Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-02-09
CITY FATHERS.
Interesting Session Held Tues
day Evening.
ProiIleS And Estimates For More Street
Paving.
And Petitions for Construction of Sew
ers on West side.-Ice Harbor Lot
will be Improved soon.-Oth-
er Business.

Council met in regular session Tues
day evening, with the following mem.
bers present: Bachman, Cochlan, Gar
rison, Price. Wood, Wittlig, Hardy and
Mcclure.
The minutes Of the previous meet
ings were read and approved.
A building permit was granted
to Mr.. Morganstern, on Seventh
street.
Property owners on Gilman street,
West Side, presented petition asking
that the street be severed througout
it's entire length. Mr.. Trautman re-
ported that the Sewer committee had
thoroughly investigated the matter
and found the improvement petitioned
for to be an absolute necessity" Up
on motion the Engineer was instructed
to prepare the plans and profiles neces-
sary to proceed with the work. Dur
ing the discussion it was stated that
residents on other streets on the West
Side are very anxious for sewers and
that petitions from property owners on
those streets would soon follow.
Mr.. Cochlan, for the Light committee
stated that the committee had called
on the officials of the B. & o. w. rail-
way in regard to the arc light in the
Union Depot and that they were wait
ing for information from the Superin-
tendent, as to whether the railroad
would pay the usual rental of $50 per
year for the light. Later in the even
ing Agent Brown came in with a tele-
gram in which the Superintendent
said: "Will not pay $50 unless we can
get light all night and every night"
The Superintendent further stated
that he hoped the Council would not
take action to prevent the railroad
company making contemplated i'm
provements in Marietta. Cochlan
moved that the light be taken out of
the depot at once, but after some dis
cussion action was deferred one week
for further conference.
Mr.. Wittlig reported in the matter
of the committee appointed to consider
the proposition of M. G. Siepel for rent
of the City Hall Auditorium for five
years. He said the committee had in
vestigated the matter thoroughly and
reported much opposition among the
citizens generally. The committee
had found that for the past three years
the total rentals from the Auditorium
have been Sc, 400, only so per cent of
which had been paid by outside en-
tertainments. The trend of his re-
marks was against the acceptance of
Mr.. Seipers offer. Mr.. Wood, a mem
of the committee, spoke in favor of rent
ing the Auditorium to one person and
stated that he had not been notified of
the committees meeting. Upon mo-
clan of Mr.. Price the committee was
extended for further deliberations,
Mr.. Haddox, the Chairman, not being
present.
The Engineer reported profles and
estimates for paving Scanned street
from Front to Fifth; Wooster street
from Front to Seventh; Washington
and Montgomery streets from Front to
Fourth. The total of the estimates
calls for the expenditure of s32, 537, of
which the city's portion will be s6, SIG,
Resolutions were offered adopting the
profiles and specifications. All the res
olutions carried by unanimous vote, ex-
cept that for Washington street, upon
which Wood voted no on the ground
that the square from Front to Second
should not be paved.
Upon motion of Bachman the Solici-
tor was ordered to prepare the required
resolutions declaring the improvements
necessary.
Attorney A. D. Follett was granted
permission to address Council and
brought up the interesting matter of
the contemplated improvement of the
Ice Harbor lot by the United States
Government He rgave a brief and
clear synopsis of the situation up to
date. The property was originally
donated by the Ohio Land Company for
use as a public commons, afterward be-
ing found to be within the jurisdiction
of the Ministerial Trustees, who. so far
as within their power, endeavored to
carry out the original intention.
About two years ago Congress appro-
priated $25OO for the erection a lock