The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-06-17
|WiIl be Sold by
|CityNextWeek.
Electric Company to
Ask City for
|AFRANCHISE
Permitting Laying of
Rails Here.
City Council Meets and Passes
Some Important Or
dinanCeS.

With all members present the city
council met in regular session Tuesday
night. Following the approval of the
minutes of the last meeting as read by
Clerk Spittle. Mayor Hsvilsnd reported
that sincs IN ,king his last report
he had collected Sl54. 60 in fines. costs
and license money. He then present
ed three ordinances. one a new saloon
regulating ordinance, another an or
dinance appropriating S67s. 81 for the
use of the Service Board in paying off
a mortgage on city property and the
other providing fer the changing
of the number of pstrolmen of the city
police force from two to three. The
saloon and Appropriating ordinances
We're passed rs read and the police or
dlnanee will be passed later.
Clerk Spittle read an ordinance pro-
viding for the vacating of certain al
leys in Irwin Place addition and the
same was passed
for the appropriation of money to be
expended by the city in paying the
premiums ON the bonds of Mayor Havi-
land. Auditor Roebuck and Messrs.
Dickinson. Buchanan and Roger. MEM
bers of the B. of P. s.. WAS presented
but no action taken on ir. Solicitor
Riddle declaring that is was the gem
eral opinion among the city solicitors
of the state that the enactment by the
last legislature which provides for
cities paying the premiums on the
bonds of city officials is uneonstitu-
tionsl Mr.. Riddle understands that a
suit is soon to be brought to determine
whether or not the measure is consti-
tutional one.
Mayor Haviland returned the ordi.
dinance providing for the approprist-
ing of money 10 be expended in max
ing settlement with Jepths Moore ct
al. who asks damages of the city as
the result of having been overcome by
gas leaking from a main on west Co
lumbus avenue. He returned the or
dinance with his veto as it was not iu
proper from the same providing for ap-
preparation OF money from a fund
which does not exist.
Clerk Spittls read a notice from the
Sandnsky Southwestern Electric Rail
way Company in which the declsra-
tion was made that the company viii
ask the city for franchise granting
it the right to lay rails on Garfield
avenue to Sandusky avenue thence tc
Main street and on Detroit street south
from Ssndusky avenue to Columbu:
avenue.
Attorney John c. Hover presented q
plat for Wright's sub division of al
addition of ten lots to the city of Belle
fontaine and the same was referred Il
the committee on plats- The lots are
bounded by Chillicothe and Auburn
avenues on the north and south ant
Evansville and Seymour streets ON tn,
east and west.
The bids of three job printing con
Germs of the city for the printing o
the annual report of Auditor Roebucl
in pamphlet form Were opened and tn,
printing committee instructed to max,
further investigation regarding tn,
printing of the report. There is bu
$50 for the printing of the report ant
it seems hardly probable that tn
pamphlet can be printed for this sum
The body adjourned to meet at 3
next Tuesday night at which time tn
bids for the sale of Detroit street an
Sandusky avenue improvement bonds
bonds to secure funds to erect tn
new water works pumping station an
bonds to secure funds to lay new wate
and gas mains will be considered a
will also be the bids of contractors VIII
desire to construct the new pump
ing station, to pave the thoroughfare
to be paved and to lay the new waite
and gas mains.