Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-15
SHORT MEETING
Of City Council Tuesday Evening"
Usual Routine,

were rGdu anu approved.
Building permits were granted to c.
M. Coffman, Gilman street r. W.. Har-
dy, Maple street; j. II. Erbs, Pearl
street; Mrs. Elizabeth Sayre, Front
street; Isaac DeLong, Front street, and
R. Merydith, Front street.
Davis reported he had made an in
vestigation of the complaint registered
by citizen regarding the Seventh
street pavement and sewer near the
chair factory. He found that the
STERN sewer is stopped up and recon-
mended that the Street Commissioner
.e instructed to look after the matter,
which was done and he was also en-
powered to abate the trouble if it was
such that he could do so.
The president presented a plan and
estimate for the circular sewer to be
constructed on Montgomery street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, which
the City Engineer had prepared. 1t
showed the cost of a sewer feet in di-
ameter with inch walls to befmaile Of
brick and 116 feet long to be about
$352.3S.
A motion to instruct the Clerk to ad-
verbise for bids for the work, amended
to have the advertisement for Brick or
stone, failed after considerable discus
sion.
A motion Ito have the Lngineer pre-
pare plans and estimates for stone
sewer of the same dimensions pre-
vailed.
An estimate for the sewer work on
Maple street in the Fifth Sewer Dis
trict, showing probable. cost about
$579.65 with $556.36 assessable on abut-
ting property, was presented and on
motion the Solicitor was instructed to
prepare the necessity resolution for
the sewer.
Mr.. Pfaff said he thought it would
be well to have two blocks more sew
cred at his time, as it would cost no
more to advertise for all of it at once
than for a little piece of work. How
ever, the Engineer showed why it
would be impracticable to sewer the
two blocks mentioned and try to con-
meet it to Gilman street, as they could
not get the proper fall for it without
Interfering with the sewer already on
rranklin street.
Mr. Davis presented the following
resolution:
Be lit resolved by the City Council
of Bhe City of Marietta, Ohio, that it is
the sense of this Council in case the
proposition to issue bonds to build a
bridge across the Muskfngum river
carries at the coming election, that
there be built the best bridge possible
without increasing taxation, and that
no additional levy be made for bridge
purposes. -+
This resolution was adopted.
The Solicitor stated that the city has
been sued by George Ermlich for
damages to himself which he sustained
by falling INTO hole near the side
City Transfer Co.'S Office building.
That the suit as entered makes the
City, George Blake and May E. Palmer
Joint defendants, and the amount
claimed is $500. He also said that the
plaintiff was anxious to have some
Kind of a settlement, as they were not
desirous of having it go into court.
The president asked if the Council
wished to take any action in the matt
ter, but no action was taken except to
instruct the Solicitor to look after the
city's interests. 1t also seemed to be
the general sense of the Council that
the City was not responsible in any
way for the accident, as the committee
had reported at the time when the mat
ter was brought up before and com
mittee had been instructed to make an
investigation and report as to the like
lihood of the City's responsibility.
The Clerk submitted his annual re-
port, which was received and filed.
Mr. Davis brought up the matter of
allowing the bill for extras on the
Montgomery street paving which was
claimed by Mr.. Darrow because of the
damage done to The work by Mr.. Lob
dell Tteams using hhe street while it
was not in a condition to use.l He said
he thought that the city should allow
Ihe bill, and further, that if they al
lowed it right away, Mr.. Darrow would
take $25 instead of the full amount of
$40 which was claimed. 1t was the
general sense of the Council that Mr.,
Lobdell was responsible for the dam
age and that the city has no right to
pay the bill No action was taken
The matter of the paving on St.
Clair street came up and was left in
uhe hands of the Street committee to
see the brewery people and make some
arrangement in regard to their share
of the sidewalk.
An ordinance TO assess a special tax
upon abutting property on Montgom-
cry street for the paving between
Front street and Allen street was read
and passed to the second and third
readings by title under suspension of
the rules and adopted.
The electric light committee asked
for another week in which to make an
Investigation and report, which was
granted