Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-11
COUNCIL
Held It's Regular Weekly Meet
ing Last Evening,
ta.t ~ :. re-ftisi,a-

ing members present. Curtis, Cut
ter, Benedict, Kelns Matchett Plum
er, Savage, Strain and Toller.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved and building per-
mits granted TO r. w. Best on New
street and Rudolph Rudig on Wash
ington.
A letter from the Pan-American Dec
Grating Co., was then read. That
company offered to decorate the city
building for the week of the Elks'
Carnival and to attend to the decora-
tions while they We're up for the sum
Of $125.00, or to decorate the front
of the building and 80 feet on one
side for 800. The communication
was received and filed and referred to
the building committee.
Mayor Sykes report for the months
of June, July and August was read.
Upon motion of Strain the report
was referred to Police Committee for
auditing before being accepted.
The city engineers estimate of the
cost of improvement at the Putnam
street landing were then read. His
estimate of the cost was $67.30 and
upon motion OF KeIns the matter was
referred 10 the landing committee.
The matter OF making some improve
ments on the alley known as High
School Lane was brought up and on
motion was referred to the finance
committee.
The fire chiefs report for August was
then read and accepted ana placed
on file.
The resignation OF F. j. Cutter of
his office as councilman from the
second ward was rnen read. Mr.
Gutter stated that the reason for his
resignation was that he was no long
er a resident of the second ward
On motion of Mr.. Kcrns the resigna-
ton was accepted.
| The report Of the police committee
on the prize fight was then read. The
committee reported that it was moi
a prize fight under the law, but was
simply scientific display OF boxing
| given for amusement and that
the entire police force, with the eX-
| ception of two were present. They
| also found that the police were guilty
Of neglccting their duty upon that
evening and when they should have
been out on their beats, they were at
the boxing contest leaving all police
calls and duties to take care of them
selves. The committee as majority
further advised that charges should
be made out against officers Who at
tended the contest and that they
should be expelled anda new police
force organized that would be more
of credit to the city. Strain as
the minority Of the committee report
ed that after carefully investigating
the facts and evidence OF the affair
he did not think that the case was
baG enough or serious enough to war
rant bringing charges against the men
Dut he strongly recommended giving
them severe reprimanding and then
let the matter drop.
After considerable discussion on the
matter Mayor Sykes said that the
police were very loyal under the cir
Cumstances and that he had made a
rule himself whereby after an officer
had made his rounds he should call
at headquarters in order to see II
there were any telephone calls for
police in his district
The Mayor also said that there
should be private telephone for
each man on his beat somewhere
where he could call up headquarters
for instructions and not have to walk
all the way there and back. After
some more discussion by the council
in which Strain said that the whole
matter was brought up and agitated
by the newspapers, "a motion was
made TO adopt the minority report
which was defeated.
Strain then changed his report sc
that it recommended that the whole
matter be referred back to the Mayor
which upon motion was carried
Toller reported that the sewer al
the fire department No. was stopped
up and made motion that The mat.
ter be referred TO the sewer committee
which was carried.
The park commissioners asked the
council to give them $500 for improv
ing the park, but owing to the condi
tion of finances this was not granted
Plumer said that the old survey!
of Putnam subdivision could not be II
lied upon any longer and made mo
ton that new surveys be made This
was referred 10 the street commits
siOner and city engineer.
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