Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-20
WRINGLING OVER MILK
That Wss the Chief Business OF IL
Common Council.
TIE ORDINANCE PASSED IT LAST
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Al HicOlA1S last evening Lac nrsc-
i,44om loDDy which has been no.lce-
able by ia absence during the past
Swo weeks, Was On hand early, whis-
per.ng mysgeriously ia the dark corn
ers aId saaksng hands esiusiyely with
the aldermen - they arrived. This
resulted in the submission u another
ordinance later in teie evening, and
then the lobby retired for one week.
Corneilu Rademaker asked that the
eoune4 refund the tax OF $63 paid by
her for the improvement OF Eastst.,
the Supreme Court having delared the
tax Illegal. Referred to the Commit
tee on Claims and Accounts.
Charles {. Howell offered to pre-
pare the amended charter and the
city ordinances for publication at a
oos, Of $50. II was referred TO the
Committee on Ways and Means.
The comrades Of Watson Post asked
the city 10 deed TO them the two lots
adjoining the lots lately taken pos
session Of by them In Oak Hill Gene
terry, the same 10 be used as burial
place for INDECENT soldiers. Referred
TO the Cemetery commissioners with
the recommendation that the request
be granted.
w. j. Page and others, residents OF
North Colt and Piainfield-aves.. pc
ritioned the council asking that the
franchise of the Consolidated Street
Railway Company in those streets
be forfeited, the company having failed
to run it's cars IN compliance with
the terms Of said ordinance ever since
the late strike. Referred to the city
attorney.
Aldermen O'Donnell and Kinney, to
whom was referred the plaintive wall
of Miss Emma Rogers to save the
shade trees In front OF her Kent-st.
residence from the electric wires. re
ported that they had carefully inves-
tigated the matter. Their inyestiga-
tion had satisfied them that the trees
should be saved and that the poles
ought to b erected so that the wires
need not pass through the branches
Aldermen Tateum and Sproul asked
the committee several questions
that they declined TO answer and Al
derman Kinney blushed like a full
blown peony. The report was adopted
in spite of several motions to refer for
further investigation.
The special committee to whom was
referred the ordinance regulating the
placing of telephone and telegraph
wires under ground. reported that they
given the matter careful examination
and submitted an ordinance that in
their opinion reserved to the city some
rights and.gnve the telephone company
a Just consideration. 1t was placed
on its first and second reading and
ordered printed.
The Toll Road Committee reported
that it had conferred with the repre-
sentatives of the various roads and
had deceived the following offers: Plain
field-.lve. road, one-half mile, $4,000;
West Bridge-st. road, one-half mile.
$4,000: Walker road, three-quarters
mile, S12 1000: South Division-st. road
one mile, S24 90; Reeds Lake. one and
one-hali mixes, $26.666; Alpine-ave.
road seves-eighths mile, $4,000. The
Grandville Plank road declined to SUBJ
NIT proposition. and expressed some
doubt as to the power of the city TO
purchase or their ability to sell por-
tion of their road without invaliditing
their charter. The committee referred
the various propositions back to the
council with the accommodation that
they be rejected because OF their ex-
horbitant and unreasonable amounts
asked. The report stated that the
committee had found Ii impossible TO
come to any reasonable terms either by
negotiation or arbitration and that
the matter could not he equitably ad-
hn ryvsfc "a
was accepted and filed.
An ordinance relating to the report
ing and registration OF all births
within the city was submitted and
laid over under the rules.
Alderman Conger called up the time
honored milk ordinance. 1t took some
time to find out In Just what condition
the ordinance had been left, but the
city clerk finally got under way and
finished the third reading OF the docu-
ment.
Alderman Tateum offered an amend
ment placing the power OF appoint
ment OF the milk Inspector with the
common council instead Of with the
Board OF Health.
This amendment was opposed by
Aldermen Turner, Stokes and Conger
and Alderman Carpenter moved that
the officer be appointed by the Mayor
and approved by the council in the
same manner as the pound master
and other minor officers are appointed.
The amendment was lost.
Alderman Anderson ofrsred another
amendment that the Board Of Health
appoint the Inspector subject TO the
councils approval. Alderman Ander-
son said he was afraid the board would
go and appoint somebody that did not
amount to shucks. lie succeeded in
imprcssing that fear upon twelve OF
his confreres. so bis amendment carried
A prolonged wranele over the quail
fications OF the inspector followed.
Some OF the aldermen were of the opin-
ion that the inspector should be able 10
make the necessary chemical ANALYSIS
but the others were very douhtfrl o'
getting an analytical chemist who
would be willing 20 chase msikwagons
for any rcasona bic salary. and the mat
ter was lei; with the hcslth officer and
4. will be his duty 10 make such snaly-
ecr
The salaries of the inspector and
his assistant furnished another bone
81 contention but they we're finally
fixed ~ 5000 each. The ordinance
was carried in spite OF the most violent
opposition offered bv Aldermen Stokes
and Frost. The resolutions appoint
Tag committees Of registration were
submitted nv the aldermen cf the vsri-
ous wards and the council adjourned.
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