Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-27
IN COUNCIL, |,
Marietta Electric Company Of
ferS a Proposition
To Take the Electric Street Lighting OF the
Councils Hands.
Ordinance Passed Changing the Grade OF
Fourth Street at the Intersection
of Scanned Strect.-Othcr
Business of More or
Less Importance.

Council met in regular session Tues
day evening, with all members presen
except Brenun and Rech.
City Clerk Becker and Solicitor Rich
ards were absent, Councilman Moore
serving as Clerk pro TEN.
Attorney J. C. Brennan, for the Mari
eta Electric Company submitted the
following:
70 The HONORABLE COUNCIL. OF THE
CITY OF MARIETTA.
Gentlemen:-W beg leave to submit
to You the following proposition:
First AS You deem it adyisa BILE to
remove the present City Electric plant
from the City building and enlarge the
same, that we, the Marietta Electric
Co. will take the said plant and main
tain it and furnish the city lights on
the present schedule at the same price
per light as it now costs the city, for "a
period of five years.
Second All additional lights re-
quired will be furnished by the Mari
eta Electric Co. at a price agreed upon
between the Council and the Marietta
Electric Co.
Third. That the cost of removing
the plant from the City building to the
Marietta Electric Co. power house 70
be paid by the city, as said plant is still
to remain the property of the said City
of Marietta
The MARIETTA ELECTRIC Co.
Upon motion of Price the proposition
was referred to the Light Committee.
The ordinance regulating and licens-
ing peddlers came up for a second read
ing and Wood moved an amendment
fixing the minimum tax per day at ten
dollars Garrison offered motion to
| fix the minimum limit at five dollars,
whereupon Wood moved that the ordi-
| nance go over to the next meeting for
consultation with the Mayor Neither
| motion was seconded. Ridge objected
to the ordinance and thought that the
merchant desiring it's passage was
"cutting off his nose to spite his face"
by cutting out several hundred dollars
of West Virginia trade every year. Mr..
Bachman stated that the ordinance did
not prohibit any farmer from selling
his produce in the city, provided it be
of his own raising. Ridge opposed the
clause "of his own raising" rs one cal
culated to bring about confusion and
detrimental to the city's interest and
championed the farmers interest
strongly. Bachman, Garrison and
Hardy spoke for the insertion of the
clause. Upon motion of Ridge the ordi-
nance was referred back for further
consideration.
The ordinance making it the duty of
the Sanitary Police to inspect sewers
laying of sidewalks, etc, was read the
second time Mr. Wood believed that
the plan of placing under the direction
of the Engineer man already in the
employ of The Board of Health would
be sure to result in clash of authority.
Ridge spoke against the ordinance and
Hathaway in favor of it.
Wood moved an amendment to en-
ploy special officer other than the
sanitary policeman to do the work and
the ordinance went back to the Com
The Engineer reported the sanitary
sewers to be in excellent condition all
over the city.
Bachman called up the Fourth street
grade ordinance, making slight changes
in the grade at the intersection of |
Fourth and Scanned streets Messrs. |
Little and kestermeier, who own prop
erty on the West Side of Fourth street,
addressed Council for still further
cut in front of their property, in order
to get the curb line down on a level |
with their sidewalks. After some dis
cusslon Bachman moved the adoption
of the ordinance, all members present
except Hathaway voting aye. The
ordinance was declared adopted.
The assessment ordinance for sewer
improvements in the first, second and
.hird sewer districts was submitted and
'ead. Under suspension of the rules
he ordinance was passed to the second
md third readings by title and adopt
"a.
Contractor w. j. Berry was allowed
go extras on the Fourth street paving
contract
Jas. Foreman was allowed $i1, being
one'half of the amont due him for
plans and specifications for the new
ire-proof vault in the City Hall.
The following places were selected
Tor voting places i'm the various ,varJe