Telegram-herald., 1890-11-11
VETO WOULDN'T co
The Council Did Not Sustain
Mayor uhls Position.
TIE CITY WILL PAY FOR TIE LUyCH
There is . Dinerenee OF opinion as TO
What the Clerks and Inspectors OF
Election Reesiss-fsrmers
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At the meeting of the council last
night Mayor UhI vetoed the resolution
| adopted by the council al the meeting
held November 4, by which the mar
shall was instructed TO provide. at the
expense OF the city, lunches for the
members of the several election boards.
lie stated that Il would establish a bad
precedent, and besides, there were no
provisions under the new law for so
doing.
Alderman Tateum moved TO pass the
resolution over the veto, which was
done by vote OF l6 to ,.
The comptroller submitted, without
recommendation, the city marshals
claim of sl962 % for meals served the
election boards, which was allowed.
NJ. B. Kreveling and go others, farm
ers of Kent county, who buy their
goods and sell their produce in Grand
Rapids, petitoned the council to pro-
vide them with a suitable place In
which they can stand with their wag
ons while dsposing of their produce.
Alderman O'Donnell, Stem, Sproul,
Hauser and Anderson. were appointed
a committee OF five to look into the
matter.
The Valley City Cable Railway com
| 60 !, len 20
| struct track on Fulton-st. to Fifth
ave-, thence to Union-st. Referred TO
! the Committee on ordinances. The
Valley City Cable Railway company
| also presented petition, IN which they
| stated that they were authorized to
! take up the present tracks IN Campau u
and LOuis-sts., and construct new
| line IN Louis between Ottawa and
nothing had been done under this or
| dinance, and the time has expired.
| They now ask that the ordinance be re-
! pealed and a new one passed author-
| zing the construction of line III Water
! loO-st, from Lewis TO MOnroe-sts. Re-
! ferred to the Committee onOrdlnances.
! The resolution of Trustee Fisher, of
/ the Board of Education, to keep the
/
! to allow the public the use of the
/ library until that time, was referred TO
! the Committee on Ordinances.
The election inspectors were granted
| the privilege of using the supervisors
I room today for the purpose OF canvass
/ ing the votes cast at the recent election.
Jas. J. Rogers. c. f. Idema, w. w
| Hart, L. A. Burlingame, III. L. Barlow,
] Z nd or y
/ holders of Lyon-st., asked that that
tloroughfsre be improved Dy setting
/ the cutters back two feet, widening the
I roadbed and repaving with gravel.
Vnoy protest against cedar blocks,
brick or asphalt, as the expense Is too
+ great. Referred TO aldermen of the
/ Second and Third wards.
( The street Railroad Company askel
/ PERMISSION to abandon the Ionla-st.
line Tor the present, and run the Bridge
st. cars up Monroe and Sheldon. sts.
i Referred to the Committee on Ordi-
nances.
The comptroller's weekly report ag-
gregated S35, ,2l3.gl. Aid Dorrn moved
to strike out one item OF 81 5 rs bill
( of Aid. Doye's, for horse shOeing.
/ Aid DOYLE made a felicitOus speech IN
/
next week, on account of the MckIn-
ley bill raising the price of tin, the price
4 for shOeing horses would b. raised t.
81 This settled Alderman Doren. and
the comptroiers report was adopted
as presented.
The aggregate Of the comptroller's
report for the line OF inspectors, clerks
Sad gste-keepers of election, also
boards OF registration, together with
+ the rental OF election pOllsand registra-
! ton places. Sls95.lS. IL was stated IN at
the amount was larger than on pre-
vious years, on account of the new
/ election law.
TIE usual calm and orderly demesn-
I or OF tle city fathers was rather shaken
I up over tins report. One gste-keeDer
l wanted s. t0T hls services, and others
I q sud -, while some of the inspectors
want from SIS - SIS. Clerks were
of tbe opinion that they should get just
as much az inspectors. ana 40 Is went.
I A motion OF Alderman Sprouts. TO
refer the entire affair q the Committee
on Claims and Accounts, became only
matter of record.
Alderman Stem wanted the clerks
and inspectors to receive g for each
[ eizh, hours work, but there were too
many Of the fathers of an adverse
I Opnlon.
Alderman Turner moved az a substl-
tute thst Inspectors be allowed g,
clerks g.. and gste-kespers SO. The
opposition sEa nst tnis vas worse than
a prep ponderenCe Of evidence N = law
SUIT
Alderman Tstsum had considerable
sympathy for those uho served On
election dsy, and he thought the In-
/ spect0rs who worksd unt5 : O'Clock tae
{ next morning should receive 81 and the
( clerks Sc. and 81 wh0 were ca dstY
I after thst time should receive extra
( connuensston at the rate of - for
| every szat hours. Ths suhxt t0te Usnt
I 90 ION to- many others
After seversl ionE debates. vhch
+ would nave done credit ~ TIE members
4 of ConTTsss. the report ras torued
ov~r - t7e Cornnltt~e on ca nss snd
I Accounts. s0Eether vItn the CITY sitor-
L uev. Tee comm So. ard ths ctT at
/ tornsv ~rsstieo go - matter for ssv-
/ srai moments I'D then reported ~
/ favor of aiow ~ a .1specro-s -