The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-16
Common Council.
Common Council Room. /,
OwossO, Mich., July II, 1897. !

Common Council Room.
| Owosso, Mich, July IL, 1897.
| Regular meeting of Common Council Mayor
| Edwin A. Gould presiding.
Aldermen present at roll CALL Wiley, Copas,
Dewey, Zimmerman, White, Jordan.
| Minutes of last two meetings read and approved.
| Aid. Wiley presented following petition, which
| was referred to committee on abatement or null
sanceS
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council.
| of the city of OwossO, Mich.
Your petitioners who are residents and proper
ty owners of this city respectfully represent that
| IL Is the custom of certain merchants and others
| to burn large quantities OF paper, straw, excel
| sior, old barrels and boxes together with gar
bage from the groceries, In the vacant spaces In
the rear of the stores in the business blocks of
this city. thus seriously endangering the safety
| of the adjoining property, and also TO the great
annoyance and serious detriment of the people
who occupy the buildings as residences, offices,
and other purposes. 1t Is q well known fact that
the city has several times very narrowly escaped
disastrous confederation from the burning Of ref
use as above stated. Therefore we res ectfuy
request that you take means to prohibit the
burning of such rubbish In the business blocks
as above stated; and to compel the occupants OF
said business places to dispose of all such refuse
mentioned In some other way. And your petit
TONERS will ever pray. Josiah Thompson and 20
others.
Following claims and accounts we're presented
and referred TO the committee on claims and ac-
counts.
From Contingent Fund-Mlchigan Telephone
q
80 90, John Hammond 33 90, j. Z. Cady, s3 90, A.
X. Giles 10 90, Fred Edwards, stamps, 90, Owes
so Gas Light Co. 20, John Ashford "a 90, Castree
& shaw II 20. George ID. Mcintosh 81. A. L.
Stanhope so. Times Printing Co 2 70. same
Is 20, same GO, Metropolitan Electric Co. 20,
same 80. j. Dynes 20 90. John Turnbel Is or,
Fed Edwards SO "a, OwOssO Press Pub. Co. 13 rs,
A. Stanton 81, Cal. Elec Light & Power Co. 10 10,
same 352 So same 80 81, VIM. Rumsey 90, T. M.
Wiley 90, Geo. A. Perrig0 90, j. III. Copas 90.
Geo. NJ. Dewey 90, S. Lamfrom 2 90, G. j. Shaw
4 Oh. G.. II. Zimmerman 90, VIM. White 4 90, j.
w. Jordan co. j. T. Walsh GO, S. u. Watson
2 90, J. ii. Laverock zoo, J. w. Zimmerman 90,
ID. w. Waters 90, w. II. Lingle 2 90, Abram
M. Young 2 90, VIII Burhans 90, Miles l.. Par
ker 2 90, Q. w. Parker geo. j. Sidman so, p. 5.
Whited so. James Weeks 2 90, L. w. Fortress
so, =. G. Elwell 80. Il. ID. Green ! 80. N. j.
Thomas 90, +. M. Jordan 80, VIM. FOote 30,
+. M. Hopkins SO, Frank Van Wagner 30.
From Highway Fund-C. Ii. Munson 50 ID,
Geo. Allen 90, Joseph Thomas II 70, j. Doyle
g %, M. 5. Tanner So, Allen Hurlbut 2 l3, S. G.
Burbank 10. Frank J.. Brown 3 75, II. ID. Par
ker rs. VIM Grove co. John Krec SO, VIM.
Ball IL %. Guy A. Cole l3 10, G Moss II So II. M.
Post. so, j. Thompson so.
From Water Works Fund-Michgan Tele-
phone Co. so, same 4 so, same 30, A. f. Hollis
n, same SO same ID Is, III. Robbins 4 Son a,
J. S. Hunt IS co. Chas Balloon 40, National Me-
ter Co. % 20. Cal Elec Light & Power Co. 90,
Fred Edwards, stamps 90.
Clerk presented following report which was re-
ceived and ordered p aced on file.
Owosso, Mich, July IL, 1897.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the city of Owosso:
The following is q statement of the Board of
Public Works for the month of June:
Receipts.
From water rents from June to July /, S661.si
From service permits, 5000