The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
Comm on Council.
Common Council Chamber,
OWosso. Mich. Nav 70. 1902,

OWOSsO, mlcn's MAY 70, lSuz' }
Regular meeting OF the common council,
Mayor Vernon NJ. White, presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Pierpont.
Wiley. Nichols, Detwiler, Brown, ketcham
Densmore, Washburn, VanSice.
Minutes OF last me sting read and approved.
Aid. Densmore presented following petition
which was upon motion received and referred
70 the committee on streets and alleys.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Coun.
Gil OF the city OF Owosso:
Gentleman
We the undersigned residents and taxpayers
Of dne CITY 81 ps e ao your
west from Pine street to the Shiawassee river,
SO that the water from south Of King III. will not
street and damage the residence ppopersy there
and Il fY others ss''' '''' ''' - ''
Aid. Densmore presented following petition
70 the committee on streets and alleys. '''
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council Of the
City OF Owosso.
We the undersigned and residents of Michigan
avenue do petition the honorable body % have
the drain at corner Of Michigan avenue and Cen
esee street, running north to the river, TO be
cleaned and your Let TONERS will ever pray. w.
II. HoOkway and four others.
AID. Washburn presented following communi.
cation which was upon motion received aud or
Owosso, Mich, May "a, 1902.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council OF the
City Of OwOsso.
Gen,lemen-I would respectfully ask that you
cause ! ''N'' e ~ ' William Bail.
Aid. Brown presented following communica-
ton which upon motion was referred 10 the
county drain commissioner
Owosso, Mich, May 20, 1902
To the Mayor and Common council OF the City
sirs-i would make the following report on the
COmst0ck drain:
Ihave taken the levels and find that the drain
ent from the south line Of the city 70 the d., q.
H. 81 M. by, with a fall OF four feet 70 the mile
without lowering the iron culvert under the said
railway. That would make this part Of the
drain average about IA feet deep.
l requested your committee on public health
and Improvement to look the drain over with
me. Mr.. Derwiler and MI Brown responded.
Probably much better results could be obtain
ed by lowering the above mentioned iron culYert
about 2n or feet.
II this should be the wish of your honorable
body would recommend that the matter be
placed In the hands OF the county drain commits
soner as all that land lyiu south of the city and
draining into said drain should be asses ed.
Very respectfully yours,
ELMsR F. JUSTIN.
City surveyor.
Following claims and accounts were presented
and upon motion was referred 10 the committee
on claims and accounts.
From Contingent Fund.- harles Holden So
Am Exp Co BIG. Gregory Mayer, Thorn co /? 90.
s Ap 5AP John mi fo Tier IS Co same es
lock, is OF, Doubleday Bros. & co 80, same % %,
same %. Cara Byrnes l6 &c.
=, From Fire Department fund.- Martin 1000,
Smith 20, James Brown 1 90, Floyd Reynolds
4OJ, ii u Edwards & Co 10 OS, Owosso Hard
ware Co H. Geo Gabriel s., Am Exp Go 2oc,
A mn a 4 ln.n Vall Eira
Alarm Tel Co y, l. f Woo lard 20
Police Fund-Frank j. Mack Is CO. Lee II. Re.
tan IL -, Geo, A. Griffith II 20, z. III. Ross Is 90.
From Highway Fund-Wm Douglas 90. Cnas
Bailey 80 10, Chas Ferry 225. Atkinson o.,
A Crane II 20, Z Hambsrry CSC, Dean 1 60, Jas
Doyle-tO co. Jas Helt 10 o. l. L Woodland 1860.
From Sidewalk FUND.- Hayes 10 IS, q Irish
30, W . Vanderyeck IS. Cady S IS, q Bod.e
%, w Tobias s 25. l Marble 800, Dan Signs
u 90. en- Washburn - 75. Ball 0o, " BAN
Geo Joy ~ 90, L Dean co, Jas Odell 43 03.
From Pine Street Sewer Fund-Bert Hodges
10 rs, X McClintock 30, II Is signs 80. p viii
loushby 20, Akron Csc. Fulton 50, Jams
G lindsey 525, Ben Monroe 90, T Campbell
its Co. Nichols 50, VIII vanTn s.. VIM
W Sprout rs. + Cook Is, l. Miller so, G
Knight 7 IS, VIM Schieman 5 az, F j Bailey Is,
W. yandeIbesk Is E Haun 4 80, J AUNT
L II
same 40, same 9ic, same 100 IS.
From Health Board Fund-Dr. S Perkins 90,
L Eat)n 4Sc, ID NJ Christian 81, A Todd Il Co
20 L Deversaux 49, Dr. Chas Shickle II Gu.
Committee on claims and accounts reported
favorable on accounts as above presented unan.
imOus consent being given same were allowed;
ayes Q. naysO,
Aid. Brown offered following resolution which
was upon motion adopted; ayes 8, nays0
Resolved by the common council of the city OF
Owosso that IL Is a public necessity that Com
stock creek drain be cleaned out and deepened
according to the survey made by the city survey
or of said city between the Shiawassee river and
south line Of city, and that the street commits
sioner of said city Is hereby directed TO proceed
and clean out and deepen said drain and furnish
to said council the complete cost of said i'm.
provement and that the special assessors Of the
city of OwOss0 spread the same on the special
assessment roll against the property benefited
thereby. according to the original assessment of
the construction thereof.
Aid. Washburn presented following report
which was upon motion adopted; ayes ., nays O..
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City Of OwOsso.:
Gentlemen-Your Committee on streets and
sidewalks do hereby most respectfully report
that II is a nece ssary public improvement that