Telegram-herald., 1891-03-05
BIGGER THAN EVER
The Valley City Spreads Itself Over
More Land.
ELECisTLI EXTENDED nDEsLiRcED
eH- ~tii sssa Cssss tas ssaLUp city
bt tiAs sss.is.-lse~ tfss srssks<sWss~
Sss~tttsa al Iasssaz aaa tie Ia
tsatlss Rail Passed a.d sixasa



pa matter II lntersst - GTaad Rapids
ia todsy's Leg slallve proceedings Is the
disposstl0n ot the extension blll IN the
senate A meeting OF the Committee
ca Gates and Villages vas called u
hear the parties from Grand Rapids IN
relation 10 tue blu. Mayor Unl. Alder
men tmmer, saunders, Turner and
Carpenter, City Attorney Taylor. super
VISOR HAyens. and Aessrs. ). WesseIlus,
Z. 4. kcx, j. w. Ransom and Geo. y.
DAVIS and Representative Hayward
wsrs present. Two subjects of consider
allon occupied the attennoa OF the
committee and those appeared before
II, VIZ: The northern boundary line aud
the matter OF giving the b.ll immediate
effect.
As the Dlli passed the House, . uni.
form strip one-half mile wide Is added
To the uortt. and Supervisor Haven ap-
peared 10 oppose that addition. de de-
sired the strip reduced 10 one-quarter
OF mile. more especially on the east
SIDE OF tho RIVER. lie stated that by
the terms OF the bill as Il passed the
House, school district No. of Grand
Rapids township was left IN very bad
shape. The greater part of It's territory,
It's school house aud the majority OF
the pupils in the district were added TO
the city, leaving IN the school district
only little more than one-half sec
ton of territory. school district No.
being the west half OF section %, also
had a thirty-year contract with the
Hydraulic Water Company, of Grand
Rapids. for a hydrsnt rental of $50 per
year and were maintaining % hyd rants
under that contract. lie did not want
that district nor the township left
burdened with that contract. He also
desired the bill to be gwen effect on
January next.
Ex-senator WesselIns--"At whose re-
vuest was the one-forth mile added in
the north"
var. Hayward Explains Matters
Rep. Hayward-"lt Ii was added in the
house committee at the request of the
members from Kent. Ii is IN accordance
with the wishes of q majority of the
section added. He also argued its ad-
visibility from the fact that the city
bad offered To afford tire protection to
the factories there, 10 costing the fire
department 800 10 make a run out
there. A bill had been sent in To Har-
rison for n run out there and saving his
property. but ne refused To pay it. As
the city expected to afford this pro-
lection anyway, it ought to be able to
tax the property out there. It would
also prevent the maintainauce of road
houses out there, 1t being a favorite
and pleasant drive out of the city.
Mayor Uhl also favored it.
Mayor Uhl-"That was the request
made, that the line be uniform.
thought it very important that the line
be uniform. The council voted
UNANIMOUSLY TO put il at the one-fourth
mile limit and did not want a zlg-zag
line there"
Alderman Saunders-"We did not
think II advisable on the east side OF
the river TO 20 over and take in tina.
territory and make our Indebtedness so
much larger"
Ex-senator Wesselius-"No provision
was made by which the school district
should be paid for the school house"
Mr. Rausom-"It is made IN the bill"
senator MIlnes-"Can not some agree
ment be made among the gentlemen
here from Grand I.spids as 10 the ques-
tIons of dItferencel Then we can very
soon dispose of the BILL"
Ex-senator Wessc!ius -"I do not
4 II
Iy on leaving hat one-quarter OF a mile
in the bill."
They Hold . Conferences.
II was then agreed tha. the Commit
tee on Cities and Villages should with
draw and leave the room TO the dele
CATION from Kent TO formulate sonic
agreement. Representative HAYWARD
also Withdrew. Mayor Uhl was elected
chairman of the meeting, and the dis
cussion began. Alderman Saunders
moved that the additional One-quarter
mile be stricken out OF the bill.
Ex-senator Wssselius thought that
the action of the Common Council
ought TO control. That body was the
nearest to the people ia that district.
They doubtless had heard from the
people there in the way of petition and
had been governed IN their action by
them. The Board of Trade had also
endorsed the hili on the one-quarter
mile limit and that ought 70 be the
limit. This amcomdeut made IN the
Senate would not delay the bill rs the
House would at once concur.
Aid. Turner-"But wflstif the House
doesn't concur We should make an
agreements here. don't care whether
the bill takes anything on the north or
not, but We should agree and put it
through
Mr.. Fox-ssAs il has been endorsed
bv the Board OF Trade snd the council,
W. can lust ss well nave Is amended 90
take in onfv the quarter mile strIp."
Aid. Emmer signlfed his assent 70
that proposition.
Supervisor Hsven--"The quarter
mile limit suits me. [ had also thought
il PERHAPS best % deter the time OF
taking effect until the Ist OF January
next. That ls my opinion
rh<cfty atscrr~y speaks
This last suggestion brought CITY At
toruey Tsvlor ~ his feet. He entered
upon long argument against the pro-
n.,sSsion 70 give the bill immediate
effect. rs veuld b n physical. or
rather mental. inpossislilIty % comply
WITH the PROVISIONS of the bill i q were
r,~su ,n,snsdsste effect. Under The
rraser,s election law no provision could
(. made 10 prepare the voting pre-