Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-18
As IlIuminant For East
Market Street.
Would Cost Much More Than
Electricity.
Big Remonstrance Submitted Last
Night-CounciI Meeting.

Night-CounciI Meeting.
A remonstrance, signed by 103 prom
ine1lt property owners of East Market
St, representing three fourths Of the
property fronting upon the street was
presented in the city council at Mon
day nights meeting. The petitioners
are opposed to the city's contracting
for lighting the streets with gas lights,
as was recommended by the Board OF
City Commissioners, Monday. The
slgners to the remonstrance state that
they are not in favor of going back
to the old system of gas after the !
Northern Ohio Traction company has ,
spent so much money in Improvements |
on their electric lighting plants in or
der to furnish the latest and most im- |
proved service in street lighting.
In addition to this the expense of.
lighting the street by gas will be in
creased at least three hundred dollars
per year. 1t will require the placing |
of many posts that. will do much to
mar the beauty of the street.
The remonstrance against the light
ing of the street by gas, and in favor
of the present electric lighting system
being maintained, reads as follows:
To the City Commissioners and the
City Council of Akron.
We. the undersigned, owners of
property abutting on East Market ST.,
being informed that The Northern
Ohio Traction Company, at an outlay
of many thousands of dollars, are
about to perfect and greatly enlarge
it's electric lighting pant and system
so as to increase the Illuminating pow
er of its present street lights fully one
fourth, and remedy the defects of the
present service, making such service
equal to the best in the country; re-
spectfully petition that there be no
change adopted for Lighting said street
with gas instead Of electricity, as such
change would be step backwards and
result in placing more posts upon the
street than are now used, and be 9th
erwise objectionable.
The remonsrrance was referred to
the Light committee.
A resolution was then read, which
had previously been recommended by
the City Commissioners, contracting
with the Welsbach Street Lighting
company, for lighting with gas, East
Market ST., from High st. to Case ave.
This resolution was also referred to
the Light committee.
NEW QUARTERS.
The committee appointed two weeks
ago to consider the matter of securing
suitable quarters for the Council meet
ings, reported that it could find no
place more convenient for the time
being than the present one, and recon-
mended that new desks and chairs
for the Councllmen and newspaper
reporters be purchased and placed in
position in the present quarters
Councilman Brady stated that If many
desks were placed there 1t would in
convenience the officers in conducting
Police court. He suggested that other
quarters be secured for the holding of
Mayors court.
A motion was then passed which
authorized the committee 10 meet
with the Commissioners next Thurs.
day night and further consider the
matter.
ASKS FURTHER TIME.
The Fire and Water committee ask
ed for two weeks further time before
making report on the purchase Of
new fire apparatus. Granted.
WANTED $500 MORE.
Health Officer NJ. w. Hoye ap-
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