The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
Owosso Mich Aou,,,o

FIRED EDWARDS
City Clerk
Owosso, Mich, April IL, 1897
Regular meeting OF Common Council Mayor
roll call, Perrigo. Wiley, Copas Dewey. Zim-
norman. Shaw, White Jordan, Watson. Walsh
Mayor Gould delivered the following, his in
Gentlemen of the Councl:-In assuming the
once as Mayor, desire first as citizen and
taxpayer To thank the retiring Mayor and All
other members OF the Council for their careful
ana praise worthy administration they have
gwen US II is not quite possible ever "to be
All Things 10 all men," yet am sure the major
ty OF the tax payers will join with me in saying
gentlemen, we owe you many thanks for the
and are grateful TO you for it.
IL has never been my practice in the past to
weary you with q lengthy inaugural, ana 1 do
not contemplate doing so tonight. have how
ever, a few suggestions L should like TO Law be-
fore you. Many an administration has started
Navely out with policy all marked out for the
year; experience has shown us, however, that
when the years work is summed up, very little
OF the original outline has been followed IL
seems TO me the best policy TO adopt ic to work
wholly within our means do the work that lies
nearest US and graple with other problems as
theycome along.
The question of sewerage, it seems to me lies
nearest our door, West Main street needs and
should have sewer from the Mich. Central
railroad east to the river. Other streets need
and are asking for sewerage We must make
it our business TO find out ifuhe majority of the
taxpayers on these streets desire sewerage; If
by all means grant their desires. All water,
gas and sewer connections must be brought to
IN, ,ne curp nne ior every occupied and unoccupied
lot on streets liable to be paved. Sooner or
later we must confront the question of pave
ments. That they are growing every day more
necessary we all admit, and many Taxpayers
are clamoring loudly Tor them. Whether our
present finances would permit of the large out
lay they would involve, is question. Why not
let this be one OF those problems we are to con.
slider at least and graple with possibly later on.
Our working force is larger by two members
come our new representatives of the fifth ward,
and, gentlemen, let us remember while every
man expects to do his utmost for the ward he
represents, yet 1t Is the best interests of the
city, as a whole, we must always consider.
Respectfully yours o,u,o Mo,or
Aid. Dewey offered the following resolution,
which was adopted, ayes 10, nays o:
Resolved, BY the Common Council of the City
OF Owosso, that the Mayor appoint the following
standing committees Of three members each, the
first named to be chairman unless otherwise
ordered: Claims and accounts, streets and
sidewalks, fire department, ways and means,
opening streets and alleys, supplies and expendi-
tures election, police department, abatement of
nuisances, public printing, public lighting, pub
lie cemetery, public grounds and buildings,
bondsu
The Mayor announced the following commit
tees:
Streets and Observation-Disclosures Copas,
White
Fire department-Perrigo, Wiley, Shaw.
Opening streets and alleys-Capas, Watson,
Zimmerman.
INSTRUMENTATION, Dewey, Wiley.
Zimmerman
Public iighting-Shaw, Dewey, Copas.
Public grounds and buildings-Wiley, zim-
norman, Jordan
Claims and accounts-Dewey. Perrigo. Walsh.
Ways and means-Walsh, shaw, Dewey
Supplies and expenditures-Wiley,J Jordan.
White.
Police-Jordan, Copas, Perrigo.
Public printing-White, Shaw, Watson.
Public cemetery-White, Walsh. watson
Committee to approve bonds-COpas, Walsh,
Perrfgo.
It was moved and supported that the rules OF
the old Council be adopted by this, and that the
Committee on Printing be instructed TO procure
so copies OF the same, with list OF all the com
mttees Board OF Public Works and City OF
fcials printed in same, which was carried, ayes
Aid. Perrigo presented following petition,
which was referred to committee on streets and
To the Honorable Mayor and the Common
Council of the City OF Owosso:
Al We the undersigned, residents and tax-pay'
ers Of the City OF Owosso, respectfully Pett l
your Honorable body to cause suitable slzeu
tile to be put in from Robbins street, TO tne
Chapman drain. When above drain was con
structed the old waterway was ciosee sa ant tile
being entirely toosmall. AT every shower our
cellars are flooded, our sidewalks and roaos
washed out and sundry other aa ihs Fact that
we were compelled to pay heavy tax on aDoy Dove
drain and that prior to its construt ton the oiu
ditch carried away In satisfactory nnne our
way Signed j. II. Robbins and others.
City Clerk presented the following repor"
which was adopted, ayes 10 nays u
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Councn
OF the City Of Owosso
Gentiemen:-we herewith submit to %S you the 9oe
annual report OF tho Board OF Public Works,lor
the year ending April LIST, 1897.
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