Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-08
Council Proceedings.

Council Proceedings.
Council met in adjourned session
Wednesday evening with all members
present except Ridge, Garrison and
Rech
An ordinance lowering the grade on
Third street, from Washington to
Montgomery, was read by the Clerk,
passed to the second and third readings
under suspension Of the rules, and
adopted by unanimous vote.
An ordinance changing the grade OF
Second street above Scammel was also
submitted and adopted, lowering the
grade from a foot to is inches between
Scanned and Montgomery streets.
The Engineer was instructed to fur
nish grades for sidewalks on Pearl and
Fearing streets, West Side.
e. II. Ryan, Third street, was grant.
ed a building permit. a
The matter of the dispute between
George vanDusen and the Electric
Company over the location of a pole on
Front street was brought up by Mr..
Moore, who moved that the pole in
question be planted in the hole dug for
it. The question being put TO Council
was declared carried.
Charles Blume and Frank Biszantz
appeared before Council on behalf OF
owners of property on Second street,
near Wooster, to object to lowering
the grade in that locality. Upon mo-
ton Council decided to- meet in Com
mittee of the Whole at Q o'clock Thurs
day morning and investigate the. situa-
ton.
The Engineer submitted statement
showing the amount of the bids on the
Greene street sidewalk from Fifth to
Seventh streets to be as follows: d.
P. Price, 1854. 70; q. t. Darrow, s6O3.SO
John Singer, s631.5s. Mr. Darrow
arose to state that he had bid on the
work exactly according to the adyer'
tisement and that Mr.. Prices bid did
not cover the entire work. Incident
ally he mentioned that Council had
paid another contractor 800 more for a
job of bridge work than he (Darrow)
had offered to accept for the work
Mr. Price arose and made hot state
ment to the effect that there twas
honor among thieves" and that he haG
bid according to the specifications as
furnished by the Engineer. After
some discussion Mr.. Darrow withdrew
his bid in favor of Mr.. Price, and made
a plea to be awarded some city work
Mr. Darrow grew somewhat obstrep
erous and was promptly called down
Upon motion of Wood the bid of Mr.
Price was accepted
The Engineer came in for criticism
on account of his absence from the
meetings of Council.
| City Solicitor Richards brought t
the notice of Council the fact that Will
liam Hoppman, by his attorneys, Ham
ilton and Kraft, had served upon hin
notice to at once bring proceedings il
the Common Pleas Court to enjoin tn,
sale of the s15,O 600 street improvement
gold bonds now ADVERTISED for sale
This action, he stated, was a necessary
preliminary step to Mr.. Hoppmal
bringing the injunction suit himself
as he can only obtain the right tt
bring it upon the refusal of the Solici
tor to do so. The basis of the action i
supposed to be recent decision of tn,
Ohio Supreme Court, affirming decis
ion permanently enjoining the sale o
Cincinnati gold bonds in 1895. l
was held that the statute does not EN-
power municipalities to sell bonds pay
able in gold but may specify onl,
that they be paid in dollars" Shoult
Mr.. Hoppman's suit take the sam
course as the one mentioned it will b.
necessary for new process to adver
tise and sell bonds without the gol,
clause. No action was taken by Coun
Gil