The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-16
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber.
lOWOssO. Mich. Nov. 4, 1900.

IOwOsso. Mich. Nov. Z, 1900. (
Regular meeting OF Common Council, Mayor
Morris Osburn presiding.
Mclean, Curry, Noble, Jordan Curtis, wash
burn.
Minutes of last meeting were read and APP
proved.
Aid. washburn presented following petition
which npOn motion was referred To committee
To tie Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Gentlemen-We the undersigned residents and
taxpayers !resding on M. l.. stewart q COS "a
addition, humbly petition your bonoraDle Dody
70 saSs and
petitioners will ever pray James Weich anu IL
others.
AID Curry presented the following petition
which was upon motion referred 10 the commit
tee on public lighting.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City OF Ow0sso.
Gentlemen-We the undersigned properly
owners and occupants of property Oh East Main
street do hereby most humby petition your nom
orable body to cause an arc lamp to be placed ace ID
on East Main street at the Intersection OF fark
street, and your petitioners Will ever pray. Ira
Aid. Curtis presented following report which
was upon motion accepted and referred back 70
the Board Of Public Works with power to act. =,
conference.-the Board of Public Works re-
spectfuliy recommends that the prayers OF the
OwOssO Carriage Company for ad0ltaonai nre
protection be granted and that the finch water
main on Milwaukee street from Washington
street to the west line Of the Cwosso Carriage
main. er4 Board OF Pubic WORKS.
The following CLAIMS and accounts were pre-
sented and upon motion were referred TO the
committee on claims and accounts.
From Contingent FundMFoster Bros re Cos Us;
V6, same 10 Sc, johnson Il Hurd 90, Hall Bros.
4sc, Lyon 8 Pond 1870. James Helt soc, Charles
raSs PIX Rynes 81
l 20, e. H. Cherry 20, Robbins Table Co. 90,
Benjamin Monroe 90, Fl. M. Post 90, J. IL.
Moyses 10. A. J. Burke 90, same 90. James
LaverOck 81 80, election and registration, 5000.
From Highway:Fund-TOm Atkins 8 62, Chas
Bailey 9 25, G. H. Virgins 3 rs, Jas, Burbank
8 20, Geo. Dreher $50, Ed Cushman 49, Ell
McCreedy IS. A. Il. Dowery 2 50. W. +. Schultz
8 so, >. W. Denves 81, III Arnold 50, A. Hess
so, John Schultz ~. John Taylor 81. ID sign
81, W. FL. Sign lie, wm Ball 6s5, John Zlssa
Police Fund-Harry Cole 2 90, j. E. Cady 2 OC,
Guy Cole 20, g. w. Rindge 2 90. JAS Herring
ton 2 90.
Fire Dept Fund-Cwosso Fire Dept. 81 90.
Aid. Mclean presented bill for hack hire at.
tending dedication of Corunna Park, amounting
ltwas moved and supported that the bill be
allowed at SO which mtoion did not prevail.
1t was moved and supported that the bill be
referred back to the committee with instructions
to to report at next meeting which was carried.
Aid. Smith presented following report which
was upon motion received and ordered printed.
OwOsso, Mich, Nov. |, 1900.
70 the Hon. Mayor and Common Council OF the
City of Owoss0
Conference.-The following Is a report of the
arrests made during the month of October 1900:
Ocl. 2, Harrison Job, drunk, "a 20 costs.
Oct6, Aft Coleman drunk. So on fine and costs,
Oct.6, W. j. Corners; drunk. $6.s5 costs.
Oct 10, Sidney REYNOLDS. jumping on trains,
sentence suspended.
tence suspended, Yours respect ully,
z. III. Ross, City Marshal.
Aid. Smith presented the report OF city mar
shall of the number Of electric lights out during
ported that the city clerk be instructed to make
out statement of amount due city for lights that
W. re out and present same to Electric Light
Company for payment, which was carried.
The committee on claims and accounts report
cd favOrably on accounts as above presented.
Unanimous consent being given the same were
allowed and the clerk was directed to draw or
ders for the same provided there Is sufficient
money IN the funds; ayes b, nays o
The committee on public lighting reported ia
yorably ON the placing of an electric light on the
corner OF Stewart and Hammond streets.
1t was moved and supported that the city
clerk be instructed to see the special assessors,
and have them make out the sprinkling roll at
once which was carried
AID. smith reported that there was a number
of sidewalk builders around the city that did not
place danger signals up at night and asked to
have the street commissioner look after the
same
Aid. Noble reported that the foot bridge on
Oak street. needed repairing at once in the way
of new rods and some stone around the fOunda-
ton. 1t was moved and supported that the
street commissioner be instructed to repair the
bridge at once, which was carried, ayes 8, nays
0. Aid. Jordan offered following resolution,
which was upon motion adopted ayes nays o,
Resolved by the common council of the City
Of Owosso that the city clerk be and Is hereby
Instructed to draw an order In favor OF the
,itizens Savings Bank for the sum Of S240
against the interest and sinking fund for the
purpose of paying the interest on the 1899 paving
bonds.
Upon motion council adjourned until Tuesday
evening, Nov. l3.
FRED EDWARDS. City Clerk,