Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-18
SHORT SESSION
OF the City Council, Tuesday Eve
ming,

HlilSs
The City Council held a short ses.
sion last evening with the following
members present; Curtis, Davis, Eve.
leigh, Gossett, Lambert. Lorenz, LofIl.
and, Marsch, Strain and Wood.
The reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with and Council proceeded tc
the transaction of business.
A building permit was granted to
Thomas Highland, on Ohio street.
A communication was received from
the Marietta Improvement Association
thanking Council for allowing them
free use Of the hall for Thursday even
ing, Oct. 10, and extending an invita-
tion to be present at the meeting on
that date. The communication was re-
ceived and placed on file and the invi-
tation accepted.
The bond of $1,000 of Smith & Blake
contractors for the building of the
city light plant, was accepted ]. H.
Becker and John Mills were named as
sureties.
The contract between Smith &
Blake and the City of Marietta was
read. Some slight changes were made.
The time for the completion of the
electric light building was extended to
April 1. The contract was accepted.
Davis reported that Mr.. Miller had
built new residence on George street,
West Side, and wanted a grade estab-
llshed for sidewalk. On motion the
City Engineer was instrcted to estab-
llsh the grade and furnish an estimate
for grading,
The Street Commissioner was in
structed to lay brick cutters two feet
wide on the north side of Orchard
street.
The City Engineer was instructed to
establish grades on Montgomery street
between Sixth and Eighth streets.
A question of where police headquar-
ters should be placed while the work
of building the light plant is in pro-
gress was raised and on motion the
matter of disposlng of the old city
building now occupied by police head
quarters was referred to the Building
committee.
Eveleigh presented resolution to
accept the proposition of e. A. Coch-
Ian to act as superintendent of con-
struction of the electric light building
for per cent of the contract price.
An objection was raised to the imme-
diate passage of the resolution, on the
grounds that Mr.. Cachlan had been a
member of Council, and that there was
a statute forbidding any member of
Council from being employed in any
public work during his term of Office
or within year following. The mat
ter was laid on the table until the So
licitor had time to investigate the legal
points in the case.
On motion the sidewalk inspector
was instructed to order the relaying of
on Front street from the
Congregational church to Scanned
street, and on Second street from the
Cooke property to Scanned street.
Property owners on Quarry, Syca-
more and Ridge streets were ordered
to lay sidewalks within ten days.
Lambert moved that City Solicitor
Richards act as Mayor pro tenn during
the absence of Mayor Richardson, who
is attending the meeting of the Ohio
Valley Improvement Association at
Ky. Carried
Lambert reported that the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
matter of allowing the Bartlett Tele-
phone Co.'S lines o enter the city, de-
sired another week. This extension of
time was granted
Strain suggested that the dirt taken
from the grade for the new electric
line on Greene street east of Seventh
phone Co.'S lines to enter the city, de-
streets be used in filling be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets.
There was some discussion as
to where and how the street car
tracks should be laid and on motion
the matter was carried over for week
Solicitor Richards reported that he
was unable to find the law in reference
to the employment of Councilmen in
public work, and Mr.. Davis took occas-
ion to give the law, if it existed, a
good scoring, which was greeted with
hearty applause by Councllmen.
The following bills were allowed:
p. A. Goebel.. ..... man. ...S 1775