The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-06-04
COUNCIL SROCEEDINGS.
Marietta Ga June 1st lS


Regular meeting of council. Present,
Mayor BLAIR and full board of Aldermen.
Minutes of last meeting road and approx
ed.
The following reports were read and
approved
The following report was on motion
by Aid. Faw, referred to the fire COM
mittee:
To Mayor and Council herewith
hand you my report as Chief of the Ma
rietta Fire Department for the year end
ing May 31st, 1896.
We have had six alarms, and three
fires at which the houses in which the
fire started were entirely destroyed, and
one where two adjoining houses were
also destroyed am satisfied this could
have been prevented if we had more
water and hose in every case, with the
exception of DR.. Greer's, where the fire
was under full Roadway when the alarm
was given, but with better hose and
more water / am sure the two adjoining
houses could have been saved. In this
case we had all our hose laid and at the
most critical time we had to stop the
engine on account of hose bursting.
We have one steam engine, one hand
engine, one four wheel reel, one two
wheel reel, and one hook and ladder
truck, all in good condition. We have
one thousand feet hose in very good con-
dition and five hundred feet in bad con-
dition.
would respectfully request that you
purchase one thousand feet more of hose
and one ball nozzle as soon as possible,
as the department certainly cannot give
the protection desired without them,
especially in cases like those mentioned.
| would also suggest that you have an
incandescent light hung on outside of
engine house in front of small door, so
as to avoid delay in finding key-hole at
night when an alarm is sounded
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. n. NELL,
Chief Marietta Fire Dept.
The following proposition from the
Marriott Paper Man. Co. was received:
To the Mayor and Connective make
you the following proposition, with the
understanding, that the price for this
year does not fix the price in the future:
We will allow the city the use of the
forty-five hydrants, for fire protection,
only, and for practice by fire department,
also furnish two fountains for man and
beast, one on the West and one on the
East side of park, and also allow the city
to keep cisterns filled from our water
works, and water for sprinkling the
streets, all to j an, LIST, 1897, for the sum
of six hundred dollars.
MARIETTA PAPER MANUFACTURING Co.
By Moultrie M. Sessions,
Secretary and Treasurer.
BY Alderman Faw-Resolved, That
0hnVn no
is hereby accepted and the Mayor is au-
Marietta Paper Manufacturing Co., &C
cordingly. Adopted, but Aid Sessions
declined to vote on it.
The following accounts were approved
and vouchers ordered issued for same:
Marietta Electric Light Co., lights, $50 II
j 6 Anderson, Board mules, 600
ID b Parks, Jr., sal May, $35 ms.
cost, Csc, 35 SO
G M Hicks, sal May, $25, ms
cost, &c, IS 62
G n Barrett, sal for May, ex police, 80 90
S Gorham, sal May, Sexton, 20OO
w j Hudson, street certificates, l21 05
w j Hudson, int IS school bonds
to May 18th, 1896, $40 90
Geo Dobbs, blacksmith bill, 25
d b Parks, Jr, board prisoners, 3 90
G M Crosby, ink, so
Glover Machine Works, work on
suction of engine, 5 90
r Lawhorn, com on street tax
1856 SO at 10 per cent, and ms
cost, 81 25, SO IS
NJ r Lyon, rent of room col fire Co
April and May, IS
Clerk report for month ending June
LIST:
Reed of Bankers Guarantee Fund Life
ms Association license for 1896, $500
Reed G Frey & Son white hops lie 6.25
g Il A Butter, cemetery lot, 500
" II A Barnes " 500
g S b Seward, show, 2 nights, 600
Reed A SINH sell stationery days 200
Reed ohm Bronlie sell notions d 100
NJ & n Ga restaurant license CPS
S G Frey & Son restaurant license CPS
j A BaSwell & Co., 6.25
Licenses for Is st lunch counters, 1900
Reed street tax 1926
$4O9.36
| hold city treasurer's receipt for above