Telegram-herald., 1889-10-15
STREET RAILWAYS
Faxs Up Most OF the Councils
Attention
TIE OLD COHPiyY GETS 4 FRANCHISE
The Bsads voted fos he Addition 80 the
Jalsa schosl-Ths Cable Company
OrdlnAacs C0nsi dsrsa-C hariss-
St - De " idsaed. Rte.

The Common Council meeting last
evening Ras well attended, Alderman
Stehblns beng the only member absent
and outside the railing was large
number Of lobbyists and parties inter
ested .n the questions about 70 come
before tne body.
petition from the residents Of sher-
man-st., between East and Henry-sts.,
for water mans tor hre protection, vas
referred o. the Board OF Public Works
George IL Wum0t and others r.
quested council ~ grant the electro
railway fraucn se asked Tor ln West
Leonard and West Broadway. Referred
o. the Committee ou Ordinances.
communication from the street railway
company asking the council % amend
tne new ordinance ~ a. o. relieve the
company from paving eight uches.each
s.de Of Lhe track, was presented and
lad 0u the table.
The mavOr appointed Charles Wood
ART. Charles Lennon and Henry K.
Naysmlth az building inspectors for the
ensuing year.
Iae owners OF the forty acres adJOln-
ing the Bali forty, recently purchased
Tor park purposes, request payment Tor
tfe property, a. the title j. clear and
deed mas been issued % the city. Re.
ferred % the city attorney 81 G instruc-
tons Co report a legal opinion
The cong mptrOlIer's report, IN which
bills - the amount of slO,03s.42 were
reported, Was then read.
The ltem Of SIS for the use of Health
officer saunders horse was stricken
from the roll, and was referred 20 the
Committee on Claims and Accounts.
The report WAS then ratified and
confirmed.
City Physician Fred. Wright was
granted two weeks leave OF ab-
sencc.
The Committee on CLAIMS and Ac-
counts reported IN regard TO the claim
OF Henry II. Jones Tor damages Tor
false Imprisonment that they dO not
consider the city liable, and I. commend
that the claim be not pald. Adopted.
Upon motion OF Alderman Creque,
the Committee on Building was IN
structed t. illuminate and decorate the
city nall on Frday aud Friday evening
ia honor OF the clty's guests.
The special committee appointed
o. prepare entertainment for the
Us tors on the 18th. reported a
change OF arrangements, and stated
that instead OF banquet a dinner
be- served az sweets Hotel at q O'cloc x,
% which the mayor and Common
Council were invited.
Upon motion of Alderman Turner,
the street railway ordinance and the
communication from the company pre-
seated % the meeting, were taken from
the table aud the proposed amendment
I'm regard % the paving and plaLklng
OF the street Outs,ce the rack, was
read. Upon motion OF Alderman Bald
WIN, section four of the amendment
was changed "a as TO require q rall not
less than 1--we inches IN width. And
upon Alderman Turner's notion a pro-
vsO that the wires overhead be 50
placed that they will not interfere with
the iire alarm system, was adopted.
An amendment striking out the pro-
vision Tor paving outside the rails, was
presented by Alderman Anderson and
met with strong opposition. Alderman
Rodgers clOQuence broke loose and 10
was some time before he got It under
C0ntro. again. The amendment hnaly
carried by q vote OF . 90 ..
Alderman Turner moved an amend
uelt requiring the company 10 re-
plank the surface Of all bridges when
ever &c became necessary.
The ordnance was then adopted, by
a yutc ot l3 % ].
The Valley City street and Gable
railway ordinance w3sthcu taken from
tae table and read bv sections for
amendment. The ordinance WAS all
tered u severa. respect, So al 90 con-
io-m rtn tHe street railway ordinance.
Adtrr au Rodgers Offered an ameui-
u ut, lequrug the company to
operate rs CuueEe-aEe. line in councc-
tuu WITH tHe Ottawa-st. line, making q
laHn luc from the north OK the city,
waca was adopted
lae further consideration of the
ordinance w1s postponed one week.
400 adverse report ot tne Committee
OF Ways and Means ou tine question Of
ISSUING school bombs was taken from
t1e table, aud the morou 20 adopt the
report was lost. Alderman Rodgers
motion to issue bonds to the amount ot
tiM Cor the Union school add ton
va, ,urn carried.
The Cable Railway Company asked
for an extension of rmo 20
August Z l,Hn. to complete it.
Ines f0r whch fr11ca SOS were
granted l1st March, The come
run.r3r00 was .cferred to the COM
r rIee on ordinances. TIE reason Of
tins was chat Alderman Ierex wanted
2. amend the ordnance s0 rs to restrict
tie company % q single track ora south
tno1-sr. a1d wished tle extension tO
De granted with -ns prov so
Alderman Nfrev introduced q res0'u-
ton to orcu and widen Ch1rle--st. to a
unf1rm width of fftv ieet between
Wea.thy-avc. and Iyon-st.. ard to fake
rr v1te property Tor that purpose.
Adopted
Alderman Rodgers moved that The
recent changes in election laws bo re-
frrd % thg Comm tee on Ordinance
aud the c,tv attorney
Uron motion a Alderman Turner.
the ordinance TX 4 the per diem eff the
beard ot building Inspectors was taken
frru tfc tibIe and their compensation
was nsde s5 GER day whle engaged n
thr,r rfiC.1l duties.
Jnc counsel then adjourned.
visible supply of Grain.
Nrw YoRK. Oct "a P0duce FIX