The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-11
Total sos56 90
Total orders drawn 2477 20
Balance cash on hand June lst............s s7s n
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| 1Otai Oruers 2477 %
Balance cash on hand June lst.....,.....s s7s n
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| City Clerk presented contract with Albert
Todd 90. TO furnish the water works with coal
for the ensuing year. signed by the board of pub
| lie WORKS, which was upon motion laid on the
| table Tor one week. Ayes o. nays0.
moved aud that the sa@s be-
/ opinions:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
| of the city of OwOsso;
| Gentlemen-To me, as City Attorney. was re-
| fyrred the matter Of whether under our present
| charter the city would have right, upon pro-
per petition. to have sewers laid in various parts
| of tile city.
Section on page 40 provides of dividing the
| city INTO main sewer districts.
section provides that not less than one-sixth
OF tne costs anu expense OF any main district
sewer or OF any lateral branch or local sewer
| shall De paid from the general sewer fund.
| understand there is no general sewer fund
| III that Is true, 1t would seem that the council
would nave no right, under section IS, page 81,
| to lay any sewer or commence any when there
is no money in the fund to pay for such work
| s. 5. Miner, City Atty.
| Per N. l.. L.
Clerk presented the following communication.
which was received and ordered placed on file:
| u A.. Owosso, M!ch., May II, 1897.
TO tine honorable Mayor and Councilmen of
| There has beeu presented to me by the city
clerk Dill Tor slO097 for repairs to the fire alarm
/ l damaged
/ TO this extent by our circuit.
| investigated this charge some time ago. and
IAN 10 ma that the company represent Is In the
| least responsible for any damage the fire alarm
| system may have sustained. <
| In reading the proceedings of the council. II
notice that 1t Is claimed that the fire alarm wire
came III contact with our trolley wire. This Is
not the fact, as there Is no proximity between
| the iire alarm wire and the trolley wire, and 1t
was Impossible for 1t to have occurred from this
! source.
| A conclusion was formed that this might have
occurred at the point where the alternating cir
cult crosses the ID. q. III. & nj. II. r. at South
washington street, but there is some doubt
about that, as our lineman very carefully exam
lned our wires at this point, and there was moth
| Ing to show that there had been contact. Our
wires were not down and were in the same posi-
ton AS originally placed But will say that the
position OF the fire alarm wires was unsafe and a
constant menace to the safety of the fire alarm
| system, as was pointed out 10 the city author-
| ties at the time this line was run.
Admitting that our line had come in contact
at this point there Is question as to our liabili-
ties from the fact that our lines had precedence
having been put up several years before the fire
alarm wire, and the fact that the fire alarm wire
was not insulated, and furthermore that the city
| der the condition that existed.
ltseems that the chief OF the fire department
| discovered that these wires were improperly run
| as they were Immediately changed, and this gen
| tleman made report to the council In which
| the company represent was exOnerated from
any responsibility for this occurrence.
| w,
| remain, respectfully yours, /. ID. III. Ralph
| Aid Zimmerman presented following report
which was adopted; ayes 8, nays o.
Your committee on streets and sidewalks to
whom was referred petition for sidewalk on
Ball street from Oliver street to King street. are
| unable to report on same as petitioners do not
state on what side of said street walk Is wanted
q. Il. Zimmerman, V. Nj. White, j. III. COpas.
Aid Zimmerman presented. following report
which was adopted; ayes ., nays0.
| To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Ow0sSo.
Gentlemen-Your committee on streets and
sidewalks do hereby most respectfully report
and recommend to this common council, that it
is necessary public improvement that certain
sidewalks In the city of OwossO be repaired and
made safe for public travel and that certain
| sidewalks be built in said city of OwOssO, on
certain streets in said city, and in front of GER
tain lands abuttng on said street, as follows, to-
witt
Cass street. lands owned by j. j. Brockway
frac lot sc, blk g. and rods of lot l, A. j.. VIII
liams' adj
Cass street. lands owned by j. j. Brockway,
rods lot l, blk 8, A. l.. w. add.
Gilbert street. lands owned by j. RitZel, on S
line of Oliver street ~ rods of the line of e
of sw14 of sec Is, thence rods, g rods, II 5
rods and W rods to beg.
Gilbert street. lands owned by G.. II. Lyon, lots
67-10, blk 2, &. Il. Lyon add.
Gilbert street. lands owned by NJ. L. Church,
VIZ of lot blk 2, G. Il. Lyons add.
Dated June Z. 1897.
q. Il. Zimmerman. j. II. Copas, V. NJ. White,
Committee on Streets and Sidewalks.
Aid. Dewey offered the following resolution,
which was adopted ayes, Aids Wiley, Dewey.
Zimmerman, Shaw, Jordan, Watson, Walsh;
nays, COpaS, White.
Resolved, by the common council of the city of
saDtsS and that WasSngn Street om King
street to the bridge over the Shjawassee river,
Main street from Park street to Brooks street,
Exchange street from Saginaw street to Ball
street, Ball streetfrom Exchange street to Main
street. be sprinkled, and that the committee on
ways and means be and Is hereby instructed to
make contracts with such transfers as 1t deems
necessary to sprinkle said streets. and that the
total cost of such sprinklng be assessed equally
on all occupied lots and parts of lots in such
sprinkling dictrict that one city team be used
for sprinkling purposes and that the water be
furnished free for such sprinkling by the city
and charged as charges are made by the board
of public works for MIGRANTS and water used
through them.
Aid. Walsh presented following report. which
ayes Me Was Ads We
and Copas refusing to vote
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City OF OwossO:
Gentlemen-Your committee on ways and
means tO>whom was referred a petition praying
for u watering trough to be placed on the corner
of Stewart and Shawassee streets would respect
fully report not favorable. John L. Walsh, Geo.
M. Dewey, Jr., q. j. Shaw.
Committee on claims and accounts reported
favorable on accounts as above presented. unan-
imous consent being given same was allowed;
ayes g. nays 0.
Aid Dewey offered following resolution, which
was adopted ayes g. nays0.
Resolved, by the common council of the city of
Owosso that the price of burying dogs is hereby
fixed at so cents
Aid. White presented an ordinance for the in
spection of weights and measures, and to pre- |
scribe the duties :Of the sealer of weights and
measures and the penalty for using false weights
and measures. 1t was moved and supported |
that 1t be read the first and second time by its |
title; ayes 8, nays 0.
1t was moved and supported that il be laid on |
the table for one week; which was carried, ayes |
8, nays 0.
Aid. Dewey presented an ordinance for regu
lating the selling of milk within the limits of the
city of Owosso. 1t was moved and supported |
that 1t be read the first and second time by It's |
title, which was carried. |
1t was moved and supported that 1t be laid on |
the table for one week, which was carried; ayes |
0, nays o.
Aid. Jordan presented following ordinance,
which was read the third time In fun, and placed
upon its passage. 1t was moved and supported |
that 1t be laid on the table for one week. which |
did not prevail: ayes, COpas, Zimmerman. White,
nays Wiley, Dewey. Shaw, Jordan. Watson,