The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-11-19
Common Council.
Common Council Room. !
OwossO, Mich. Nov. 10, 1897. !

Common Council.
Common Council Room.
Owosso, Mich. Nov 10, 1897.
Regular meeting OF Common Council,
Mayor E. A. Gould, presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Wiley
Copas, Zimmerman, Shaw, White, Jor-
dan, Walsh.
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved.
Aid. Wiley presented following petition
which was referred to the committee on
streets and sidewalks.
Owosso, Mich, Nov. 10, 1897.
To the Mayor and Common Council:
We the undersigned citizens and tax
payers do respectfully petition your hon.
orable body to grant us the privilege of
building a crosswalk across Mulberry
street at the corner of Mulberry and
Gravel street, the said walk to be built at
our expense with the understanding that
the city will hereafter maintain and keep
the walk in repair. 1t is much needed
improvement, there being no way to cross
to the opposite side of the street in mud
dy weather only through the mud. Hop
ing that our petition may be granted, we
are respectfully yours, Herbert Dennis
and seven others.
Aid. Copas presented following petition
which was referred to the committee on
streets and sidewalks.
Owosso, Mich, Nov. Is, 1897.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City OF Owosso:
We the undersigned citizens and tax
payers of the city of Owosso petition your
honorable body to have removed three
oak trees situated in the highway on the
west side of the north end of North How
ell street. d. f. Moulton and others.
Following claims and accounts were
presented and upon motion were referred
to the committee on claims and accounts.
From Contingent Fund-A X Giles
90, John Ashford l6 90, John S Porter
rs rs, E B Tubbs so, George ID Moreau
90, III M Post so. Frank Mack IL 90.
From Highway Fund-A r Shoup Csc,
ID Nickels 2 so, Chas Bailey 1850, w Farr
SO, Vim Ball s 10, David Moss IL 80,
Percy Edwards 704, &c Achard Coo, A
Holmes 20, s G Burbank 60c.
From Water Works Fund-H Robbins
& Son 40 10, "A F Hollis 45, same as,
j F Wildermuth 200, Hugh Doran
35 90, Illinois Malleable Iron Co, IL 06,
Chas Balloon 25, same 06, same 20,
Fred Edwards, stamps, l 90, Fred Ed
wards, sec'y water works, Williams and
Clinton street extension 164 SO, Fred
] Jackson 25, j M Young 3 II, A Young
3 so, G Z Zimmerman 2 IS, A Fowler soc.
Labor on Sewer Connections.
From Contingent Fund-Thos. Akin
son so, ID Speck 13c, A Young 13c, G f
15c, F l. Brown 70, III Par
ker 25-Mrs. Beckwith, f. Main st, ID
Speck 6S, @ A Chatterson 2 6s, S r Nc
Clintock 26S, G F Zimmerman l 05, II
Parker SIC, f l. Brown, CIV A
Woodland, N. Washington street. Dell
Butts 20, j M Young 2 90, Jerome Bra
die %, G Zimmerman L 05, Thos At
kinson 38c, II Parker 63c-M l. Parker.
@ A Chatterson 3 06, s r McClintock
8 06, F l. Brown 2 Is, H Parker SS, 6
F Zimmerman 60c-J II Calkins, South
Washington street. A Sigris 53c, A Cur
tbs Is, r l. Johnson 43, G thinner
man l 05, F L Brown IL, ] M Young
l 70, II Parker 75c-Chas. Jackson, west
Exchange street. A Young IL, ID Speck
3 90, G F Zimmerman l 80, F L Brown
rs, II Parker SIC, Thos Atkinson 81
VIM Fletcher. James Doyle %, II Par
ker 25-J HI Calkins Thos Atkinson
q 20, n Ourbls 20, ~ . JOuHsOu 4 20, II
Parker l 90, F L Brown 37c g FZimmer-
man 45c-City hall hydrant sewer.
Washington street sewer-Castree q
Shaw IA 60, d Nichols 95c, Ed Hayes,
/ 70.
Aid. Copas presented following report
which was adopted; ayes z, nays 0.
Your committee on streets and side
walks to whom was referred a petition
praying for the removing of three oak
trees on North Howell street, would beg
leave to report favorable on the same. G.
F. Zimmerman, V. M. White, J.H. Copas.
Aid. Copas presented following report,
which was adopted; ayes z, nays o.
Your committee on streets and side
walks to whom was referred petition
praying for permit to build crosswalk
on Mulberry street at the intersection of
Gravel street, would beg leave to report
favorable. g. F. Zimmerman, V. M.
White, j. III. Copas.
The committee on claims and accounts
reported favorable on accounts as above
presented; unanimous consent being CIV
en- same was allowed; ayes z, nays 0.
Aid. White presented following report,
which was adopted, ayes z, nays 0.
Gentlemen--Your committee on streets and
sidewalks do hereby mostrespectfully report and
recommend TO this common council that 1t is a
necessary public improvement that certain side
walks In the city OF Owo so be repaired and
made safe for public travel and that certain side
walks be built In said city of Owosso, on certain
streets In said city, and In front Of certain lands
abutting on said street, as follows. to-wit:
On the west side of Chapman from the
M. @. r. r. north to intersect with walks
already built.
Also north of aforesaid walks on M. L.
Stewards Sd add, IL rods, being on North
Chapman street, in the city of Owosso,
state of Michigan.
LIST. M. G. X. II. A piece of land 14-7-2,
bounded on north by Macomber land,
by Chapman street, northwesterly by X X
to Macomber land, thence to Chip
man street.
I'd. Macomber d. One acre OF land on
Sc corner of s. Howell, land on sec 14-7-2.