Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-09
Council Will Put The Question
Of More Paving.
Special Election For $4,000 Bonds Called
for June 2Sth.
Not Enough Money to Complete Work
Already Undertallen.-Otber Busi-
of Importance Tran
sacted at Tuesdays
Meeting.

Building permits were granted t
Henry Ebnger, Third street; Geo
Gephart Sixth street; w. Fl. Cole
Fourth street.
Mr.. Trautman, for the Street com
mittee, reported that it is necessary t
do some further grading on Marion
street, between Third and Fourth, bu
the work could not be done until TIL,
street fund is replenished.
Mr.. Wood reported that A. D. Alder
man, eX-Chief of the fire department t
was paying the regular rate for the tel
ephone in his residence and that the
city had nothing to do with it
Marshal Dye sta ted that the telephone
company had agreed to place phone
in his residence free of cost.
Bachman offered a motion instruct
ing the Engineer to prepare plans anc
specifications for paving Putnam ave
nue. from Gilman to Franklin streets
The motion prevailed.
/ Mr.. Bachman also offered the esti
mate of cost of paving Front street
from Montgomery to Second, amount
ing TO 81, 296 or S1.7046 per front foot
The motion instructing the Engineer
to prepare plans and specifca tions pre-
vailed by unanimous vote,
a resolution esta blishing the grade
on Fourth street above Warren was
presented by Mr. Bachman. Traut.
man opposed changing the grade as an
extra" expense for the accommoda-
tion of a few persons. Mr.. Cochlan
also opposed the change. DR.. Hardy
favored the resolution. Mr.. Wood fav-
ored the change on the ground that
the property owners along the street
would have TO pay the expense, except
one-fftieth. Mcclure and Wittlig fav.
ored postponement of action for fur
ther investigation. The vote resulted
in tie.
resolution authorizing the Solici-
tor to collect money due from the
Terminal Railway company for paving
Second street was unanimously adopt
ed.
Mr.. Bachman arose to state that the
city did not have enough money TO
pave Second and Butler streets as now
contemplated and offered a resolution
calling special election for June 2Sth
for authority to issue additional paving
and sewer bonds to the amount of
SIS, 600 He said that Council would
advertise for bids on the bonds and sell
only such amount as would be suf-
fcient to complete the work now con-
templated. DR.. Mcclure hestitated to
nsk any more money for street paving.
Mr.. Price also opposed the resolution.
Mr. Wittlig mentioned the fact that
paved streets are of little use without
approaches by which people can get to
them. Trautman favored the resolu-
ton. The resolution was adopted,
Prize and Mcclure voting no.
The matter of repairing landing
was brought up by DR.. Henry and re-
ferred to the Street and Landing COM
mittees.
On motion the Commissioner was
instructed to again notify property
owners on Whites Road to remove ter
races encroaching on the street
Several catch basins not completed
on Lower Fourth street were ordered
finished at once.
Upon motion of Trautman the City
Solicitor was instructed to secure per-
mission from the U. S. Government to
place piling in the Muskingum river to
protect city bridge piers.
communication was received from
the Mayor of Caldwell, saying that that
city intended to put in a system of
water works and asking if Marietta
would rent one of her steam engines.
Upon motion of Trautman it was de-
cided that the steamer should not be
rented.
Mr., Trautman complained OF the
bulletin board at the foot of Putnam
street as an obstruction to the vision
of drivers of vehicles, wheelinen and
pedestrians, making it dangerous TO
general traffic, and offered a motion
that all the boards be removed from
Front street, above the arch, in five
days. The motion prevailed.
The City Commissioner was instruct.
ed to sow grass on the lawn on Third
street along Camp Tupper.
Mr.. Wood stated that Mr.. Ben Pixlev
desired to make park of Sacra Via
between Front and Second streets at
his own expense. Upon motion of
Bachman the matter was referred to
the Street Committee and CIVIL Engi-
neer.
In regard to objections of Mr.. Wood
to The switches being put in the street
by the Electric Street Railway com
pany Mr.. Trautman read from the
arguing that the road had
been built exactly in accordance with
the franchise and no one had power or
authority to interfere with it. Mr..
Wood claimed that the people of the
city wanted double turnouts or switch