Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-23
RECONSIDER D
Is The Vote Enlarging The
Electric Light Plant.
And Erecting New Building in the Rear
Of the City Hall.
Council Holds an Interesting Injecting
Tuesday Evening, Let's the Contract
for Paving Butler street and
Transacts other I'm
portant Business

Council met in regular session Tues
dav evening, with all members present
except Bachman.
A petition was received from owners
of property on Front street protesting
against the erection OF bill boards on
the Ice Harbor lot by j. c. Schranm
Trautman thought that Council had no
authority to remove or prohibit the
erection Of bill boards or buildings on
the property named The Solicitor
agreed with the petitioners that the
bill board in question is public NUS
ance and would hardly hesitate to
knock it down.
Mr.. Cochlan moved that the City
Commissioner be instructed to remove
the bill board without delay. Mr..
Trautman opposed the motion because
the board is not on the street He be-
lieved, however, that the bill board
should not be there. DR.. Hardy arose
to characterize the complainants as
licllers, but agreed that the bill board
had no right on the property where it
! is located. The motion was lost, seven
members of Council refraining from
voting.
Mr.. Price moved to rescind the resolu-
tion licensing bill posters. Mr.. Wood
made the point that because a bill
poster paid a license he had no right TO
erect boards on public grounds.
] T. r1ol,1o, % 70 IN ha Tho
city could not remove the board in
question there was no authority to pre-
vent the board being made continuous
from Putnam to Butler street.
Mr. Prices motion was declared out
of order.
West Side tax payers protested
against the proposed change of name
of Knox street, the petition represent
ing 1904 feet frontage. The protest
was received and on motion of Traut-
man placed on file.
The electric light and building COM
mittees reported the estimate OF the
cost of enlarging and moving the city
light plant to be S13, $50. The estimate
includes 40 additional lights, with
machinery etc, to keep them going.
Mr.. Trautman stated the opposition
to the proposed location of the plant
appears to be enormous and thought
Council had been little fast in locating
it N the rear of the City Hall He
offered motion to reconsider the vote
originally taken in order to give every
body interested another hearing. Mr..
Wittlig thought the city was in worse
need of more school room than more
lights in any event and favored recon-
sidering the matter. The motion to
reconsider prevailed, Garrison and
Pfaff voting no.
Mr.. Wood moved that the Light and
Building committees select another To-
cation Trautman moved an amenl-
ment for the committees to select Il
suita BILE" location, which was accept
ed 10y Mr.. Wood and the motion pre-
vailed.
On motion of Trautman the Com
missioner was instructed TO nave Clin-
ton street filled for better drainage.
Complaint being made by the Water
Works Trustees that the city is using
too much water for flushing sewers,
Engineer Mason was called upon for a
statement, which he made to the effect
that he was quite satisfied that no
more water was being used than was
absolutely required.
Mr. Wittlig moved that supervision
of the work of flushing sewers be left
to the Water Works Trustees. Mr..
Wood believed that if the work were
left 10 the Water Works Trustees the
sewers would have to he taken up
within year.
Capt, j. i. West made statement
that the pumps had been oveItaXed to
supply water for general uses and for
flushing sewers, He said that 500, go
gallons of water went into the flush
tanks every day, aud should one of the
pumps break down for a single day the
city would be confronted with a water
famine. The Engineer advised very
/ thorough investigation before the
water supply for flushing is reduced,
as it would cost more money to take
up clogged sewer and relay it than it
did to construct it originally,
Mr.. Wittlig's motion failed and upon
motion of Garrison the matter was re-
ferred TO the Sewer committee and En-
gineer
Trautman offered a motion to notify
the Board of Health to have certain
uuisances removed.
The Clerk read the result Of brick
tests, as follows:
RATTLER. Absorption
Townsend 7.ol p, C, Townsend ~ IL D. C.
Cisler......,.. IS T." Cisler .......... 10 ;.
Jones. .,.......lOsl e Jones ...,...... Is
=. Wood moved to adopt Cisler block as