Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-10
BUSY SESSION
OF City Fathers, Mayors Appoint
ments Confirmed,

Inc City council met IN regular
session as usual Tuesday evening. All
the members except Lambert and Eve
leigh were present at the Opening, and
they came in in few minutes.
Building permits were granted to
Mrs C. Il. Hall, Fourth street; Mrs.
Faires, Rich street; Charles Gephart,
Third street; James Roney, Franklin
street.
A communication was received from
citizens asking to have Seventh street
between Putnam and Tupper, opeped.
Theb ond of S. E. Garrison, Treasur-
er of the. Board OF Cemetery Trustees,
with j. A. Davis and Charles Penrose
as sureties, was approved and accepted
The Janitor's report for the month
of April showed hall rents collected to
the amount OF S2OS. The report was
accepted and filed.
The Mayor presented the names Of
William Ketter Sr, for Park Com
missioner, and George w. Deedrick
for wharfmaster. The appointments
were confirmed unanimously. IT,
Davis for the Street committee re-
ported they had investigated the con-
dition of Warren street and that the
City Engineer had not been there and
they were therefore unable to make a
report.
i sNWood reported for the Committee of
the Whole which visited the proposed
College subdivision. They found three
alleys laid Through the plat, hut no
streets. The committee suggested to
the Trustees of the College that they
replat the ground and make two 60
foot streets in the plat and it was like
ly that the city would accept Ii. The
plat was presented as they h"d sug-
gested, and on motion Of Blume 1t was
adopted and accepted. .,s
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
to provide for the appointment of
special members of the police force
was read and passed to the second and
third readings by title only, under a
suspension of the rules and adopted.
Strain reported that the Police COM
mittee had been investigating the reg
ulations and they offered a suggestion
to change some parts of the rules now
governing the police force. The idea
was that when an officer violates GER
tain rules laid down in the regulations,
he shall fined SIS for the first offense,
and it shall be deducted from his pay; (;
for the second offense the fine to be $40
to be deducted from his salary and
should he commit the offense the third
time he shall be discharged from the
force. The question of the adoption of
the change was discussed and finally
deferred for one week on motion of
Blume. .r.t
Lambert brought up the matter of
the sidewalk grade in front OF the
property oil Mr. Isaac Atkinson on Sec
ond streetH stated that the city had
given grade there at one time and the
sidewalk had been laid according to
that grade, but that when the street
was paved the grade was changed.
That Mrs. Atkinson, who owns the
property, had entered her protest to
the change and that the protest is now
on file. Mr.. Atkinson now asks that
the city furnish the dirt to fill up the
sidewalk and that they relay it. This
was referred to the Street committee
with instructions to report.
Rev. Mr. Boyer was present tand
stated that the ministers of the city
had at one time asked the use Of the
Hall at running expenses for the pnr-
pose OF giving a temperance lecture
Their request had been granted and
they had reserved a date, but that Mr..
Seipel had come to them and asked
that they let him have the date, which
they did, and now they would like to
have the same favor extended them for
Thursday evening this week. His re-
quest was granted.
Davis reported the river bank near
the Water Works pumping station to
be in bad shape and recommended
that something be done about 1t.
No action was taken in the matter, as
the Solicitor seems to think that the
most Of fha troubIa ig ~, ,ri,zoto ,D..<s,,
erty OF citizens and that it is not nee
essary-for the city to look after the
protection OF it. fr
"Mf. LOrenz stated that Thomas
Highland has been doing the duties on
Fire Warden in the First Ward and
asks that he be paid the salary for that
ward. This statement aroused quite a
discussion and the Solicitor was asked
as to the legality of such action. He
stated that so far as he was concerned
he thought the question would come
up as to whether or not the city has a
Fire Warden, He did not think that
the Guy has any fire department at all,
from the Chief down. The reason for
this is that there have been no ap-
pointments regularly made and that
the money the city is paying out Is
being paid out illegally according TO
the terms OF an ordinance existing
which was passed with the intention OF
regulating these things. He expressed
1t as his opinion that the ball might be
opened up at one time as well as al
another as 1t was bound to come soon