The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-05-06

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the serviceso all our engineers at all times
| and especially AT a time when we are called up.
on TO provide an unusual amount OF water,
which would be the times when the city also
needed the services OF an engineer the most.
would therefore respectfully recommend
| that the council take such steps that would re-
/ lieve US of furnishing an engineer for the SER
vices OF the fire engine.
Very Respectfully,
| Owosso WATER WORKS,
Per O. II. CossIr Supt.
Following claims and accounts,were presented
which was upon motion referred to the Commit
/ tee on claims and accounts
| From Contingent Fund-E o Dewey 90, E
Mann & Co 70 Am EXP Co 80, w cage 80. w
| Lovett 80, l. Griffith 10, Times Pig Co % %
Chas Rigley Jr 60.
From Police Fund.- II Ross IS 90, Grit
fth Ia 90, Bert Hodges Ia co. F w Smith IA 90,
G Denyes IA 90.
| From Sidewalk Fund.- H Lamblin 49, 80.
| From Highway Funds Crane Is 90, Louis
Freass 1000, d Speck 10 90, Jas Doyle 10 90, 4
Dynes Is so, e Hayes is so, M Kreiger 0 90, w
Douglass 90, e Feerer 20, F Fowler 90.
From Fire Department Fund-UEion Mat.
| tress Co IS, l. Hall 10 35, X Parshall 3 63,
| w Robertson 10 90, Edward Martin 1000, Ben
Smith 90, Charles Black 90 Geo Gabriel 90,
James Brown.
From Board OF Health Fund-T Scott 60 o.,
K Sheldon 800
From Water Works Fund-John Brooks s.
Son 90, Owosso Press Pub Co "a, Fred Ed
wards 90, National Meter Co 11S 80. Thompson
Meter Co liz 90, Sunday Creek Coal Co 90 IS,
Detwiler & Son SO. Mueller Mfg Co 90, Cas-.
tree & Son so. w Sprout 4 90, Z Koch TO-
+ Bloomer 80 90, 9 jackson 80 90, John Ashford,
49 81, Hunt so 90, G III Cossit rs 90, II w
Martin IS, o & e Co 90.
Committee on ella inns and accounts reported
favorable on accounts as above presented, I'M
Qpirrr hofn ufu oil In
ed. ayes 10 nays0
Aid. Capas, presented following report, which
was upon motion adopted ayes 10, nays o.
Owosso. Mich. May 2. 1904
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Your committee 10 whom was referred the
matter OF sidewalk tax of L. M. Alexander
have investigated same and found that through
some error the property was assessed for side
walk but the same was not built by the city,
but by Mr.. Alexander himself who paid Mr.
Holmes and holds his receipt. The original
amount being sl224 and with incurred interest
Lot Q, blk L Comstock Add River street, ~
L A Hamblin.
JAS a. CoPAs,
A. L. NICHOLS,
CHAs e. RIGLEY, Jr
II was moved and rupported that the bill Of
l. A, Hamlin, for $40 so for return OF sidewalk
tax, be allowed, and an order ORA wn for the
same, which was carried. ayes 10 nays o.
City Attorney presented following report
which was upon motion received and ordered
placed on file.
To the Mayor and Common Council:-I beg
leave TO report that there is pending ia my office
the following business: In my hand is the claim
OF Martin Miller. and the suit brought by the
Warren Bros. Co against this city, also claim
for gravel by Abrey.
In the Martin Miller claim beg leave to re
port that in my judgment that The same is not
just and legal claim against said city.
further report that on Friday last / had a
conference With Mr.; Georges the agent for. the
Barber Asphalt Paving Company and j. j.
Speed1ts attorney and it was arranged Gf salts.
factory TO said citv) that said company would
take charge Of the suit brought by Warren Bros
Co against said city and conductive same with
out ex pense to said city and said j. j. Speed be
substituted as solicitor for this city and that he
act as such solicitor without charge TO said city
Asphalt Paving Company. also report that
Ia this arrangement all the Paving company
asks is the hearsy cooperation OF the city In the
defense of said suit. On the gravel account OF
Abrey make no recommendation.
further report that have drafted petition
and presented the same TO the circuit court for
Shiawassee County In Caancery and obtained
an order from said court permitting the trans
fer OF funds from one fund to another and have
reported same 10 the chairman of the ways and
means committee.
FIJI. WATSON,
City Attorney.
IT was moved and supported that the City At
torney be instructed to substitute Judge j. j.
Speed, as Attorney to act for the city in he
case Warren Bros Company, VS. the City OF
OwosSo, which Is to be done without cost 10 the
City. which was carried, ayes 10 nays D.
| Aid. Branded, presented following report,
which was upon motion accepted ana placed on
| Tile.
Owosso, Mich, May /, 1904
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City of OwosSo:-
| Gentlemen.-The following is q report Of
| arrests made by this department during the
month OF April 1901 Number OF arrest H. of
| Va a We fnrh hot hat IA
orderly and for out of town officers. Total H.
Amount OF fees collected 40 which was turn.
ed overto City Clerk and hold receipt for same.
Respectfully submitted
| u II. Ross.
City Marshal.
The Liquor bond OF William Bowling. with
julius kelbler and John Lehner as sureties
was presented, IL was moved and supported
that the Bond be accepted and sureties ap.
proved, which motion did not prevail Ayes
| Brown, Brandell, Rigley NAYS Sturtevant
Nichols, Lamffom, Copas, Heyer Washburn.
| The Liquor bond OF Luckerman q Lehner.
with John Lehner and j. A. Barrie as sureties,
was presented, IL was moved and supported
that the bond be accepted and sureties APPROX
ed, which was carried, ayes o, nays Sturtevant.
Aid. Strrtevant, presented the bid of Fred
| EDWARDS, for furnishing the bonds of the City
Clerk and City Treasurer, for the ensuing year
Aid Rigley, presented the bid OF w. G. Cad
wallader, to furnish the bonds of the City Clerk
ana City Treasurer, for $500, II was moved
lsupporLeu InaJ the Ola OF tred EDWARDS be
accepted, which motion did not prevail, ayes 9,
! nays Rigley.
Aid. Nichols Ioffered following resolution,
IL was moved and supported that the same be
adopted, which motion did not prevail, ayes
Sturtevant, Nichols, Lamfrom, Copas, Brown,
Brandell; Heyer, Nays Rigley, Washburn,
Campbell.
Owosso, Mich May 2, 1904
To the Common Council Of the City OF Owosso:
Resolved that the city OF Owosso through its
committee on streets and alleys be instructed
TO purchase strip OF land rods wide from
Chapman street west about one hundred ten
rods to Main line M. @. X. II. tracks from Ed.
ward Carr for roadway purposes, same TO cost
not TO exceed $500 90 per acre.
Aid. Nichols presented following communi
cation; IL was moved and supported. that the re.
quest be granted and that the same be referred
| To the Ways end Means Committee with in
struotions 10 have the same built at Oncc white h
was carried, ayes 10 nays O,