Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-21
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session Tues
day evening with all members present
except Brennan and Wood.
A communication from ]. d. Sharp,
of Waverly, w. Va, was read by the
Clerk. Mr.. Sharp requested figures on
some old chairs in the city hall, which
was referred to the Building committee.
Supt. R. ]. M. Danley, of the Mari
eta Electric Company, appeared be-
fore Council and spoke on the subject
of the city's wires being placed on the
company's poles. He assured Council
that the city would be given perfect
right to maintain their wires where so
changed, resolution to that effect
having been adopted at the last meet
ing of the directors of the company.
Mr.. Cobb appeared for the Long Dis
tance Telephone Company and gave
Council the same assurapce as did2Mr.
Danley. He stated -that-the city's
wires did not Interfere with the comp
any's and no objection were had to
them.
Attorney J. c. Brenan addressed
Council for the Electric Street Railway
Company and asked an extension of
time of six months for the completion
of the road. Upon motion of Rech the
extension requested was granted by
unanimous vote.
Maurice Coste addressed Council as a
committee in the interest of local
talent minstrel show to be given next
Tuesday evening for the benefit of the
tion of the rent of the Auditorium.
The records showed that the Home had
already been granted the free use of
the Auditorium one evening in October
Board of Managers.
ALA Winsor presented a request
from Sam Palmer for permit to erect
a small stand on the west end of the
Putnam street bridge. In considera-
tion of Mr.. Palmer's unfortunate con-
dition of blindness the permit was
granted as requested The stand is to
be erected and maintained under direc-
tion of the Bridge committee.
The question of opening certain al
leys was referred to the Street COM
mittee and Solicitor.
The Engineer was instructed
to investigate the report that
house had been stAked off in the
alley between Wayne and Charles
street, running from Fifth to Sixth.
A building permit was granted to
Henry Rauch on Front street.
Mr.. Moore submitted resolution
providing that claims for extra work
on all contracts be submitted with each
estimate as the work is DONE
The Clerk read the bids received on
the SIS, 900 street improvement bonds,
which ranged from several hundred
dollars less than par to considerable
sum above par. Rudolph Clay bolte
& Co., of Cincinnati, agreed to accept
the bonds without the gold clause,
paying a premium of $50. This was
the highest bid. The Solicitor stated
that the bids for the bonds at practi-
cally discount from their face value
were illegal and could not be consid-
cred by Council. Mr.. Rech moved the
adoption of resolution accepting the
bid of Rudolph Claybolte & Co. and
the Clerk to have the bonds
autographed without the gold clause.
The resolution was adopted by unani-
nous vote.
The Engineers estimate of work done
on the Third street paying job to the
total amount to date of s14,933 was
presented and read. The Engineer
stated that he had tried to give Mr..
Berry, the contractor, liberal esti.
mate for extra work, but that Mr.. |
Berry's detailed bill was several hun
ared dollars in excess of his estimate.
Upon motion the matter was referred |
to the Engineer and Solicitor for report
at the next meeting.
The usual number of bills were
allowed for current expenses and |
Council adjourned.