Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-16
MUST GIVE UP TWO
The Common Council Refuses
TO Grant an
OTTAWA STREET FRANCHISE
Unless the Street Car Company Abandon
Two Canal Street Tracks and Uses
Asphalt Between Rails.

The session OF the common council
last night was brief and business Was
transacted with rush. Mayor stuart
was at his desk and the following alder
men were present: Aldermen Ander-
son. Ball, Campbell. congsr. Damskey.
DeGraaf, Degge, Emmer, Frost. Ger
vers, Gezon, Gllden, Hauser, Jacobs,
Kinney, Mahoney, Mills. Sanders, Stein
and Wurzburg.
Members of the East street Episcopal
church objected Ia changing the name
OF East street to Bingham avenue Tor
the reason that the trustees would have
to change the name of the church 10
correspond with the name of the street.
Referred TO the committee on ordi-
nances. Residents on East Fulton
street petltioned that the Reeds Lake
Electric Street Railway company be in
siructed to take up Its track on that
street and that the Consolidated Street
Railway company be ordered TO extend
its tracks to Fuller street. Referred to
the committees on ordinances aud
streets.
Adopted the Report.
Residents of West Broadway petit
toned for sewer on that thorough
fare. Referred to the aldermen of the
sixth ward and the committee on sew-
era. The cOmptroller's report of &C
counts amounting to $50, $3.50 was,
on motion u Alderman Stem, accepted
and adopted.
A communication from the city
treasurer, asking for . committee to
assist him in settling for the North Colt
avenue and South Iouia street improve
ments, was accepted.
A communication from the board of
public works referring 70 the request of
the council asking it's opinion IN regard
to the improvement of Lyon street
from North DIVISION street to Barclay
street, stated that the board does not
believe that either McAdam or broken
stone 10 suitable for that street. The
grade of the street Is SO great that il
will be difficult to use either, for
storms, while constructing the grade,
would wash it out. The board recon-
mended that the street be improved
with screen gravel, with q vertical
stone curb, cobbiestone cutters
and cobblestone between the
street car tracks with a header and
stretcher course of Medina blocks
outside the rails, such an improve
ment on q street of this grade being
more easy to construct and maintain
than one of any other kind.
Placed on File.
The communication WAS placed on
file. A report OF the committee ON
poor, together with the city physician,
in regard TO the various bids for furn-
nishing drugs to the poor depart
ment, recommending that the contract
be awarded to White & White,
was referred to the committee
on ways and means. The CON-
| mittee on lamps recommended
! that the Grand Rapids electric
Light and Power company be instructed
| to place lights at the following points:
intersection of Campbell place and
Lyon street; intersection of Union
street and Fulton street; intersection of
Hastings and North Iouia street; inter
section of Shawmut avenue and
Turner street; at point on Scrlbner
street known as the Twelfth street
| crossing; on Scribner street in front of
Polish hall; intersection of South Di-
vision street and Home avenue; inter.
| section of Cakes street and Ellsworth
avenue, on Paris avenue between Cher
| ~ street and Wealthy avenue; at the
intersecsi OF Wealthy avenue and
| Lake avenue. The report was referred
back to the committee on lamps.
A petition from citizens on Pine
street asking for the grading and
| graveling of that street from Walker
avenue to Eleventh street WAS referred
| to the committee on streets.
| Must Take UP It's Tracks.
The special committee consisting oil
| the committee on streets and ordiuan
ces to whom was referred the commun
| ication of the Consolidated Street Rail.
way company, relative to q franchise
on Ottawa street from Lyon to Bridg,
street. and on Madison avenue from
Hall street TO Burton avenue, recon
mended that the company be requested
| to waive that clause in the presen
from ordering the pavement OF stree
upon q concrete base; second, that thu
company shall agree to take up two o
the four tracks on Canal street from
Bridge to Lyon streets and waive tina
part of their present ordinance which
gives them the privilege Of using tn,
1 AOui tthCRS VII tudb stiCOt, ou0 Su0t IL
lieu Of the above mentioned couoes-
sions the franchise ASKED for b.
granted. The report Was adopted.
| resolution was offered by Alderman
Conger that Ottawa street be pavet
with cedar blocks and with brick on
concrete foundation from the soutl
line of Lyon street to the north line o
Pearl street. Adopted. BY Alderman
L ~ r.
from Jefferson avenue in Lagrav
street to Wenbam avenue. Adopted
By Alderman Dregge-That the cit
clerk he directed TO advertise for seale'
bids for furnishing supply of 800
bushels, more or less, of coke and fift
tons of coal for the city hall, to be de
lIvered between October l. 1892, an
May /, 1898. Adopted. The counc
l than a. fonrpad