Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-25
THE MEETING
OF the City Council in the Fresh
ened Quarters.


two weeks on account of grip. The
following members were present:
Cochlan, Blume, Wlttlig. Lambert,
Marsch, Lofnand, Trantman, Wood
and Pfaff. ssu oaw
The reading efithB mlhates of the
last meeting was, dispensed with
Building permits were granted to the
City Transfer Co. on Third street; J.,
H. Huffman on George street; And
rev Schwinderman on Marion, above
Third.
The Bridge committee asked for an
other week in which to make it's report
in regard to the Putnam street bridge,
whicn time was granted. 4 a..
The Sewer committee reported that
tn ework in the Fifth sewer s district
was completed, hut thatthe City En-
gineer hao not vet been able to test the
work to see II itsis all right and asked
for another week. w complete the test
and make sure that the work was all
right. The time was granted.
The special cpu1hfttee which was ap-
pointed - draft an ordinance
no ''craR,ad, the Cfiice ,of City
Electrefan REPORTED that they had
done the work required and submitted
the ordinance. which was read and
passed to the second and third read
ings under suspension OF the rules,
and then at the request of Mr.. Wittlig
it was again read in full. Mr.. Traut-
man made a motion that it be referred
to committee of the Whole for con-
sideration and argument before 1t be
adopted, to report at next meeting.
Motion prevailed.
The ordinance creates the Office of
City Electrician and provides that he
shall give bond for the proper per-
formance of his duties in lne sum of
one thousand dollars. That his salary
shall be payable monthly out of the
funds in the city treasury. That he is
to have charge of the city electric light
plant and machinery, boilers, engines
etc, connected Herewith, also the city
fire alarm system, and to keep the
same in good working order That he
shall have the power to hire or dis
charge employees as may be necessary
to the performance of the work of the
Lighting and fire alarm systems, to be
with the sanction of the Council.
The Clerk read the amount of the
cas-. payments which have been made
on the street improvements in various
parts of the city. They were as fol-
lows: Scanned street, $70652; Woos
ter street, $1.449.07; Washington,
$1,24S.97; Montgomery, $546,99; Put
nam avenue, $344.90. ~
Resolutions authorizing the Clerk
to advertise for uIus TO rthe bonds of
the city to pay for the street improve
ments were read and adopted.
Resolutions allowing the heirs of.the
late Matthew Jurden to pay the 25 per
cent of property valuation for their
share of the street improvement and
to allow Adam Morgernstern to pay
his share the same way, were adopted
A bill for the street signs from the
Metal Stamping Co. was read by Lam
bert. The bill amounted to $15199,
and was referred to the City Engineer
and Clerk to check off the signs re-
ceived and see that they were all there
before the bill should be allowed.
Mr.. Trautman statd that the Episco-
pal church wished to give an enter
tainment in the Auditorium on Febru-
ary I'd and that ,ley had requested
that the use of the hall be granted
them at cost Of running expenses only,
a sthey had suffered severely in the
high water of last year and were TAX
ing the step to assist them in obtain
ing funds for the purchase of new
things to replace the old that were
damaged by water and he recommend
ed that their request be granted. He
made the motion to that effect and it
prevailed.
Mr.. Cochlan called attention to the
fact that the Marietta Gas Co. had a
affair in their pit in the
lower end Of town that is almost a
nuisance and recommended that a
be appointed to confer with
them and see IL something cannot be
done to .abate the foul smelling thing.
The chair appointed on the committee
Messrs. Cochlan, Wittlig and Lambert.
Trantmah moved that the chair ap-
point two members and the City Solici
tor to attend the meeting of the Ohio
League Of Mpnieipalities, now in ses-
3Aonat 1aneSvllIe, in conjunction with
the Mayor, who is going. The dele
gates to pay their own expenses If
they go, The, motion a prevailed and
Messrs. Trautman and Wood were ap-
pointed. This actionswas taken as an
act of courtesy fbP' The invitation
which was extended the Mayor and the
City Council by the League.
The Finance committee asked for an
expression of Council on the allowance
OF bill of $1.OO for the killing and
hurying OF dog. The bill was in ia
vor of George Burton, who had per-
formed the task at the instance OF or
hcer PoNey. and after some drscu, sion
OF the matter a motion to reject the
bill showed that the members did not
want the bill rejected Mr.. Wood said
that he thought that II was time that