Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-09-01
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
DR.. Waters Appointed to Board of Health.
Closing Ordinance Tabled.

closing Ordinance Tabled.
Council met in regular session Tues
day evening with the following mem.
bers present: Cochan, Wittlig, Hardy,
Bachman, Trautman, Pfaff, Mcclure.
Price.
Building permits were granted to c.
A. Ludey, Front street; j. II. Hoffman,
Sunderland Addition; Edw. Meisenhel-
der, Third and Wooster; j. 7. Hart.
Hart street; w. E. Anderson, Ninth
and Montgomery.
The resignation of Dr. John G. Nc
Clure, as a member of the Board of
Health, was received and accepted up
on motion of Mr.. Trautman. DIR.
Hardy announced the name of DR.. c.
I. Waters for appointment to fill the
vacancy and upon motion of Trautman
DR.. Waters was elected by unanimous
vote.
The Street committee reported in IA
vor of rejecting all bids for watering
troughs on the West Side, on the
grounds that the fountains bid upon
were not of the most desirab bic pattern.
Mr.. Trautman's motion to reject the
bids prevailed, Garrison voting no.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the Clerk to advertise s5,726 Franklin
street improvement bonds for sale.
The Fourth street improvement bonds
were aIso ordered sold.
Sida vrora orIara1 ,aaet,-a@a.l i
on Sycamore street, East End; also on
Quarry street, Curtis Subdivision and
on Ridge street. from Cedar to Syca-
more streets. Upon motion of Traut-
man the Engineer was instructed to
give property owners the required |
grades.
An eight-foot sidewalk was ordered |
on the east side of Fourth street from
the Catholic school house TO Hart
street.
The bill of j. w. Curtis for 81 for
burying a dog killed by an electric car
was allowed.
DR.. Hardy made plea for work to be
done on Warren street, between
Eighth and Ninth, and Montgomery
street, between Seventh and Eighth.
Upon motion of Mr.. Price the Com
missioner was ordered to repair the
streets.
The question of sidewalk on Fourth
street from Butler street to the rail
road tracks was referred for investiga-
ton.
Upon motion of Hardy the street
was ordered to have drink
ing fountain erected on the West Side
at cost of $50, Garrison and Cochlan
voting no.
The matter of some new stage set
tings was referred to the Building
committee.
The Engineer was instructed to give
a grade for sidewalks on the north
side of Clinton street.
The Street committee reported hav-
ing viewed Whites Road and found
that property owners were encroaching
on the street with terraces. Mr.. Traut.
ma moved that they be given so davs
notice to widen the street, the CITY
Commissioner being instructed to do
the work in the event of their failure.
The motion was carried by unanimous
vote.
letter was received from a firm in
n. Y, asking the price on
the old steam engines of the city and
Chief Dan Biszantz was instructed to
quote them a figure of $3.50 for the
West Side engine.
MIR. Pfatf brought up the matter of
closet for the City Park, for the accom-
dation of picnics and other crowds.
Referred to the Park committee
Mr. Trautman moved that the CITY
Solicitor be instructed to revise such
ordinances as are not legal and report
them to Council. The motion pre-
valid.
An ordinance to regulate saloons.
fixing the closing hour at ten o'clock D.
M, was submitted and read bv the
Clerk.
Mr.. Wood moved that the ordinance
be referred to the Street committee,
for report at their leisure. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Irautman but
was lost, Cochlan, Wood and Traut-
man, voting ave.
A motion was made to suspend the
rules and pass the ordinance to the
second reading, but it failed to receive
the necessary three-fourths vote.
Bachman then moved that the ordi-
nance be laid on the table, which mo.
tion prevailed S to ., Garrison and Me-
Clure voting no.
Bills allowed; Council adjourned.