The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-05-05
Common Council.
Common Council Room, [
Owosso. May 1, 80.

Regular meeting OF the common council wit
Mayor Arthur M. Hume, presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Gould
Jordan, Palmer and Washburn.
The minutes Of the last regular meetin
and the special meeting of April 2S, 80 wer
| read and approved as read, except a failure Il
| state that ordinance relative to police depart
ment was to be printed.
| Alderman Walsh presented the following petit
tion which was referred to the committee oil
| streets and sidewalks.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council o
| the city of Owosso
| to be graded. There is big water pond IL
| front OF my house 1t is caused from the M
G. water tank. We are always flooded in rain,
| seasons. Water in front and behind always
| makes sickness. wish you would look after IL
Signed by Frank Beehler and others.
Alderman Jordan presented the following
| petition which was referred TO the committed
Owosso, April g. $685.
To the Hon Mayor and Common Council of the
We, the undersigned tax payers most re.
! spectfully petition that south Washington St.
be sprinkled from the bridge across the A. A
railroad
Signed by e. F. Dudley and others.
Alderman washburn presented the following
petition which was referred to the committed
on public lighting.
owosso, April 90 1899.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council Of the
Conference.-The undersigned residents and
taxpayers OF M. L. Stewart g. Co.'S I'd addition
TO the city OF Owosso, In the fifth ward OF said
city OF OwosSo, do petition your honorable body
TO cause an electric light to be placed upon the
corner of Frederick and Isham streets, in said
addition For which your petitioners ever
Signed by S. z. Watson and 80 others.
sented and upon motion were referred to the
committee on claims and accounts.
From Contingent Fund-Henry S. Hadsall
e62 So John Ash 66.66, American Express Co
0.50 John L. Ash 0s5 Owosso & Corunna Elec-
trio Co, $3.50, Owosso Land, Lumber & Fuel Co,
lao.
Cady 200, John Hammond 22.OO.
Fire Dept Fund-Owosso Fire Dept sl4. 90,
Charles Beattie s.25, Minnie L Smith S25, John
Light Fund-O & Electric Co S35s 40.
From Highway Fund-Dell Butts $3.50, George
Erect 1875 Adam Smith 1875, Ernest Hess
5 63, David Moss 1900 William Ball 900, James
Helt 80 Cries ABS Asa Curtis 500, VIII
liam Miller 625 Otto Weingart $50, william
Hunchey 5.37, Seth Ferguson 6.ss, Ed Hayes
lis5, " h. Signs 6.ss: Frank Crandall ll:25,
Copas, plank to Somers 81 Is
From Water Works Fund.- F Hollis 81. 36,
F Hollis OBS, H Robbins & Son 1892, G Van
Camp $40, A Todd & Co 1897, National Meter
Co 5000, e Stanhope GAS, Oscar Long, l.25,
Lewis Drown loo, VIM Schultz LOO Thomas
Atkinson 90 S Hunt 1900, Floyd Boomer
$500, Charles Cossitt 75.00, q II Balloon 03O, g
Lawrence 400, Electric Co 800, National
Meter Co 800.
The Board of Public Works submitted the
following estimate Of the cost of constructing
the sewer petitioned for on Saginaw street. as
Owosso, April "a, 1899.
Board OF Public Works. Owosso. Mich
Gentlemen-The petition OF ii Copas and
others for the construction OF a sewer connect
ing with Main street sewer at Sag NAV street.
and running north on Saginaw street to center
of Goodhue street, q distance of 1900 feet and
which was referred TO me for estimated cost.
beg leave to report rs follows:
According to Mr. Persons sewer plan ten
inch sewer can be laid from center OF Main st
to center of Oliver st, a distance of 1870 feet,
and an 8 inch sewer from that point TO center
OF Goodhue st, 800 feet, ending with a flush
tank at "a cost for sewer 81 ,4I4 o.; engineering
$1,000 total cost Sl,4i,0O
Respectfully submitted
@. II CossITT, Supt.
The Board of Public Works submitted the
following report on sale of bonds
The Board of Public Works beg leave to re.
port to the council that the bids for paving
bonds were received and opened April 25th, 80,
and were as follows:
The Merchants Loan s. Trust Co., of Chicago.
bid par for the bonds at per cent interest and
offered premium of sl6S50.
Lamprecht Bros. offered premium of $3.50
s75 -
Hayes & Son offered premium OF 246.
Briggs, Todd & Co. offered premium OF a.
The Merchants Loan Trust Co. making the
best offer for the bonds, IL was accepted and
bonds will be delivered as soon as money Is
needed for the construction Of the pavement.
Mayor Hume announced that number of
people had been apprehended in the act OF
violating the ordinance prohibiting bicycle
riding on the sidewalk, and that complaint
would be made against every one of them
unless the council advised otherwise
Alderman Palmer believing that there had
been some misunderstanding about the enforce
ment OF the bicycle ordinance, moved that at
present no complaint be made against past
violators Of that ordinance; motion prevailed.
Alderman Gould submitted the following re.
port, which upon motion was accepted and
adopted.
10 the Mayor and Common Council Of the city
OF Owosso:
Your special committee to whom was re.
ferred the task OF dividing the city into two
would respectfully report as follows: We find
by going over the city quite thoroughly. that
there is at the present time about $500 rods OF
walk on those streets In the city lying north OF
the center OF Main street, and about 5000 rods
OF walk on those streets lying south OF The cen.
ter OF Main street. The walks on those streets
north OF Main street are, as o rule, more com.
pact, and for this reason and nj 40 because there
Is much more stone or concrete walk on north
side, there being some 500 rods, the difference
OF 900 rods between these two portions is not so
important. We would therefore recommend
that all that portion a the city of Owosso lying
north OF Main street be known as district No
l. and all that portion lying south Of Main street