Telegram-herald., 1890-03-18
THE FIRE ORDINANCE
is PIaced Back on It's Old Footing
Without any Extension-
lHE LUMBER YlRDS WILL REYiIS
fas AaishE Property VIII be Purchased
fsr Feiies nsad4a4rtsrs. 2ss the
s-sgsia wiz ne Closed L > TosishE
-othsr Business IFaaszstsd.


fhe irst order Of business after the
approval OF the minutes OF iast meet
Ing sas the reception of Al invitation
from the Ancient Order Of Hibernians
% attend the entertainment gwen at
the.f ball ia honor Of the day.
The council voted % accept the invi-
tat.0n and attend in a BODY.
Iae residents OF the vicinity petiuoned
foE an electric light 70 be placed At the
eorner Of Cherry and lOn.a-sts.
The petition vas referred 10 the Com
mittce on lamps.
The Gable Railway Company an
nounced that it had purchased the land
&C the loot OF Lyou-sl. for the purpose
VI erecting a power house, and asked
permission 10 grade the alley where
their tension machinery will be located,
10 their own expense, when the Board
OF Public Works shall establish the
grade lnc. Tney al,c asked permls-
siOn % construct their machinery be-
meath the level OF the alley, aud to
construct q stone wall 1T the dock line
a. the west end Of their property.
The petition vas granted. and Alder
man >prOul presented a resolution that
the Board OF Public Works establish
the grade line as requested. The rcsO-
luton carried.
Mr.. FOrtuin, secretary Of the Com
mercial Club OF Indianapolis. invited
,he city officials 20 attend the exhibit
OF paving and paving material that Will
b shown ln their city commencing
April /. and asked that the city send
delegates 20 attend the exhibition, as
ali manner of street paving VIII be
shOan, and the opportunity Will be u
valuable one 20 all municipal officials
Alderman Crcque moved To accept
the invitation aud that the Mayor,
Council and Board of Public Works, at
tend N a body on April >.
Alderman Launere moved 20 amend
by referring the matter 10 the Mayor
and the Board of Public Works.
Alderman Turner thought II highly
desirable for the council and Board OF
Public Works 10 attend this exhibition.
The original motion carried.
h. I. Hevenor, the correspondent Of
the Chicago Inter Oc,on, asked the coun-
ell 10 assist HIM financially, because of
hls efforts IN getting up an article on
Grand Rapids for a special edition of
that journal. He said that the furni-
ture men had gwen down but scantily
and he wants to make a good thing out
OF the article 4 ne possibly can.
UDon motion Of Alderman CreGue il
was referred To the Mayor and the
Committee on Ways and Means with
power 10 act.
The mayor reported the receipt OF
several more volumes of ,,ublic dOcu-
meuts from savannah, Boston and
Hartford, and presented = resolution OF
thanks and appreciation TO the city OF
Boston Tor its lavish generosity in re-
spending. as il has with a presentation
OF seventeen Volumes OF city docu-
ments.
The resolution was adopted.
The city comptroller reported the
bills Of the city for the last week as
amounting TO S9,s6s.67.
The roll was ratified and confirmed.
The city treasurer reported the re-
Ccipts from tax collectors since his last
report to be as follows:
second ward -............ ............ 6i.s56 sc
Third ward .......-.-.......... ....... aotf,l %
sixth ward ..-.... ............. a5fS IS
seventh sFara ............. l. so 0i
Total sIZ3.g7i Is
Tie also requested that the clerk be
authorized % draw 4 warrant for S2j,-
go, and that the same be paid over to
the Board OF Education. The PRAYER
OF THE petitioner was granted.
The city attorney reported the result
ot the suit Of James a. Miller against
The city Ia the Caitcd States Court.
The city attorney also reported the
following resolution in regard to places
% be used for the registration of voters
for the charter election:
FIRST warg--first precinct. Il Grand
vlIle-ovc.; second precinct, 537 South
DvIsiOn-st.
second ward-I7 Fountain-st.
THIRD weri-Lagra grave-st- engine house
Fourth Ward-First precinct, Wal
kcr : grocery store. 20l Fast Bridge-st.;
second precinct, No. 4 engine house.
Fifth Ward-Fnu's Hall.
>iv.n Nard-Ihe old engine house OH
Iuruor-st.. near Leonard.
seventh Ward-No. 3engine house.
Eighth Ward-Turrer HaU.
Ninth Warl-i51 West Fulf0n-st.
Tenth N9ri-H. Grcbcls hardware
store. 264 IrferSon-ave.
Tho reg stration shall be held m the
Third. Eighth. Ninth and Tenth wards
ou April 3. and 3. from = a. M. until
.. NJ. each dav. The reg glstrsti0n in
other wards shall be held on April 4
and 3.
The notice Of reg stration shall be
pub she'd m al The daily papers. and
posters shall be also displayed in public
places at least two weeks before such
rex stratiou.
Tho resolution Wis adopted.
Alderman Iauniere submitted a reso-
luton that the CITY clerk be author Eed
81 draw warrant on the city treasury
f0r $1,000 ont 1T the 20 lCe headGusrt-
e~s fund. end for s. 900 ont 81 The po-
lcc court fund. the same u b. counter
signed hv tac cfy comptroller. The
money to hf u-.d t1r tne purchase of
tne knight prerorty.
tderwan Turner moved to rscou-
sler thr vote hv which tae second read-
Wg of hrs amendment e. tnc FIRE Cri
rance was losr
Alderman Vnorurl moved to sd-
itr~r Fhe motion was 'ost
IRE ordinance vas thru niare1 upon
t.s seC0ut lead rC. after vhcn Alder
rtan 0 por0eH moved 90 las fno oras-
nsnce on ths tahe. The notion Vas
lost
alderman Tu~rrr then submitted n
amendment. pr0vid rE thst outste
sfsirwavs platforms sni sl1ecs shah
h.~esfter Pr Constructed cf scraa i--
,s-,fs1st bic material ard thaf tha
r.4r-,sr-cr remain a before tire ra~