The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-27
Common Council.
Common Council Room,
Owosso, May %, 1898.


Regular meeting the Common Council with
Mayor Kerwin In the chair.
Aldermen present at roll CALL Gould, Dewey,
Shaw, Harmon, Jordan. Palmer, Watson,
Walsh; Aid. Copas came In late.
Minutes OF the last meeting were read, and
approved as read.
Aid. Palmer presented the following petition
for sidewalk which was referred to the commit
Owosso, May 20, 1898.
To the Mayor and Common Council OF the city
ofOwoss0
ton your honorable body, asking that you build
or cause to be constructed a sidewalk In accord
ance with the ordinance adopted Oct 18th. 1897.
The same to be not less than AZ feet wide and
laid upon the proper street line, on the east
side OF Hickory street, and west OF and abuting
the following described property, VIZ: Lot No.
l. block A, OF G. l.. Goodhue's subdivision OF out
lot No 2, city OF Owosso:
Signed, M. @. Dawes and others.
Aid. Palmer presented the following petition
for sidewalk which was referred to the commit
tee on streets and sidewalks:
To the hon Mayor and Common Council OF the
city OF Owosso;
Gentlemen-We the undersigned residents
and taxpayers residing on Exchange and Dewey
streets humby petition your honorable body TO
cause sidewalk 10 be built on thenorth side OF
streets, in front OF lots three 81 live @l six 6,
seven "a and eight (S) Of AL BIO. Williams
sub division OF out lot seven ca of the city Of
Owosso, and your petitioners will ever pray, etc.
Signed, G. j. Matthews and others
Aid. Walsh presented following petition
which upon motion was accepted and request OF
petitioners ordered granted:
To the Common Council of the city of Owosso
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned residents Of
north Washington street do hereby respectfully
request that you cause Washington street to be
sprinkled north to King street and your petit
TONERS will ever pray
Signed, James Osburn and others.
Aid: Watson presented the following petition
for sidewalk which was referred to the commit
SQeWallyS
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council Of
the city of Owosso:
Gentlemen We, the Undersigned taxpayers
residing on Martin and Chapman streets, do
hereby petition your honorable body to cause to
be constructed two crosswalks on the above
streets as follows: One on Chapman street ex-
tending from the east side of said street to con-
meet with walk on Milwaukee street; the other
across Martin street at junction of milwaukee,
and Martin streets. And your petitioners will
Signed, VIM. Knester and others.
The following claims and accounts were pre-
scented and referred TO the committee on claims
and accounts:
Contingent Fund-H. w. Mann $500. Geo.
Virgins ID co.
Board OF Health Fund-A. Todd g. Co. $164O.
Fire Department Fund-A. X. Giles $1,000,
John Ashford 1900. Minnie l.. Smith LOO, E. b.
Tubbs 075
Police t'und-william Barresford s22 90, John
Hammond 22OO, j. T.. Cady 2200.
Highway Fund-Wm. Ball 81 .02, Chas. Bailey
2;bo, David Moss 1000, ii. Byerly $50, A. F..
Holmes 100 40
Water Works Fund-H. Robbins $32.28, j. s.
Hunt 1850, Argus Pub. Co. "a.
The city clerk as secretary OF the Beard Of
Public Works submitted the following report
with the plans and specifications therein men
toned, all of which were accepted and adopted,
ayes g. nays o.
A committee was appointed from the board Of
public works to examine the plans and specif
cations OF proposed sewers and report as fol-
To the Hon. Board of Public Works OF the city
of Owosso:
The committee appointed by you to meet and
examine the plans and specifications of the pro-
posed sewers on Michigan Ave north Shia-
wassee and west Main streets, drawn and sub
mitted by Mr.. Briggs, our engineer, beg leave
to report that we have gone over them in a very
careful manner, and given them a thorough in
vestigation, and have found them entirely salts.
factory as far as il Is in the power of this COM
mittee to ascertain. and do respectfully recon.
mend their adoption by the board
}. S. Haggart.
Stanley T.. Parkill,
c. H. Cossitt.
Moved and supported that the report of the
committee be accepted and adopted, and with
said plans and Specifications be referred to the
common council with the approval of the Board
of Public Works; carried.
The city clerk also reported that he was In
structed by the board OF public works to request
the mayor to appoint a committee to meet with
the board of public works for the purpose OF ad
justing accounts between the city OF Owosso
and the water works fund. The request was
granted and q committee appointed for the pur-
pose consisting of Aid. Dewey, Gould, Walsh.
The committee on claims and accounts re-
ported favorable on accounts as above present
ed; unanimous consent being given same were
allowed as presented, ayes 8. nays o.
An account of Fox g. Mason for s35 80 for lum.
Der was presented and motion made that IL be
Palmer, Walsh-6; nays. Shaw, Harmon, Wat.
sons. This being motion for the expendi-
ture of money the mayor declared IL not carried
Aid. Jordan moved that the vote on the Fox
& Mason account be reconsidered and the &C
count be laid on the table for one week, carried
ayes, Gould. Dewey, Copas, Jordan, Palmer,
AID Jordan moved that the report of the com
mittee on vault for city offices be taken from
the table, which motion prevailed, ayes o.
nays0.
Aid Jordan moved that the report of the
committee on furnishing vault for the city OFF,
ces be accepted and adopted carried; ayes,
Dewey, Shaw, Harmon, Jordan, Palmer, Wat
son, Walsh; nays, Gould, Copas-2.
Motion was made that claims and accounts OF
the board OF health against the city be taken
Motion vas then made that said claims and
accounts be allowed carried, ayes, Dewey,
Harmon, Jordan, Palmer, Watson, Walsh-6;
nays, Gould, Copas, Shaw
The committee on streets and sidewalks pre-
scented the following resolution which was
adopted, ayes nays o.:
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council OF
the city Of Owosso.
Gentlemen-Your committee on streets and
sidewalks do hereby most respectfully report
and recon mend TO this common council, That IL
is a necessary public improvement that certain
sidewalks In the city of Owosso be repaired and
made safe for public travel and that certain
sidewalk be built In said city OF Owosso, on
certain streets In said city. and In front OF GER
tain lands abuting on said street, as follows, to-
wit:
new walk of cement or stone-J. A. Coop
err, lands situated on north Hickory street, In
the city OF OwossO, commencing at point on
the west line OF Hickory street, rode OF the o
corner of out lot 49, of j. Kelleys addition,
thence west 10 rods Q In. parallel with said out
lot. thence n parallel with g line OF said out
lot 16, 4 rods, thence parallel with line OF
said out lot 49, 10 rods and ill., thence along
W line of Hickory to place Of beginning.
New walk, Celia Ashford, on east Oliver St.,
beginning 10 rods OF the west line, "A OF sw
u OF sec IL, on line parallel with Oliver street.
north rods, Q rods, s rods, and w rods to
beginning.
r. G. Beckwith, new walk, lots and 4, blk 8,
original plat.
w. D. smalley, lot 8, blk 5, A. L. Williams
add, new walk.
New walk, d. r. Salisbury, lot 2, blk s, except
north IT. A. l.. Williams'add.
John Laverock, new sidewalk, lot 8, blk Q, J..
X. Barnes add
Louisa Sullivan, new walk, lot IS, blk B. @. r..
Lyons add.
Mrs. L. Il. Gould, new walk lots 43, Al, AZ, l..
A. Gould's sub division of out lot 4, except 10
feet of of north side of lot Al.