The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-03-13

| condensed creamery factory there that would
large quantity OF farmers in to the place every
| day withsmlk? And the factory, etc /, cost 20 TO
| 40 thousand dollars. Let me hear from you by
HH. GORE.
| 10 Pine st., Detroit, Mich.
| Aid Wiley presented the following petition,
which was upon motion referred 70 the COM
| To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City Of Owosso:
Gentlemen We the undersigned residents
and taxpayers Of this city humbly petition yeur
Honorable Body to appoint . sealer Of weights
| and measures, az we believe Il will be beneficial
to every citizen In this city.
| F. w. LEWIS and ss others.
AID Pierpont presented the following petit
| tion which was upon motion referred to the
March s. 1908
| Board OF Public Works of the city OF
Gentlemen DssS We. the undersigned residents
humbly petition your Honorable Bodies to
\ cause brick pavement to be laid on wesL Main
street as adopted by the board OF Public Works.
CHARLES Il. PREEcE and 30 others.
Aid Densmore presented following communi.
| cation which was upon motion received and
ordered placed on fiie. owo..o u...s o 100,
To the Honorable Common Council of the
|
from the petition for brick pavement: find
| that the rules OF this company prohibit me
| L. HAGARTY, Agt.
Owosso, Mich, March o, 1908
| To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF Owosso:
Main street are in ravor of bitumnous macadam
pavement.
L. T. SToRRER. &C feet
| BY F. ]. Storrer Agt.
Following claims and accounts were present
| ed ana on motion were referred to the Com
mittee on Claims and Accounts.
From Contingent Fund.- Brooks & Son
SIS Is, Am. Express Co. Csc, Gregory Mayer g.
Thorn Co $50, Am. Exp -ess Co. SOC Mich. Tel.
| White soc. + Il Suthn 90.
a., From Fire Dept. Fund-Am. Fire Engine Co.
w. HSi ~, VIM; Robertson 10 90, E Martin 10 90.
LES, Sproule B. 90, FEE Sutftin 75c, George
Gabriel &c, A Robinson 81, Jack Ashford &c.
From Police Fund.- II Ross SIS 90, @ A
| Griffith II 90, r j Mack II co. Bert Hodges IL co.
| Union Trans. Co. so.
From From Highway Fund-T Atkinson ss7Ow
Doyle 800, c Bailey 40, A Crane Is 90, G
smith 60 Jewell $50, E stanhope csc.
So DR. 0arq 81 Ar neah ,dsoo Wan See
q 4 a. 81, Or Parker 1880. DR.. w wardsoO,
From Water Works Fund-AARRco Co. 1926,
Am. Express Co, 40, H Sturtevant2 ~, E
Mann Co., 40, Quaker City Rubber Co. a 81,
Garlock Pack Co. $ 80 Sunday Creek Coal Co.
From Board OF Health Fund--A Todd Co.
Sly 10; Devereaux 6 26, Bunting & Miller
Johnson Grocer Co. 3 81. Eli,worth VS osmer
80, DIR. s Wilson 81 so, W s Hunt 10 40,
woodland 20, Mrs. s Kidd is CO. Union Tel. Co.
A bill from w J McAfee for si4so for side
walk was presented and upon motion referred
10 the committee on sidewalks and cross walks.
Committee on claims and accounts reported
cd
unanimous consent being given same was al
lowed, ayes 10, nays o.
AID Brown presented the following com:
munlcatlon which was upon motion received
| and ordered placed on file.
Owosso, Mich, March Q. 1903.
10 the Mayor and Common Council OF the City
Gentlemen: At meeting of the Central
LABOR Union OF the city OF Owosso, held on
were unanimously adopted by that body re-
guessing that your Honorable Body have the
o %onn relative to the appointment by the
Mayor or sealer OF weights and measures
taken from the table and passed.
Therefore we. the undersigned, having been
this matter, would respectfully ask your Hon.
oraole body to take such action as may be
necessary for the passage OF said ordinance
r. p. BIGELow.
WIN CADY.
Committee.
Aid. Pierpont presented following communi-
cation which was upon motion received and or
dered placed on file.
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City
of Owosso Mich.
Gentlemen: viii you please take my name
on the petition for macadam and count me
for brick.
M. n. REYNOLDS.
twas moved and supported that the com
! mittee on the ordinance relative to the appoint
ment OF sealer OF weights and measures be
given further time which was carried.
Ald. Nichols offered the following resolution,
which upon motion was adopted; ayes 10. nays0.
RESOLU TON
Resolved, That inasmuch as Hon j. w
Fordney our Representative In Congress. has
by his persistency and energy obtained
the sum of Five, Thousand Dollars
the purchase Of post-ofice site in the City OF
Owosso. we as public body cypress to him the
thanks Of said city, and be 1t further
Resolved that the sum OF three thousand dollars
be appropriated by said city to complete saidpur-
chase OF said site; and that the Mayor and
an order on the contingent fund OF said CITY,
and deliver the same to l. H. Keeler. Charles f.
Rigley and Chas. ID. Stewart Committee. to be
used by them in completing the purchase Of
said post-office site.
Aid. Densmore offered the following resolu-
ton, which was upon motion adopted; ayes
Nichols, Brown, Ketcham Jordan, Densmore.
xanSice: Nays Pierpont. Wiley, Detwiler,
Washburn.
of Owosso, that the Board of Public Works,
City Attorney and City Engineer, be and are
nereDN instructed MAKE "A contract Tor the
paving of West Main aud South Washington
streets, in accordance with bid submitted to
the CITY by the Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
rProyided. That said Company will give the
city sufficient guarantee on said pavement as
well as guarantee against any injunction or
other litigation made by any other Company.
Aid. Jordan offered the following resolution,
which was on motion adopted; ayes Wiley,
Nichols Brown, Ketcham, Jordan, Densmore,
Washburn. VanSice nays Perpont. Detwiler.
Resolved, by the Common Council OF the City
OF Owosso, that the Committee on Public
Grounds and Buildings, be and is instructed TO
have the fourth ward voting precinct sealed up
inside and put In proper condition.
Aid. Brown offered the following resoluti on,
which was on motion adopted; ayes 10 nays D.
Resolved. by the Common Council OF the
City of Owosso, that the Street Commissioner be
and is hereby instructed to dig the ditch from
Broadway Ave. to Lingle Ave. and lower the
tile on Lingle Ave.
Aid. Pierpont offered the following resolu-
tion, which was on motion adopted; ayes 10,
nays o.
Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be
instructed to clean out the drain from Oliver
street to Williams St. on Ball street and put the
same In proper condition to carry OF the water
as IL is now In an unsanitary condition.
Aid. Jordan offered the following resolution,
which was on motion adopted; ayes 10. nays o.
Whereas, on the first day OF April, 1900, the =
City OF Owosso suffered great loss by tae
burning of the Central School Building, and
during said ire our citizens were greatly
shocked TO learn that our Fireman, F.. Ross,