Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-05-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
A Businessiike Meeting, With Spicy In
cident, Tuesday Evening.

The City Council met in regular ses'
sion Tuesday evening, with eleven
members present as follows: Cochian'
Lambert, Wittlig, Marsch, Blume, Loft
land, Davis, Wood, Pfaff, Trautman
and Bachmap.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Building permits were granted to
Geo. M. Cooke, Front and Putnam; Rice
Minch, Front street. and S. M. Sayre,
Third street
A communication was received from
Mrs. S. NJ. Lowell, of the Marietta I'm
provement Association requesting that
Council subs:ribe one dollar per month
to the street cleaning project. Upon
motion of Trautman the request was
referred to the Street committee.
The Mayors appointment OF Charles
Coffmap to be Prison Guard was re-
ferred to the Police committee for re-
port.
Dr. Lam bert, for the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the matter OF the
Curtis stairway ic the street above the
Union Block, reported that the exist
ing ordinance gives anyone the right
to such stairway not encroaching
more than four feet on the street line.
He submitted an amendment to the
ordinance requiring permission OF
Council in future before such stairways
| l;ro
ferred to the Street committee.
The Light committee reported
through Mr.. Cochian tSat in their
opinion a new electric light plant
could not be erected on the city lot in
the rear of the City Hall inside of sey-
eral years. In view of the pressing
need of more lights they had secured
from Mr.. Hancock an estimate of the
cost of enlarging the present plant to
almost double its present capacity.
According to the estimate the enlarge
ment will cost s11, $40, a saving of about
81, 600 over the plant originally contem-
plated. The report was referred to
| Council as committee of the whole
for report at the next meeting.
Mr.. Trautman, who was appointed
on the committee to investigate the al
legged offense of Councilman Davis in
taking a portion of the wrecked city
, tool house and appropriating it to his
own use, reported for himself and Mr..
Cochlan that they had found sufficient
grounds for thorough investigation
with sworn testimony. Mr.. Davis arose
and said he courted investigation OF
his character and threw out some spicy
insinuations in alluding to some things
which he hadn't done, but was called
to order by the Chair. DR.. Lambert,
took an altogether different view of
the matter and was surprised that such
report had been made. He was of
the opinion that the lumber taken by
Mr.. Davis was worthless. A motion
that the matter be investigated by
Council as Committee of the Whole
prevailed.
Resolutions were adopted providing
for twelve-foot brick sidewalks on
Greene street between Second and
Third street from John Wenzels to the
alley and on the East side of Second
street from Church street to the alley at
the Marietta Transfer Company's build
ing.
Mr.. Wood reported that the Cemetery
: Trustees refused TO sell at half price
the portion of ground in Oak Grove
cemetery proposed to be set aside for
the Hebrews until instructed" to dc
: so by Council A resolution instruct.
, ing them to make the sale was there.
fore adopted.
Contractor Berry was allowed
s2562.s9 on his second street paving
job. The question of cementing the
rails Of the street railway company
tracks, provision for which wai
omitted from the specifications, was re
ferred for report as to the company'l
liza bility.
Mr.. Blume presented request from
the ushers that they be given the Aud
itorium free of rent on the occasion o.
their benefit performance Thursday
night. After some discussion they
were allowed the use of the building
!, for $40, the vote being 6 to 8.
The following bids were received fo
, constructing the Marion street ston,
sewer: Worster Bros, $685.; j. 7. Hart
$3.50; Erbs, Wilson & Co, se34 SO. Up
. on motion Of Cochlan the contract wa
: awarded to Worster Bros.
Mr. Wittlig presented request from
the G. A.. R. for the free use of tn
Auditorium on Memorial Day, whicl
. was granted without objection, ther
being already rule to that effect.
e The Railroad committee was grantee
a continuance in the matter of tn
glass plant switch ordinance.
u Mr.. Bachms called up the matter o
= the bad sidewalks on Front street be
r tween Wooster and Washington, bu
l. as usual no action was taken.
Tie Mayors report for the month O
u April showed fines, licenses and cost
e collected to the amount of slGS, As.