Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-08
COMMON COUNCIL pRocEEDrNos.
BELDISG, August 2, 1891

bELDiNo' august Z, 1895.
Meeting called TO order by Mayor Bricker
Roll call Present Mayor Bricker, aldermen
Spencer. Harroun, Peck, Jersey, Ireland Hunt.
Minutes OF last meeting read and approved.
Street committee reported recommending the
grading and graveling OF south Bridge St. also
the repairing OF the angling street or road south
from Liberty ST. as far as the fund will permit.
Report accepted and adopted. Yeas Spencer,
Harroun, Peck, Jersey, Ireland, Hunt-6 Nays
none.
| Street committee also recommended the re.
pairing OF the state road approach to the city
on the west. Accepted and adopted Yeas
Spencer, Harroun, Peck, Jersey ireland, Hunt
o. Nays none.
Motion made and supported that that portion
OF former motion giving each ward exclusive
rights to all street material contained within
said wards be recinded. Yeas Peck, Jersey,
Ireland, Hunt. Nays Spencer, Harroun-2.
Carried
The fire committee submitted new contract
with the Bedding Mfg. Co. for pump service for
approval or rejection.
| Moyed TO lay on the table. Yeas Harroun
Peck, Jerseys, Nays Spencer, Ireland Hunt,
Mayor Bricker-4 Lost.
Moved that il be referred back TO committee,
"a
Gil TO be called Wednesday evening next. Yeas
Spencer Harroun Peck, Jersey, Ireland. Hunt
| d. Nays none. Carried
| The health committee submitted the follow.
| ing report;
| Complaint having been made TO the health
| officer in regard to the unsanitary condition OF
the Welsh Casket Co.'S sewer, and said health
| offcer not having been successful in having the
| matter made right, has referred the same to
| your committee, who, after thorough investiga-
| tlon, respectfully report: That we find said
| Welsh Casket Co. has turned It's sewer into the
open ditch under the Bedding Mfg Co.'S upper
warehouse; that human filth in large quantities
| Is standing IN said ditch under both warehouses.
which condition, in our opinion is dangerous 10
| the public health We therefore recommend
| that said health officer be authorized to take
such legal measures as Is necessary To have
said ditch renovated at once and that said
| Welch Casket co. be restrained from using the
same as heretofore stated.
r. FRANK IRELAND,
| j. A. SPENCER.
| On motion accepted and adopted Yeas
Spencer, Harroun, Peck, Jersey Ireland Hunt
%. Nays none.
The petition of the Bedding Land and I'm
provement Co. as follows read:
We, the undersigned, petition to have that
part of the original road as laid out by the town
| ship OF Otlsco extended from Handbook ST. on
| the west TO Crawford st. on the east taken up:
being all that part OF said road lying in lots ~
| 20, g. 10 and II OF Bedding 4 Ellis addition 10 the
village, now city, of Bedding, according TO the
| recorded plat thereof.
1t was originally intended that the above de.
Scrtption should have been taken up with the
| part that was discontinued, but owing TO an
error In description from starting point this
was never done.
ON motion referred to the street committee
Yeas Spencer, Harroun, Peck, Jersey, Ireland,
Hunt-6 Nays none.
City Treasurer's report follows read and
| accepted
The following is a report of the condition OF
| the city's books as per treasurer's report made
| August l. 1895. w. ID. DAY, City Treas.