The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-15
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Much Business Of Importance Passed on
by the City Board.

10 merlU mention. AIUer Une TedulDg
of the minutes the clerk reported a
few minor transactions, such as the
collection of saloon licenses and the
report of the inspection of boilers at
the waterworkS by experts from the
Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co.,
from which it appeared that they are
in excellent condition, and then the
ball was opened by the presentation OF
petition in which ID. G. Smith prays
leave to establish hay scales in the
street where the Jacox scales former
ly stood.
This evoked an expression of opin-
ion on the subject of street occupancy,
disclosing a strong sentiment in favor
of combining the city's highways to
highway purposes. Scales, poles,
posts, racks, obstructive signs and the
like, will be regulated by this council
with the hope that they will ultimate
ly be eradicated. The petition was
referred to the committee ON ordi-
nance and police.
The same subject came up again in
another connection, upon PROPOSE
tion to enact an ordinance concerning
telephone and electric light poles,
sign and hitching posts, etc.
This entire matter was referred to a
committee of the whole council. 1t
was agreed that hitching posts and
sign posts ought to 60 at once and
that poles for wiring ought to be
placed in the alleys as rapidly as is
possible without bearing too heavily
on the companies interested. A con-
ference was appointed.
L. A. and r. c. Kloepfer sent in a
communication in which they claim
damages for the flooding of their
basement in the Corbin block during
the last heavy rains, and asking for a
conference as to the amount and the
city's liability. The ground of the
claim is that the private sewer drain
ing their basement was tapped by the
city and its capacity Overtaxed there
by, thus causing the water to back up
and accumulate for want of sufficient
outlet. The claim for damages is
stated in very temperate terms and
the petitioners hope to avoid litiga-
ton. The question of the city's right
to turn surface drainage from streets
into private sewer not constructed
for that purpose is puzzling the city
attorney.
The mayor and clerk were empow-
cred to bind the city in contract
with the L. E. & w. to supply it's 10
comotives with water for a period of
five years at $50 month.
A question having arisen as to the
drainage of storm water i'm the vicin-
ity of the new Linkenhelt elevator on
the L. E. & w. at CAIRO street, it
was referred to a committee of the
whole council for investigation.
The bills for three weeks, amount
ing to So, 1873, were presented and
allowed, reducing the funds on hand
to 50, 1922. 1t is apparent that the
city will be borrower of money soon.
Some years ago when the matter of
more street crossings over the Penn
Sylvania track was under discussion,
Judge collars, attorney for the COM
pany, made a sort of promise that
subway crossings would some day be
constructed at Center and Fifth
streets. More recently residents of
the city have petitioned for crossings
at Third and Miner streets and in
the course of the ensuing correspond
ence Judge collars has resurrected his
old and forgotten promise and sug-
gested that the people ought to be
satisfied with that, Directing strenu-
ously to the later proposition. But
the people will not be satisfied with
the present facilities for crossing the
tracks, even when promise for some
thing more in the indefinite future is
added, and the company will have to
do more than write letters before long.
There is an inaccessible crossing
away over by the wagon factory, a
low bridge at Michigan street, a dam
gerous and difficult passage at Center,
and high, steep ridge at Fifth
street. Residents of the south side
would like to have one good, safe and
convenient place to get across into
town.
And then the paving matter came
up in several phases. Hatch & Sons,
the contractors, agree to furnish a
bond in the sum of 81, 500, good for
three years, conditioned upon their
keeping the North Michigan street
pavement in good repair that long.
Their bond for s43. 900, for the proper
construction of the work on that one
job was approved, being secured by a