Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-30
.ENJOINED Thu COUNCIL
The Citizens Will Fight the South
Park Railway Franchise.
PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS IGNORED
In the Paving Of Pearl street They Want
AsPhaiI but the Coaneit says Brick
and Brick it viii be-Bids tor
Lighting Received


Queen appeared INSIDE tie railing with
an armfui of papers. which he began
laying before tile aldermen at Their
desks. Alderman 0'D0nneli wished 10
nave him elected, but he kept right ON
serving papers. He laid one of his
legal instruments before each OF the
following gentlemen: Aldermen Car
penter. Dregge. Dunton, Frost. kinney.
Mahoney, Mills, O'Donneii. Saunders,
Wnrzburg and the mayor, making a
majority VI the Common Council. Iae
documents proved 10 be copies OF an
injunction issued by the superior court,
upon the petition OF residents along the
proposed route OF the South Park
Street Railway Company. The lnJunc-
ton restrained the council from grant
ing the franchise prayed for until the
matter may pe heard IN the court.
The residents of Fuller-st. asked TO
have that street graded aud graveied.
Referred TO the Committee on Streets.
The people LIVING IN Coidbrook valley
pctItioned the council 10 hasten the
construction of the trunk sewer IN
their district. The special committee
having declared it public necessity
the residents are ANXIOUS To have IT
completed. The property owners IN
Pearl and South lonia-st.
Petitioned to Have Asphalt
laid III their streets IN place of Hall
wood blocks. Referred TO Committee
on Streets.
The following bids for lighting the
city We're submitted and read by the
clerk The Grand Rapids Electric Lights
n Power Company's offer was tor SlO9.-
30 per lamp per year all nights or $50
for dark nights only. Two year con-
tracts, sl05 per lamp per year for all
nights; $50 per year for all dark nights;
three year contracts. 800 per lamp per
year ali nights; $40 per lamp per year
for all dark nights.
The above prices are equivalent to
80. 30 and IS cents per lamp per night.
The Grand Rapids Gas Company of
fers to light the city at the rate of
Sll.50 per light per year on what is
known as the moonlight schedule.
If 800 lights or more are used the
rate will be Sll per light. To furnish
the present number of lights all dark
hours until midnight Sl3 per lamp per
lamp. To light all dark hours SIS per
year. In addition to the above bids for
lighting by naptha or gasoline lamps
were submitted by c. +. Plugge, A. T..
Keller, G. G.. Nenema, +. DeNries, the
Globe Light and Heat Company, of
Chicago, and +. r. Connolly, the pres
ent contractor. The bids were refeiret,
to the Committee on Lamps.
L Of
Company offers to erect forty-one $50
foot towers, with four lamps on each,
and eIghty-six Individual lamps, max
ing 250 arc lamps to be lighted all
night, and every night in the year, to
be ut all the expense OF erecting, main-
tanning and caring for the lamps for
three years at the rate of S36, 900 year.
The Board of Public Works asked
the council to furnish it with
Alive Ton Road Roller
to be operated by horsepower. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Streets.
When the contract for paving Pearl
st. with Hallwood blocks came up, AL
derman Conger moved to lay it on the
table, but the motion was lost. Alder
man Sproul opposed postponment,
and SAID that the matter had been
delayed too long. The vote on Alder
man Conger's motion to lay on the
table stood nine to nine, and the mayor
declared it lost.
The mayor was finally authorized to
sign the contract for Hallwood blocks,
the motion carrying by u vote of six to
twelve.
The Committee on Ways and Means
recommended that the city issue bonds
TO the amount of S55.0 for the ercc-
ton of Il new high school building and
the report was al otcd.
The Committee on Ordinances re-
ported an ordinance for the placing of
teiepho ne, telegraph and
Electric Wires in Underground Conduits.
1t was placed upon its first and second
readings by title and ordered printed.
The ordinance TO rechrlsten Center.
st. and name it after kortlander's trot-
ting stallion, FaIrlawn, was taken up
tor consideration. Alderman Carpen-
ter suggested Central-av. as name
more to the liking of the residents,
while others thought tnat South Shei-
don-st would toe still better. The or
dinance was finally referred bacl, to the
aldermen of the Tenth ward, and they
are at liberty to look up another horse
tor a namesake, or find some name
that will be satisfactory to the resi-
dents.
Alderman Hauser called NJ the re.
port of the Committee on Ways and
Means IN regard to the city printing.
Alderman Anderson moved TO recon
sider the action of the council on the
minority report. hut upon examination
r.. a ii. IL. A A.
qualified himself Tor making the mo-
ton by his former vote. Alderman
Hauser submitted a resolution that the
City Printing he Awarded
to the Daily Eagle. Alderman Spronl
moved ss substitute that IA be award.
ed 10 the TEtE6R.N-IIKRALp. Alder
man Tateum moved TO lay on the table
for one week. The latter motion car
red.
Alderman VUoDnell moved that he
ordinance Of the South Park aud Crvs-
TAI Springs railway be referred to tbe
city attorney. Daring tho early part of
the meeting Sheriff NcQueen bad
served a copy OF an injunction upon
each alderman snd the elayor. RESTRAIN
ing the council from granting the fran
chlse asked for bv the above named
company. The Injunction vas issued
out of the superior court aud the city
attorney sad he did not believe Il
would hold water. bat desired time 90
look the matter up. The ordinance
vas referred % hiul for his decision IN
the matter. The Committee on Health
asked the eouncii TO- notify the property
owusrs at the head Of TIE steamboat
chSnnel
To Remove the psw
at tae upper er4d of the channel - that
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