The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-04-29
Council
Proceedings.

A brief and business like adjourned
session of the city council was held
Wednesday evening. AT this session
an ordinance was passed providing for
the issue of bonds in the sum of $l5. 0O0
to secure funds for the erection of a
new water works pumping station and
lay new twelve inch water main
leading from the pumping station
north on Detroit street to Buckingham
avenue. The cost of the new station
will be $500 and the cost of laying the
new main $77O0. Another ordinance
was that providing tor an issue
of bonds In the sum of $4,000 in order
to secure funds with which to meet the
expense of laying a new gas main on
Sandusky avenue from Elm street to
Cemetery street. This main must be
laid before the thoroughfsre is paved.
The cost of laying this main will be
S4s00. If by some action. unforeseen
at the present time. this avenue should
not be paved then the $4,000 will be
expended in making a number of water
and gas main extensions in various
parts OF the city.
Before the passage of the above or
dinances the committee ON public util
titles offered report which was accept
ed. This report gave in detail q num-
ber of streets upon which gas and water
mains should be laid, recommended
the acceptance of the plans of Architect
Gottwald for the new pumping sta
ton, recommended the laying of q
new gas main on Sandusky avenue and
recommended the laying of the new
water main to lead from the pumping
station north ON Detroit street to Buck
inghsm avenue. The laying of mains
ON the other streets where the commit
tee declared mains should be laid was
not recommended as the city cannot
at this time procure money with which
to make the improvements but 50 soon
as funds can be procured the task Of
preparing for the laying of mains on
the streets covered by this report will at
once be taken up. Other action taken
by the city solons at this meeting was
the passage of the Sandusky avenue
paving assessing and Detroit street
paving assessing ordinances, the PAS
sage of an ordinance granting the Big
Four railway company tine privilege
to lay a four inch water main across
Garfield aud Columbus avenues and the
granting of the right to ]. Frank
Roger and Mrs Alice Rankin to move
buildings over the streets of the city.
In being granted these privileges each
must deposit the sum of s25 with the
Board of Public Service and the build
ings must be moved over the streets
within period Of five days as after
this period of time the sum of 81 pen
day win be assessed against the owner
of the building for each day the struc-
ture stands upon the thoroughfare.
The matter Of the need of the con-
struction Of gravel sidewalks ON Clagg
street was brought before the council
by citizen Joseph Fryling and referred
to the committee on streets and side
walks, the plat for the Huber addition
located on east Brown avenue not ac'
cepted, it being returned to Mr. Huber
with the direction that changes must be
made in it before it could be accept.
ed, and the body adjourned.
After a sprint of nearly a mile Will.
liam Thompson, dealer in brass and
hides, of west Columbus avenue, cap
tur,d Walter Morris, colored, of Gar.
field avenue, Wednesday noon. Morris
at about 1850 O'Clock Wednesday
morning was noticed by q pedestrian
endeavoring to force an entrance int
the Thompson establishment by wa,
of a window. A shout frightened Nor
ris and he left but Immediately return
ed. When Thompson came from din
ner he caught the man right in th'
act of climbing from the window.
Iqusntity OF brass was found outside
The thief fed and Thompson CAV
chase capturing Morris about mil
north of the CITY He waa broupht 4