Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-20
THE COUNCIL
ReYiVes the Question Of More
Electric Lights
And Will Call a Special Election Soon for
the Bond Issue.
Proposed to Issue Bonds to the Amount of
$4,000 for Enlnrging the Plant
other Business of Importance
Transacted.

L ne minutes or Jne preceding meet
ing were read and approved.
Mr.. Simon Collar was allowed $3.50 on
his contract of building the flre-proot
vault in the City Hall.
Building permits were granted to c.
Ruckman, Putnam Place, and J. s.
Goebel, Greene street.
A communication was received from
Vim. Hoppman, who protested against
paying his assessment for paving in
, front of hisproperty on Third street on
/ the ground that the street curb is Il
inches higher than the sidewalk estab-
: lShed by grade. Upon motion the
communication was referred to the So
licitor.
! Mr.. Bachman offered an ordinance
, changing the grade on Fourth street
preparatory to paving. Mr.. Bachman
stated that the only change under the
( ordinance is a slight raising of grade at
| the intersection of Scanned street,
necessary to make a good roadway.
and damaging nobody's property.
- pun lllOJlOu JllG "Clc Jcull-
ed and the ordinance passed to the sec
ond and third readings by title On
motion of Wood it was then laid over
to the next meeting for final action.
/ The Chief of the fire department re-
/ quested authority to purchase two
/ Brady's patent wire cutters for use in
cutting live wires at fires. The com
munication was referred to the Fire
purchasing a life-net which was
brought up by Mr.. Ridge.
In the matter of opening the Quarry
Road, Mr. Bachman reported that the
committee had come to an amicable
understanding with Mr.. Edwin Curtis
and Mrs. Cynthia Bradford for a thirty
foot roadway, paying each 500. This
amount the committee considered very
reasonable, especially in the case of
Mrs. Bradford. Upon motion of Mr..
Garrison the Solicitor was ordered to
prepare the necessary deed for the land
to be purchased from her. Mr.. Bach
with the Curtis heirs be continued for
one week. DR.. Hardy complimented
Mrs. Bradford upon the generosity she
had shown in the matter.
An ordinance making it the duty of
the sanitary policeman to inspect
weekly the sewers, flush tanks, etc, of
the city, and also to inspect sidewalks,
was offered by Mr.. Bachman and read
10y the Clerk. Some discussion fol-
lowed, during which Mr.. Wood stated
that he thought the Bord of Health had
assumed too much authority in ap-
pointing sanitary policeman and did
Rech objected to the provision giving
the officer power to dictate to the prop.
erty owner how he should lay his side
walk. Engineer Mason stated that the
flush tanks are now being inspected
every ten days or two weeks, and most
of them are in good condition. lie sug-
gested that the sewer system really |
needed an engineer to look after it. |
licitor read the general statute author
izing the Board of Health to employ
sanitary policemen whenever it sees
fit Upon motion of Hardy considera-
tion of the ordinance was postponed
for report by the Paying Sewer and
Street committees,
The obstruction of the sidewalk in
front of the Nye property at Washing
ton street was ordered removed
A plat of Gorman's Subdivision was
offered by Mr.. Garrison and referred to
the Solicitor, Engineer and First Ward
councilmen.
The suggestion was made by Mr.. !
Price that the L. S. Government be re-
quested to build riprap wall to p,o-
tect the Ohio River bank at the Water
Works pump station and the matter
was referred for action.
Upon motion of Mr.. Ridge the Mari
eta Electric Company was authorized
to string wires across the Putnam
street bridge.
DR.. Henry called up the tangle in the
matter of wharfage due from Mr..
Duffy and Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Wood
offered motion to settle Mr.. Davis
account upon the basis of the rental
paid by Mr.. Duffy up TO January 1st,
new contracts to be made with both
gentlemen. The motion was carried,
Mcclure voting no.
Mr.. Wood called up the matter of er.-
larging the cty's electric light plant
mentioning the proposition of the
Board of Education to bond the city
for s4O,O 900 for school purposes. He
said that the High School was essen
TALLY school for girls and thought
$15, 900 was enough for that purpose.
To forestall the Board he moved that a
special election be held February 1st
upon the question of issuing bonds to
the amount of $4,000 for enlarginp
the light plant
Mr.. Moore stated that to call the