The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-08-26
COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council Chamber,

Common Council Chamber,
OwOssO, Mich., Aug %, 1898.
Regular meeting of common council, Mayor
Thomas Kerwin, presiding.
Aldermen present, at roll call, Wiley. Gould,
Jordan, Palmer, Watson and Walsh.
The minutes OF the last meeting were read and
approved as read.
Aid. Walsh presented the following petition
for the springllng of East Main street, and mov-
ed that the city teamsters be directed to comply
with the request of the petitioners; carried.
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City
OF OwOss0
We the undersigned residents of E. Main st. In
this city do hereby petition your honorable body
to cause said 4. Main street from Park street to
the circus grounds TO be kept we'll sprinkled on
Friday, Aug .26,ls9s. W.E.Buard and IL others.
Aid Gould presented the following petition and
moved IL be referred to the committee on streets
and sidewalks; motion carried.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Gentlemen-W the undersigned residents and
taxpayers, residing on East Oliver street, city of
Owosso, petition your honorable body, request
ing that you provide for the construction of a
sidewalk on the south side of the above mention
ed street between Saginaw and Washington SITS.
and your petitioners Will ever pray. Lucy M
Beckwith and others.
Following claims and accounts were presented
and referred to the committee on claims and ac-
counts.
From Contingent Fund-w. U. Tel Co. Riggs,
26c, w. U. Tel, Co., Harris & Co., SOc Geo. Wig
gins, 5000; W, H. Smith O. so.
Police Fund.-. Z. Cady S22 90, John Ham,
moDd 200, VIM. Beresford 22.00.
From Highway Fund-HartshOrn & Son. 5000,
j. II. Copas PASS. James odell 26.0o, Chas. Bal
ley 1878 David Walker lss. VIM. Ball $50, 5. I.
James Doyle So. j. Shepherd $50, j. M Carmo-
div / 25, Thos. Dynes 1915 l.. K. Woodland %,
A. W. Holmes 1921, b, 9, Murray 59,72,
Water Works Fund.-. S. Hunt $50.
District Sewer Fund-Mich. Cent Ry. Co. 1888
Ed Hayes 500, Milwaukee Cement Co. 5795.
Building Fund.-. E. Woodland 100.
City Attorney Hadsall presented new deed
from Thomas ID. Dewey and wife, conveying
lands to the city of OwOsso for the extension OF
lakewood Avenue. Mr. Hadsall pronounced the
deed correct In all particulars
AID. Copas moved the deed be. accepted an6
the city clerk be instructed to put said deed OIL
record; motion prevailed, -. ~,
Aid Walsh presented following report anC
moved its adoption; motion carried. co,,no,,
To the Honorable Mayor and Common COUNCIL
Gentlemen-Iou committee to whom was re
ferred the bids for erecting and building the PIE
s and aSs@fa as for as Ma street RS sSss a
, hovlng the old bridge, would beg leave {,
make the following report:
We would recommend that j. G. Blackston &
Son, OF Portland, be awarded the contract fO
building the abutments for the lakewood avenu,
bridge, their bid being the lowest received 1921.
We would also recommend that Mr.. Fulmer b,
awarded the contract for moving the old bridg,
ing the lowest received, $4,000.
we would ask for more time on the Main stree
pier and abutments. Committee, John I. Walsh
j. IL. Copas, A. K. Palmer.
Aid. Gould submitted the following report
which upon motion was received and adopted.
OwossO, Mich. Aug, l6, 1898.
Your committee on abatement of nuisances tC
whom was referred the communication of the
Board of Health relative to the unsanitary con
dition of COmstOck creek, beg leave to report as
| follows; We inspected the creek from its mouth
at the river to Fletcher street.
We would recommend that the Board Of
Health be requested to notify the owners of the
| following property to abate the nuisance as at
tached to and created upon the Several pieces in
5ia River street, sops from tchen thrown on
to bank.
sos Bradley street, slops from kitchen thrown
onto bank.
1913 shlawassee street, Stops from kitchen
thrown onto bank.
5lI, 5ls, SIS, Clinton street, maintaining private
sewer, which opens on to vacant lot, creating ar
open filthy stream for 80 feet more or less to the
100 Elm street, slops from kitchen running in.
to ditch.
el5 Clinton street, Stops from kitchen running
into ditch.
sis, 2i7, 2is, 22i, 22s, 225, Howell street, the
the creek in the Judgment of your committee
Water damned and standing still. strewn with
Stops and refuse of all kinds, and menace tC
the health of all compelled to live on the block.
The property on Lynn street owned by Thos
Morton. Matt. Spang and l.. L. Woodard should
be charged with the duty of cleaning out all OBJ
structions In creek adjoining in the way of brush
a29 Cedar street. Stops from kitchen thrown on
to bank of creek.
$50, 9lO, Milwaukee street, maintaining private
sewer into creek.
91s Fletcher street, maintaining filthy, Ill
smelling pond for ducks.
And that they, the several owners as above, be
notified by the Board of Health, to clean out i'm
mediately that portion of said creek belonging
to them and In case of failure to do so that the
work be done under the direction of the Board
of Health and expense be charged to the several
owners.
We would also recommend that the street com.
missioner be instructed to cut and remove the
long grass and weeds from such portions of said
creek as lay within the limits of any street be-
tween the points visited f. II. Gould, j. ii. Co
pas, chairman.
ed favorable on accounts as above. presented;
unanimous consent being given the same were
allowed and the clerk instructed to draw orders
for the same as the cash In the various funds
would allow, ayes 8; naysO
The claim of the city clerk for $4,000 for copy.
ing into an ordinance book the ordinances pass
ed In 1896 and 1897 was presented but not allow
ed; ayes, Wiley Dewey, Jordan, Palmer Wat
son, Walsh-6; nays Gould, Copas-2.
Aid. Dewey moved the vote be reconsldered;
motion carried.
direction of the committee on streets and side
walks order two cars of cedar paving blocks;
carried.
Aid. Jordan offered the following resolution,
and moved its adoption, motion carried.
Resolved by the common council of the city OF
Owosso that the accounts of John 5. Haggart,
Stanley 4. Parkill, Thos. Kerwin and III. 5. Had
sail which have been allowed against the paving
fund be transferred to the contingent fund. and
the city clerk is hereby instructed to draw orders
for said accounts as allowed on the contingent
fund instead Of the paving fund.-
The clerk nreported he had been served with
notice of the commencement of suit by Minnie
Brown against the City of Ow0sso for damages
resulting from defective sidewalk. The mat
ter was referred to the city attorney
Aid Copas moved that the city attorney ascer-
tain the condition of the title to that part OF N
Chapman street near the M, O. Railroad now oc-
cupled by sidewalks; and also that the street
commissioners have said sidewalks repaired; mo-
ton prevailed
Upon motion council adjourned for one week