Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-10

| SpOrck repOrte0 the Glinan stree
landing blocked with lot OF oil wei
supplies belonging to Col. Riley ant
Mr., Slemaker, and that they were q
sort Of nuisance and should be remov.
ed. He offered a resolution Ito refer
1t to the Landing committee to have
the stun ordered away. Mr.. Davis
said that thsaandlhe committee had
been down there only the day before
and that they had looked for the wharf
mister to tell him to have the stun re-
moved, bhtfhe could not be found al
that time. The owners VIII be asked
to remove the stun or pay wharfage.
Tie railroads came in for a share oi
the time by Strain complaining that
they keep Second street half blocked
with cars nearly all the time and max
ing motion that the Street committee
be instructed to look after the matter
and get something done with the cars.
Wood said that the matter did not
properly belong to the Street COM
mittee, but was already in the hands of
the police officers of the city.
Lambert asked II there is any way
tnatthe nuisance of the roads switch
ing across the stree. at the Butter and
Front street crossing can be stopped.
1t is daily growing worse and often
pedestrians will endanger their lives
there when they have grown tired of
waiting for the cars to be taken away
from the crossing so they can get along
and try to get across ahead Of the NOV
ing trains. He said that they often do
this, and If there ever will be an op-
pOrtunity to stop them from switching
there, now is the time to begin. He
asked the Solicitors opinion. That
gentleman said that he did not often
ask time to answer a question, but that
this is one of considerable importance
and that he desired time to investigate
The Mayor explained the matter of
police powers in the matter of stop
ping the blockading of street and
stated that to convict man of block
aiding a street you must prove that he
Is the man who placed the car there
and left it. When the officer knows
that certain man bolckades the street
then he can arrest him and they can
punish him for it, but he cannot con-
vict a man unless he is the one who
placed the car in the place to block
ade the street. The right granted to the
railroad company to pass to and fro
upon the track Within the city limits,
implied the right to stop upon that
track, and that they could not be hind
erd from stopping so long as the stop
was only for reasonable time.
Bfume said the Mayors remarks
were true, but as to a reasonable time,
he thought that there would be found
at any time of the night the cars
stan0lng in the street at the Second
street crossing.
Wood stated that one lawyer had
said that he would stop the switching
at the Front street crossing for $50
and he had told him to go ahead and
stop 1t and he would give him $500, al
1t would be worth that to him to have
it stopped along by his property. HI
Satd Inat one Council cannot undo
what another has done and that the
roads have the franchise and cannot
now be deprived of it.
Blume made a motion chat the rail.
road company be notified to take out
the trestle on Butler street to dis.
tance of 70 feet west of the line oi
Front street, and that the tenants Oh
the city building be notified to vacatt
the premises, which motion prevailed
Gossett reported the plank walk
which the Falrview Heights people
placed along the county road leading
from the west end OF Maple stree VI
the hal to be in bad condition, caused
by the slipping of the hill, and moved
to refer the matter to the Street Com.
missioner to repair the walk. BlumG
| offered an amendment to the motion
to refer it to the Street Commissioner
and Solicitor to investigate and report
at next meeting. Mr.. Lambert object.
ed 10 this because there was a goot
many things referred to committees
and il the committee fails to report the
matter is plgeonholed and that is the
last OF it until 1t may come up In si1
months again. Marsch thought thai
it would not be fair for the city to re.
pair the walks, as he said that If tht
walks were defective in front of his
property he would have to pay for Il
himself. The motion was lost, anC
Storck Immediately made another that
the Street Commissioner repair the
walk at once. This motion called
forth a discussion of some length iI
which the President spoke two Or three
times upon the question opposing thu
repairing Of the walk by the city. AT
ter hi last remarks Storck told hin