Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-28
DOOMED
Is Camp Upper as a Site for the
Court House, So Says Council.

sion Tuesday evening with Just a cor
um present. They were Bachman
Blume, wittlIg, Wood, Eomand ,Marsch
and Davis. i-a ''' -"
Minutes Of the last two meetings
were read and approved
No building permits were asked
Marsch reported for me Bridge com
mittee that they had held a meeting
for investigation and did not consider
the present bridge unsafe for ordinary
travel or ordinary loads but thought
it would be well to have something
done to improve the condition Of it.
Davis says he 4loes not think any re-
pairs will do any good, and that they
are the same as thrown away If put
into the old bridge. His motion to
instruct the Solicitor to investigate the
matter of getting money for a new
bridge and report at the next meeting
carried
Wood stated that as the Board of
Trade hass appointed committee of
ten TO assist the County Commission
ers in locating the new Court House,
they would like to have the opinion of
Council asl to whether they would
make deed to the County Commits
siohers of the site of Camp Tupper in
case that location is selected Wood
moved that 1t be the sense of Council
TO deed tie site to the county for a
court House if tnat location be chosen
In the remarks on the question be
iCre IL was voted Bachman said he
didn't want the Court House to go to
Camp Tupper and would not vote to
deed the site to the county for the pur-
pose. Other members seemed to be of
the same opinion and when it came to
a vote, all were Of that opinion and
voted unanimously against it.
In this connection the Solicitor said
he did not know how the conveyance
of the square to the city read. He
knew that the property was made to
the city to be used for parks and pub
lie buildings and whether 1t would ap-
ply to county buildings as well as city
building or not.
The matter of new sidewalk on
Upper street east of Sixth, along the
of Frank Cammel, was again
brought up, being the third time it
has claimed the attention of Council in
the last few months. The City Com
missioner was instructed to order Mr..
to lay his sidewalk within
ten days or the city will lay it at his
expense.
1t was stated that The awning frames
Of Peter McLaren's property on Front |
street are in bad shape and menace
to passers by. A motion was made, |
nstructing the Street Commissioner to
order McLaren to remove the old poles |
and also to move the fence back to
he street line, which carried ' 4
Two notices of liens against the
sewer fund were filed bytT. Hartwyick |
or $3.50 and C. Hartwick for sic.
The Solicitor remarked that all that
vas necessary for the city to do was to
zee that they did not have to pay any
claims twice. Blume moved that the
Clerk be instructed to hold the amount
# the liens from the amount due Mr..
barrow in order that the city would
lot have to pay any claims twice An
was offered by which the
notion was to hold the amount back
rom the twenty per cent which is
Vitheld from the estimates until such
ime as the work shall be accepted by
he city. In tnis way it was hoped to
e able to keep the work in progress
nd to also secure the workmen and
'ondsmen.
Wood asked If anything was due Mr..
barrow and the President replied that
here was about $500 dueshim.
An additional bill for lumber left in
lnox and Gilman street sewer bitches
'as read, amounting to $157.57.
The other bill was for $116.9O. The
ills were both tabled and no action
AIKEN.
BILLS ALLOWED.
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