The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-06-09
Common Council.
Common Council Rooms, |
OWosso, June 5, 1913. I

Regular meeting Common Council,
President ]. Frieseke occupying the chair.
Aldermen present at roll call Curry,
Hartshorn, Fl. Frieseke, Mackey and
Parker.
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved.
Aid. H. Frieseke presented the follow
ing petition which was referred to Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
Owosso, Mich, May &c 1898.
We, the undersigned residents and property
owners of that portion of north Washington street
wing between Mason Street and oliver street,
most respectfully petition your honorable body to
cause said por ton of North Washington Street to
be sprinkled from Mason to Oliver Street
Signed: II. b. Peterson and others.
Aid. Parker presented the following
petitions which were referred to Com
mittee on Streets and Sidewalks.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Common
Council of the city of OCoSSo
Gentlemen:
We. the undersigned tax payers of the city of
Owosso petition your honor able body for cross
walk on Lansing Street on south side OF Bradley
st. Signed Ii. r. Tooley and others
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Of the city Of OwoSSo'
Gentlemen
We. the undersigned citizens and taxpayers pc
tition your honorable body to cause Henry Street
to be graped from Chipmon Street to State Street
and your petitioners will ever pray.
Signed j. j. Horton and II others.
Aid. Parker presented a communica-
ton from the post office department re-
ouesting privilege to use council room
for the purpose of holding examinations
of applicants for clerks and carriers
which was granted.
Aid. Mackey presented following pc
tition which was referred to City attor-
ney.
TO the Honorable the Mayor and Common
Council Of the city of OwosSo 8:
Your petitioner Geo. II. Abrey, of the city of
Detroit and State of ichigan, respectfully repre-
SCENTS unto your honorable body that he is the sole
owner of those certain pieces or parcels OF land
situate in the city of Owosso, county ofShiawassee
and State of Michigan, known and described as
follows, to wit, 49, ,o.
twenty-one ely and twenty-five (2l) of George Il.
| Abrey's Woodlawn Park Addition to the City of
| Owosso, Michigan.
streets and alleys therein dedicated, by yonr pc
titioner free of expense to the public, but not be-
inc familiar at the time with the character OF the
land so plated, tho plat was Improperly made and
II Is now desired and proposed to vacate said plat
| Of said blocks of land and make replat OF the
same in accordance with theaccompanying sketch
Your petitioner therefore prays tnaJ tDe lollOW-
| ing streets and alleys in said lands may be vaca-
led by your honorable body, viz the street known
| as Edmund Place, running from the north line Of
i the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Rail
way Cos right of way to the south line Of the Co
| runna road and also Glenwood, Saginaw aad Oak
| dale Avenues between the same lines, also all thu
| alleys i'm said blocks nineteen -O9), twenty (20)
and twenty-one (21) in the said Subdivision.
Your petitioner would urge as early action al
| nossible in order that the new plat may be mad,
as proposed and thus greatly facilitate access Il
| and from the Corunna road for the lands below
the said railroads and also to provide more suitable
locations for water pipes from the Citys propert,
on blocks ave (5) and six (6) of said addition.
Being the sole ow ner Of the property In question
az also the property adjoining l am really tn
only person Interested in this petition which will
certainly, IL allowed, result in much good to al
subsequent purchasers in this locality rs tn
streets will thereby be Strengthened and widene'
to correspond as nearly as possible with all othe
streets on the addition and one street (Sagina
Ave.) which by the old plat Ia traversed by tn
creek, thus making 1t quite useless, will be move
further west into location suitable for publ
travel, and your petitioner will ever pray etc.
Dated June 3rd 1898. Yours Respectfully
| Geo. L. Abrey.
The following accounts were presente'
and referred to committee on claims ant
accounts