Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-19
council Proceedlns

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rison.
| A petition from residents of Maple
street and along the road up Harmar
Hill, asking for better surface drain
age, was presented and read. Upon
motion the petition was referred to the
Street committee.
Fire Chief Alderman asked and was
granted permission to make an exhibit
ton run of the department at p. m.
today.
The application of VIM. Smith for ap-
pointment as brick inspector was re-
ceiyed and placed on file. 1c.
The contract for repairing the wharf
landing was awarded to ID. p. Price at
his bid of sl.a6 per square yard. ri,
Mr.. C. II. Turner called attention to
the inadequate surface drainageof Sec
ond street and upon motion the matter
was referred to the Sewer and Street
committees with power to act.
| u. 7. Darrow was present and report
ed that his work on the sewer contract
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Council and upon motion of Moore the
money due Mr.. Darrow was ordered
paid DR.. Mcclure arose to compliment
Mr.. Darrow upon the spirit of fairness
and honesty shown in making the final
repairs upon the streets according to
his agreement.
At this juncture Councilman Ridge
came in and took his seat
In the matter of depressions in paved
streets not caused by sewer work the
Paving committee was given power to
act.
The Engineer was instructed to give
property owners grade at the corner
of Post and Ohio streets.
The proposition of Mr.. Berry to roll
the Third street paving between Put
nam and Wooster with 13-ton roller,
instead Of a 7-ton roller as provided by
| the specifications the contractor to be
allowed in lieu thereof to reduce the
thickness of the gravel bed as required
| by the contract, was submitted to Coun-
Gil and the opinion of the Engineer
asked for. That official, while favor
| ing the use of the heavier steam roller
was una BILE to recommend that the old
material be used instead of new. Upon
motion of Rech the matter was referred
to the Paying committee and Engineer,
with authority to offer Mr. Berry s4OO
for the use of the 13-ton roller for the
job.
Mr.. Price, for the Bridge committee,
reported having appointed two exper-
fenced men to examine the Putnam
street bridge and that they would be-
gin the work Wednesday morning.
Building permits were granted to
Mrs. Caldwell, on Third street, and A.
G. Allender, on Gilman street.
The ordinance granting a franchise
for the laying of a sidetrack of the u.
& o. R. Ry. to the Lobdell handlebar
factory on the West Side came up on
it's third reading and was laid over for
the establishment of grades on Wood
and New streets.
The question of the ownership of a
we'll on the Harmar Hill road was re-
ferred to the Engineer.
Upon motion it was ordered that s65
be paid Mr.. Ackerson for property
taken in the opening of Mulberry
street.
In the matter of the petition for the
| orvo inn Of ~
Ridge moved that bids on the work be
ADVERTISED for. Rech and Mcclure op-
posed the improvement on account of
the depleted condition of the street
fund. Ridge, in speaking for the inn
provement, called attention to the fact
that he had endeavored to secure a
greater levy for street purposes, but
that Council had voted it down. He
urged that the work is needed and that
money will have to be borrowed for
street purposes anyhow before the end
of the year. The motion, being voted
on, was defeated, Hardy, Ridge, Price
aud Hathaway voting aye.
The matter of improving the surface
drainage on Front street near Sacra
Via was referred to the Street Com
mittee, Commissioner and Engineer.
Mr.. Moore arose to characterize the
electric alarm signal at the railroad
crossing on Gilman street as nuisance
and of no benefit as safeguard on ac-
count of being within the switching
limits and ringing necessarily Re-
ferred to railroad committee for report.
Complaints of water standing in the
ditch on Seventh street above Warren
were referred to the Commissioner.
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she