The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Board of Public Works,
Fred Edwards, Sec'y.

Fred Edwards, Secy.
The committee on claims and accounts re.
ported favorable on accounts as above present
ed. Unanimous consent being given same was
AID Washburn presented the sidewalk bond
OF b. G. Farnsworth with Arthur Steggall and
En POND II was moved and
ties approved which was carried; ayes 8,
nays0.
II was moved and supported that the ordl-
nance regulating the speed Of trains through
the city be taken from the table, which was
crrried; ayes 8, nays 0. The ordinance having
been read the third time in full IL was moved
and supported that the same be placed upon it's
passage and passed. which was carried; ayes,
Pierpont. Smith, Mclean. Stratton, Curry,
Jordan, Washburn; nays, Moyses:
AN ORDINANCE.
To regulate the speed Of steam cars and the
use Of streets by railroad companies within the
city of OwoSso.
II is hereby ordained by the Common Council
of the city Of Owosso as follows:
Section l. The rate OF speed OF engines and
cars on railroads within the limits OF the city
of Owosso, shall not exceed 20 miles per hour,
and any manager, oiiicer or agent OF any such
or other employe OF any such company having
charge of an engine car or train Of cars, who
shall assist or engage in. or who shall direct,
permit or suffer any such engine car or train OF
cars to go over said railroad within said city, at
greater rate Of speed than twenty miles per
hour, shall on conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars and i'm
prisonment in the county Jail OF Shlawassee
county, Michigan, for term not exceeding
sixty days, or by either such fine or imprison-
ment in the discretion Of the court; and IL only
a fine be imposed, the court may make further
sentence That the offender be imprisoned in
the county Jail for Shiawassee county until the
payment thereof for term not exceeding sixty
days.
one years of age shall get off or on any steam
railway train while the same is in motion with
in the limits of the city OF Owosso except at the
proper depot of the railway company, under
| penalty not exceeding ten dollars, and costs of
prosecution, or the imprisonment in the county
| Jail for Shiawassee county for a term not ex-
ceedipg ten days.
Section 8. II shall be unlawful for any rail.
road company owning or operating railroad
running into or through the city of Owosso, TO
allow any engine, car, train OF cars to remain
standing on its tracks at the crossing OF any
street within the city of Owosso so as TO 90.
| struct travel thereon, for longer period than
| five minutes at one time.
| Sections. Every railroad company running
| engine or cars into or through the said city OF
Owosso, shall cause the bell OF each locomotive
| engine TO be rung continuously while such
engine shall be running in or through said city.
Section 5. II shall be the duty OF every rail
| road company running trains within the cor
] porate limits of the city of Owosso, to station
and keep hagman, and erect and maintain
| safety gates at such points where streets cross
| the tracks of said railroads as the common
| council shall require within twenty avs after
| service upon such company OF notice of such re-
quirement. notice of such requirement
served upon any general agent or manager of
such railroad company or upon the conductor
| Of any passenger or freight train of such COM
| pany shall be deemed sufficient to charge said
! company with the duty aforesaid. No manager,
| superintendent or agent Of any such railroad
| company shall direct any engine or train to be
run, and no engineer, conductor officer or agent
| OF such railroad company shall run any engine
| or train onto or across any street in the said
| city, where a flagman or safety gate has been
ordered by the common council, until such flag
man shall have been stationed at such crossing
or such safety gate shall have been erected and
put in operation.
Section s. Every agent, manager. conductor,
engineer, driver or other employe Of any rail-
| road company who shall assist or engage In,
direct or knowingly permit the violation OF any
| OF the provisions OF sections 3, and OF this
ordinance shall on conviction thereof be
punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars
and Imprisonment in the county jail for Shia-
wassee county for term not exceeding sixty
the discretion OF the court, and IL only fine be
imposed the court may sentence the offender to
imprisonment in the said Shiawassee county
Jail until the payment thereof, for a term not
exceeding sixty days.
Section z. All ordinances or parts Of ordin.
ances in any way conflicting with the provisions
Of this ordinance be and the same are hereby
repealed
Section g. This ordinance shall become
effective twenty days from date OF Its passage
Passed and approved July 3, 1900.
NORRIS OsBURN, Mayor.
FRED EDWARDS, City Clerk.
1t was moved and supported that the city
clerk be instructed to notify the different rail.
road companies running through the city that
this ordinance would be strictly enforced, and
that he serve copy OF such ordinance upon
them, which was carried ayes =, nays0.
Aid Pierpont presented the follow ing report
which was upon motion adopted; ayes s. nays 0:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City Of OwOssO:
Gentlemen-YOur committee on streets and
sidewalks do hereby most respectfully report
and recommend to this common council that It is
a necessary public Improvement that certain
sidewalks In the city of OwossO be repaired and
sidewalks be built in said city of Owosso on Ger.
tain streets In said city, and In front Of certain
lands abuttlng on said street as follows. to.wit:
Mrs. Bailey, $50 S. Shiawassee, lot 49, block T.
Bushs addition to the city OF Owosso.
Michael Griffith lot block q NJ. L. Stewards
cd addition to the city OF Owosso.
Louis Wilkinson, 1929 Stewart street, lot TO-
block q Stewards I'd add.
l. t. Peck, 6l5 N. Washington ST., lot block
33 OF the city Of Owosso.
Pat Hamburg, lot block Z, Lucy Comstock's
add
Arthur Kane. lot at SIS River street, lot
block /, L. Comstocks add.
ID. f. Shaw, beginning 46 rods north of the
center OF Oliver street and lsi feet east of the
west line of y. OF swH OF section 49, thence
east on line parallel with Oliver street 81
feet. south iiO feet, west 81 feet north lao feet
TO beginning.
Harris. piece OF land rods east of the west
line of the east half of the southwest quarter of
sec IT, and rods south Of the center OF King
street, thence east rods, thence south rods
thence west rods, thence north rods to be
A. G. williams-west % feet OF lot ia block
g. city OF Owosso; east % feet OF lot IL block a.
city OF ,owosso Chas: 5 Williams Center sa
feet of block 27 city of Owosso.
]. d, notwithstanding on the ne corner Of
lot block 2e. thence south along the east line
OF lot Q, rods, rods, rods, W rods TO
beginning.
AID Pierpont offered the following resolution.
which was upon motion adopted, ayes g. nays 0:
Resolved, That the Common Council Of the