Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-07
THE FRANCHISE
For the Big Bridge Goes Over to
Next Tuesday.
A Leag y am 1T resting Dscuss)cn
~ Council.
MIR. JUttc Says the Capital is Ready {,
I:uild the flridge, but That the But
Icr and Muskingum Street
Route is the Only i'rac-
teal One.


bers present except Brenan and Rech.
The contract for building the fire.
proof vault in the City Hall was
awarded to Simon Collar at his bid of
$40. 30. The Building committee sub.
, mtted u form OF agreement, which was
approved.
The Light committee reported fav-
orably on the proposed amendment TO
the incandcscent light ordinance, the
amendment being for the purpose of
fixing a basis for computing the
amount of current used, the price of 70
cents per hundred hours being based
on standard of so volts. The ordi,
nance was passed to the second and
the rules and referred back to the com.
mittee for consultation with Electr-
clan Hancock.
Mr.. Moore reported the matters at
issue between Contractor Dye and the
Marietta Brokerage company to have
been adjusted and the one hundred
dollars retained from Mr.. Dyes final
estimate was ordered paid.
A communication from Il, Frank
Gates and j p. Hubert stated that
they had verified the grade on Fourth
street between Putnam and Scanned,
and found that no part of the pave
ment recently laid was below the es-
tablished grade, indicating that Con-
tractor Berry was entitled to nothing
for extra excavation. Upon motion
Mr.. Berry's bill for extras was referred
to the Paving committee for report.
Building permits were granted TO S.
and to DR.. Warren, Greene street, near
Fourth.
The sixth estimate on the sewer con-
tract of the Townsend Brick and Con-
tracing Company was submitted by
the Engineer and the contractors were
allowed 81, 1927, the Clerk being in
strueted to issue 6 per cent 00-day GER
tidcates of Indebtedness to that
amount.
Solicitor Richards called up the re-
cent trouble in opening the alley in
square No Z through the property of
Gustav Kaiser and informed Council of
his discovery of the ordinance referred
to in Wednesdays Leader He stated
the general provisions of the ordinance
requiring the City Marshal to open all
alleys upon demand of the owners Of
abutting property and assess the ex-
pense of such opening upon the prop
erty, as in the case of ordinary street
Improvements. By unanimous consent
the matter was deferred to the next
meeting.
| The Finance committee was author
| lied by resolution to renew certain
notes of the city held by the First Nat
ional Bank.
Bachman arose to state that he did
not like the idea of postponing the
| Kaiser alley matter and moved that
the Solicitor institute civil proceedings
at once to settle the ownership.
The motion prevailed, Mcclure voting
no.
The ordinance granting q franchise
for bridge across the Ohio river was
read by the Clerk. Mr.. Eelkel offered
an explanation of the effects of the
proposed approach across Fifth and
Sixth streets. He said that Fifth street
might easily be lowered three feet to
allow a clearance of IA or 15 feet at that
crossing, but that Sixth street would
have to be shut off and that whatever
route the bridge took one or more
streets would necessarily be cut off.
Mr.. Wood again arose to go on rec
ord as against the bridge being built
on the proposed Butler and Muskingum
street route and thought that the only
idea of crossing the Ohio at the point
was to kill off" the ferry. AS Mr..
Wood put it, he was opposed to giving
the city for a bridge"
Upon request the City Solicitor
stated that the ordinance should con-
tain clause saving the city against all
liability for damages to private prop
erty by the construction of the ap.
proach.
Mr.. I. D. Dale addressed Council and
expressed his belief that Mr.. Wood
was mistaken in quoting public senti-
nent against the route proposed, as he
had been unable to find any sentiment
against it, He called attention to the
fact that the bridge company had fol-
lowed as far as possible streets already
occupied by railroad tracks and said
that in his opinion the proposition was
entirely without Objectionable fea-
lures. He hoped that Council would
take no unnecessary time in deciding
the question one way or another and
added that the railroads had been seen
and the project seemed in a fair way
to accomplishment, though no further
steps could be taken until franchise
was secured.
Mr.. Ridge arose to state that he felt
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