Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-15

| street from Mr.. IoDdelPs use OF IL.
Mr.. Wood stated that Mr.. Darrow
came to him and asked him to o. K
the bill, which he refused to do as he
did not think the city responsible for
the damage. He thought that Lobdell
was the man to pay the bill, as he was
the man that got the benefit of the use
OF the street, and that he told Mr..
Darrow to sue Mr.. Lobdellfor the dam
age and get his money
A motion to refer the matter to the
Paving committee to report at next
meeting prevailed.
The necessity resolution for the is
suing of bonds for $4,000 to build a
new bridge across the Musklngum riv-
er at the Putnam street crossing, was
read for the third time and unani-
mously adopted.
The Solicitors report regarding the
already famous injunction suit of the
First Baptist Church against the City
of Marietta to restrain them from en-
larging their electric light phantom the
ground owned by the city, was read,
In the report he said that he could
not agree with the decision as rend-
cred; that 1T is, If 1t Is good law sweep
ing and far reaching in its effects, not
only regarding the location of the city
lighting plant, but in regard to other
manufacturing industries as well, es-
pecially II they Use heavy machinery,
or steam power, and further il they use
coal for fuel.
Mr.. Wood made a motion that the
report of the Solicitor be accepted and
placed on file, and that the Light COM
mittee be instructed to select loca-
ton for the new lighting plant at
once.
After some discussion of the motion
as put, most of the members saying
that they were willing to vote for one
half Of 1t, but not willing to vote for
the other half the same way, Mr..
Wood said that he would cut the tail
off the kite and give them chance to
vote on the first half of the motion
that is, to receive and file the Solicl-
tors report, which motion prevailed.
Wood then offered motion that the
Light committee be instructed to find
a suitable location for the plant.
Blume asked If it meant to drop the
suit entirely. If it did he would vote
aginst the motion, as the decision, as
it stands, is aglnst the manufacturing
interests of the city and he did not
think that property would be worth SO
cents on the dollar If the manufactur-
ing interests were driven out of the
city.
Wood said that the opinions OF the
newspapers would not Cnange his, as
he thinks the opinions OF the papers
are only the expressions of man, and
that his opinions are os good as those
OF other people. If the question were
put to vote he believed that nine
tenths of the people of the city would
vote to have the plant so they could
have more light. If the manufacturing
interests of the city are in danger of
having to fight an injunction suit, the
city did not want to fight their battles
for them.
! - Wtttlig said that the city business
should be conducted just as any wise
man would conduct his own private
business. He didn't think that any
man would stand the decision as rend-
cred, but would carry it up.
Trautman favored carrying the case
up. Lambert was not in favor of car
rying the case up. Said the city does
not want their money spent to fight
the battles of corporations, but they
want more light. The case, as he un-
derstood it, was lost partly from the
fact that there were no specifications
for the foundations of the proposed
structure.
The motion to look for suitable
location got tie vote, and thereby
lost.
Pfaff made a motion to appeal the
case, which lost.
Lambert, in further talk, said there
were plenty of places that could be
had for the new plant that would not
subject the city to an injunction suit,
and Wittlig and Blume asked him to
name some Of them. When he men,
TONED the city property near the rail-
road on Front street, Blume said that
there were four persons who would
proceed at once to get out an injunc-
ton If there was any talk of locating
there, and on being asked who they
were, he named Mr.. Hopffan, but did
not name the rest.
The Clerk reported $24O hall rents
collected for the month OF January,
also $40 received for some old benches
that were sold to the church in Full
tonburg.
Bills allowed and the meeting ad-
journed.
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