughes. Hook and ladder company, fore
man, Web. Amspoker; asst. foreman, Fred
Aberle; secretary and treasurer, w. Egle-
ton; sergeant-atarms, S. Sanitary; Eddie
Shaw, E. Shunahan, w. Thomas, Geo. Mos
es, w. Bennett, VIM. Robertson.
Hose company no. 1, foreman ID. l.. Muir
ply; w. S. Beebe, M. Blair, Geo. Martin,
E.W. Woodland, Ben Mathews, Sam Russell,
A.Chipman. Hose company no. 2, foreman,
Joseph Harvey; Chas. Greenwald, Herb
Bailey, r. ID. Ellsworth, Grant johnson,
Frank House, Geo. Eddy, Frank Brown.
4. A. GOULD,
M. KEYTE,
O. WELLS,
Committee.
Aid. Fitzpatrick presented the following
petition signed by c. A. Conner and
seven others, which was referred to the
committee OH ways and means.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council
of the city of OwOsso.
Gentlemen:-We the undersigned, being
large taxpayers and dealers i'm foreign and
domestic fruits, humbly pray your Honor
able body that you cause all dealers in the
above goods who do business on the street
corners, to pay a reasonable license to the
city or remove them from doing business
on the street, and your petitioners will ever
pray,
Aid. Fitzpatrick presented petition from
Theo. Laubengayer to allow him to move
his store to Exchange street east, between
Salisbury and Burhans buildings, in center OF
street, which petition was granted. The
building to stand in said street not to eX-
coed three months, during the construction
of the new store. Ayes @, nays o.
Aid Fitzpatrick presented the following
under third reading of ordinances:
An ordinance forbidding the picketing of
cows, horses or other animals in the city of
Owosso, or improperly tieing or hitching
the same, and providing for impOunding
such animals in certain cases. The Ordi-
nance was ordered read in full, placed upon
its passage and passed, ayes nays 0.
Aid. Gould moved that the liquor bond of
John M. Vinkle be reconsidered, which mo-
ton was lost by the following vote: ayes,
Aid. Gould, Helm and Ryan, 3; nays, Aid.
Keyte Fitzpatrick, Wells and the Mayor, 4.
The liquor bond of John Fisher was pre-
scented with Carl Arhunds, A. Rudolph
Piero and Joel +. Terrell as sureties. Up
on motion the bond was accepted and sure
ties approved, ayes 5, nays l..
Aid. Wells presented the following resO-
lutions which were accepted and adopted,
ayes @, nays 0.
RESOLVED, BY the Common Council OF the
city OF Owosso, that the sum of % cents be
levied and assessed for highway purposes
for the year 1889 on each and every one
hundred dollars of the taxable real and per-
sonal property as it appears on the assess
ment rolls of the first and second judicial
districts, of the city of OwossO, for the year
1889.
RESOLVED, BY the Common Council Of
the city of Owosso, that the committee on
opening streets and alleys are hereby in
structed to take the necessary proceedings
for the opening of Water street, through to
Main street, also for the opening of Ball
street to Race street, in the city of OwOsso.
Communication on electric light was re-
ferred to committee.
The grade rolls of Mulberry street and
Genesee street were ordered printed.
Aid. Gould called the Councils attention
to the matter of railroad crossings on our
principal streets, and that committee be
appointed to interview the railroad commits
siOner, and secure gates at each crossing, as
it is difficult to keep people back while
trains are passing, and to prevent accident.
The Mayor was requested to act with the
committee on supplies and expenditures.
Council adjourned.
FRANK w. SMITH,
City Clerk.
GRADE ROLL OF MULBERRY STREET.