The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-07
Common Council,

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evening excepting Aid Ryan.
Aid. Robbins presented petition for a
| sidewalk on the east side and west sides of
Oak street from Williams street to Main
street.
The usual number of bills were presented
| and allowed. The water works bills amount
| ed to 5000.
A communication as follows was present
ed from Miss M. K. Mullen:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of OwossO:
Your petitioner, Mary K. Mullen, of the
| city of OwOss0, Michigan, represents that
on the night of September 6, 1890, while
riding in a buggy on Main street In the city
of Owosso, the buggy in which she was ri1-
ing was overthrOwn by reason of the buggy
| wheel running against pile of gravel in
| the street, and your petitioner was thrown
to the ground and sustained severe bodily
| injuries.
Your petitioner is advised that said pile
of gravel was unlawfuly i'm the street, and
was negligently permitted by the city
| to be there. She claims damages from the
city of Owosso, by reason of such injuries,
in the amount of s., 900, and asks that such
amount be allowed her by the Common
Council of said city.
Also the following from ROllin Pond
To the Honorable Mayorand Common Coun-
Gil of the City of OwOsso:
Your petitioner, ROllin Pond, of the city
of Owosso, Michigan, represents that on the
night of Sept. 9th, 1890, while riding in
buggy on Main street, in the city of Owosso,
the buggy in which he was riding was over
thrown by reason of the wheel of the buggy
running against pile of gravel in the street
and your petitioner was thrown to the
ground and sustained severe bodily injuries,
and your petitioner further represents that
by reason of the said pile of gravel being in
the street and causing the overthrow of said
buggy, your petitioner was damaged by the
injury and damage to his horse, vehicle and
harness.
Your petitioner is advised that said pile of
gravel was unlawfully in the street, and was
negligently permitted by the city to be there.
Your petitioner claims damages from the
| city of OwossO, by the reason of such injur-
| les and damage to the horse. vehicle and
harness, as before mentioned, in the sum of
$500. 90, and asks that such amount he al
lowed him by the Common Council of said
city.
Both communications were referred to
the city attorney.
Aid. Robbins presented sidewalk tax re-
ceipts from j. ID. Evens for SALSA.
The bid of G. M. Edwards for $500 for
building the culvert across Main street west
was accepted.
The committee on public lighting reported
that they had received two bids. The
OwOsso Gas Co. offered to do the lighting at
the same prices as last year, equalizing the
amounts per month according to the con-
sumption of gas. The OwOsso Electric Co.
submitted the following bid:
No 70 ftrrn tcl. Will A Nr
more Thompson Houston standard 1000
candle power arc lamps, to be located
through the city at such places as you may
direct, to be lighted moonlight schedule,
from dusk until midnight for $50 per year
each lamp, or the same as above or part
of them at 500 per year for each year.
Or we will furnish you with the same
lamp used at Tecumseh, viz: the Thompson
Houston standard 1000 candle power lamps
until midnight for $50 per year each, or all
night for $50 per year each.
The committee and the city attorney were
instructed to execute a contract with the
Electric Co. The same committee was also
instructed to act with committee from the
Business Mems Association in locating light
and determining the height of poles.
The following proposition from ID. NJ.
Estey was presented:
Councils
conference.-the are able at the very last
to submit another proposition TO your hon
orable body, namely: to increase our pro-
posed factory from 240xSO to 25OxS0 and 3
stories high, the engine, boiler and shaving
house to be the same as specified. Dry house
to be increased from 100x33 to 120x33, or
sufficient to hold 100, 900 feet of lumber and
to employ 125 men the first year, for bonus
of $4,000, without any abatement of tax for
time as at first asked. We much prefer the
first proposal, as 1t is several thousand dol
lars better for us, but we should like to have
an immediate decision as TO this enterprise.
We will give good and sufficient bond for
$40, 900 to carry out the above proposition,
provided your honorable body. will grant
this small bonus.
Iexpect to employ $50 men before the
first year is out, and have the plant running
by June LIST, expect to by April LIST, but de-
sire little grace in the bond.
would desire to commence operations at
once. Respectfully yours,
ID. NJ. EsTEY.
The committee to whom the proposition
was referred made the following report,
which was accepted. Ayes z, nays O.
Your special committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter of granting bonus to ID.
M. Estey q Co., for furniture factory,
would report favorable and recommend that
a special committee consisting of two mem
bers of the common council and two other
citizens be appointed by the Mayor, to make
suitable arrangements and obtain sufficient
bond for the protection of the city and such
other action as they may deem advisable in
the matter and report the same to this coun-
Gil at our next session.
The Mayor appointed as such committee
Aid. Robbins and Gould, w. M. Fitzpatrick
and M. Osburn.
The city treasurer's report showed the re-
oa;,,te for tho ,,onth IN hava l,aap gS DAT 10.