Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-20
4 PARK COMPROMISE
The Plat North OF the Bah Forty
10 be Purchased.
PLAYS FOR LIyCOLy PARK APPROVED
Hiu=. ~lu Furnish TIE Coai-A Alderman
kodser, snts the frisonsr- a. tie
JAN kmpIoyed on ths fArks-A
Se~ Cemetery.

portance
After the council VS. called 70 order
tae minutes of the last meeting were
approved.
q petition Tor removal Of barn az 81
and 36 West Le0nard-st. WAS presented, f.,
aai was referred to the Board o.
Health.
Resolutions inviting sne mayor and
council 70 attend toe dedication of ST.
Johns Orphan Asylum were read, and
upon motion of Alderman SNmcCrs.
the council voted 20 attend n a body.
Vim. +. Letyaid aud Mrs. NJ. v.
AldTch asked permission - repair
Otlawa-st., from FOUNTAIN - Monroe
81. and permission was granted o. tue
petitioners, the work % he done under
direction OF tno Board OF Public
Works
II A. Veddcrs and several others
presented remOnstrauce against tine
sale oi l. ncOln Park, saying that oad
tlcv known the land would be used
for any other purpose they would not
have contributed 10 the purchase OF
the same.
Percy snyder asked 70 be reim-
burscd for injuries received 20 has per-
son and buggy hy being capslzed while
driv.ag ON Wcalthy-aye.. the accident
occurring on account OF the bat con-
dlt.oa ol the street. He claims dam
ages 10 the extent of :15. Referred TO
the Committee on Claims and Ac-
count-.
The city comptroller reported bills
and accounts To the amount OF SILL
S5G.92. On motion of Alderman
O'Donncll, the report was ratified and
confirmed.
city Treasurer Perry reported that
there would be interest due on the Guy
water bonds on January next amount
ing TO $40. .Sl9.l3, and that there IS now
but S3SS6.99 on hand with whlcn 20
meet il. He recommended that
enough bc transferred from the earn
ings OF the water-WOrSs ID pay this IN
tcrest when IL is due. Adopted.
The Board of Public Works petition
to have the Hydraulic Company pipes
removed from Clancv-st., so that the
work of improving the street may not
be hindered. The marshal was in-
pany that If the pipes were not land N
five days they must be removed.
Upon motion Of Alderman O'DOhnell
the mayor was authorized 10 sign for
the city the contract for the improve
ment of Canal-St., from Lyon 20 Rrllge.
The amount Of the contract is Sll ,*jl.
The Committee of Ways and Means,
through Alderman StehAus. re- =, b.
mended that licenses be granted e
John shoemaker, TO carry on "a saloon
business at 53 Oakes-st.; 20 Hendricks
q Peterson, at II South FrOnt-st., and
to Klaibcr * Somers, at 2l0 East
Bridge-st The licenses We're granted.
The petition of Eliza ScrIbner. present
cd to the council last week, was denied.
Upon the motion of Alderman Iau-
nicrc, the contract for furnishing the
city with coal was awarded TO A.Hues,
he TO furnish $50 tons or more oil grafc
coal ri S6.25
Alderman Rodgers then moved the
derati0n of the plans aud specili-
cations for thcimproyomcnt OF Lincoln
Park. The motion carried. He then
moved the adoption of the plans sub
mitted by Dubois, and TINS motion was
carried, Aldermen ~prOul and Miller
being the only ones who opposed IL.
Alderman Turner, chairman of the
special Park Committee. then reported
that the committee had been dlhgent
IN discharging the duty imposed upon
them and have received several pr0pO-
s.tOns. The two most favorable plans
they would present. The first WAS an
offer of the forty acres adjoining the
Ball forty on the north by It's present
owners for the sum cf $4,000.
The second was plat Of seventy-five
acres Of land lying between the Chicago
< West Mcn-urail wavand Grand river
AT the crossing Ofthe Lake Shore lwav
three mile. south of the citv This
plat was offered for $4,000 hy 4. =.
Edwards. agent. The alderman IRE
ported that the committee rccom-
mcnded the purchase Of the plat ad-
joining the Bali forty, and moved that
the recOmmondatO be adopted. The
motion was carried by Unanimous
vote
Alderman Rodgers then offered =
resolution To the effect that all male
persons confined n the county Jail Tor
tive days or more be hereafter cm-
ployad % the Improvement 0i the pubs
l.C Jll s., and tlat the police dcpal.-
meut tJu.sh them conveyance - and
from taC work He moved tlat the
matter bc referred ~ the city atten y.
Alderman O'Douncl oolectcd. and
wanted Co refer 30 90 tuc Committee ol
Parks. IT, SAID that there were p.eutv
ot poor men who wauld he glad ~ the
work. and thaf tla PRISONERS could
break stone. The motion ~ Alderman