The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
COMMON COUNCIL.

BY KATHERINE e. KELSEY.
Probate Register.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council Chamber.
Owosso, Mich, November 22, 1905.
Regular meeting OF common council,
Mayor Stanley K. Parkill presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Lamb,
Lamfrem, Watson, BRANDED, Rigley, Mills,
Washburn, Campbell.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved
Aid. Brown presented the following petit
ton which was upon motion referred to the
lighting committee.
Owosso, Mich, Oct. 30th, 1905.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of.Owosso.
Gentlemen:-
We, the residents and taxpayers of the
third ward, petition your honorable body TO
cause street light to be placed on or near
Smith street and to move the light on CO.
runna avenue to Intersection of Division
street, and your petitioners will ever pray.
+. j. Nc Dannel and twelve others.
Aid. Lamfrom presented following report
which was upon motion received and
placed on file.
TO the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City OF Owosso.
Gentlemen-
According to your Instructions, / made
an examination OF tae pavement and elec-
trio car tracks in West Main street, Owosso,
on Oct 3lst, 1905 and submit the following
report:
4 understand that this work was onstruct-
ed IN he summer of 1908 under contract;
and that the original contract for the pave
ment proper was supplemented by q con.
tract with the same company under which
concrete stringers were laid to support each
rail OF the electric railway tracks.
The general character of the construction,
as observed 1t, is as follows: The pave.
nlentfs OF the kind described In the contract
as bitumtnous macadam and is laid ad join-
Ing the rails of the track, with no liners of
brick or other material tnterposed between
the rails and the bituminous macadam on
either side of the rail. Under the rails are
placed concrete stringers, required by the
contract TO De mixed In the proportions of
sand and SIX parts of gravel. Vertical
anchor bolts were set In these stringers mt
intervals OF three or four feet, alternately
upon each side OF the rail and the rails an
chored to the strlngers by clips and nuts
embracing the base of the rail There are
also two transverse iron tie rods in each rail
length to assist in maintaining the guage. /
am, Informed by the superintendent OF the
railway that the rails were not new when
laid here but were cut Off at the ends and
repunched and in this condition passed In
spection by the inspecting firm OF Hunt Il
Go, The rails are ordinary IT" rails and
about four inches deep and weigh about
hfty-hve pounds to the yard. The splice
plates have total of four bolts 10 each
plate. The foundation course of the pave
ment on each side of the str1nger and adj
Joining 1T crushed stone.
The condition OF the tracks and the ad-
Joining pavement on the above date was as
follows: At nearly all rail Joints the base
OF the rail had cut into the concrete string.
er. In some cases the strtnger had been cut
away Ia this manner man 70 depth nc OF two OF
was not entirely con fined to the rail joints
but in some cases extended throughout
entire rail lengths, though usually to a less
degree than at the joints. The. pavement
adjoining stringers and rails which were in
this condition was dfsintegrated; In some
cases having lost it's cementing quality and
being reduced to q granular condition and
in other places warped out OF place. This
latter condition OF the pavement was also
aparentmovement of the rail under traffic
and where it seemed to be properly support
this warped or bulged condition of the pave
ment was observed, the top coat OF the
pavement for a depth of about two tuches
course and the foundation course then easily
taken out with shovel.
observed some instances outside the
influence OF the car tracks where the surface
OF the pavement was IN poor cond ih in ana
ence of traffic or weather conditions, or from
both these causes, and some places where
the earth sub. grade has apparently settled
The track and the pavement adjoining 1t
are in extremely bad condition, and unless
soon put in good repair will grow rapidly
worse and the trouble be largely extended
Respectfully submitted,
GEO =. PIERSoN.
Following claims and accounts were pre-
sented and upon motion referred to the COM
mtttee on claims and accounts;
FROM CONTINGENT FUND.
Fred Edwal DIS. stamps SO, Hall & Byerly
DOC. "A Crane 30, American Express Co ole,
same 25c, Fred Edwards, stamps, 60c, job n
Brooks 4 son 10, Frank Sfdman, y, gregory
MAYER a Thorn 60 5, Pearce e. Gerow Co lUc.
Owosso Press Pub Co Is 05. same soc, Fred
Edwards 1sc Times Printing Go 725. same
1875, e F Joslin is so, Albert Mott q jesse
Clark l.
vpo,t urcuwAY FUND
lanes Helt 6Oc, ID speck SO Louis FIeass
20. las Helt 20, w Douglass ID %, DYED stan
hone ~ 25 HI Douglass 10 60, Burton ~ 20,
% ReeeRwith Est 3 50, Nicholson & Mulhall
4 90 30, same GA. Pearce & Gerow Co l DO.
FROM WATER WORKS FUND.
Fred Edwards IS, Geo Erect 40, Hayes
100. A A X r. Go S307, Q Farnswortn zso'
The Lsidlaw Dunn Gordon Cp ~ o. aon "a az
ioi,n + Calvin 90 So Thompson Meter 90
Iis 10. standard OIL 90 rs, Pearce Gerow
90 m as % Se Tsiley EyoSgsss il IS stegssi
4s4, Kelley Douglass 40, same if .S same
i475 same 49, same !, ~ sr gsme cr ss 1oal
a co 90 Ira q Curry ~.
FROM FIRE DEPT. FUND.
q s,on n Owosso Fire Dept 20, Ira Curry
7'T1 FROM spRINKLING FUND.
stanhope a Dye $50.
FROM POLICE FUND.
T. cadv. ernest CummiDs ~. Geo DeDyes
~ Geo Weite rs, Bert Hodges rs.
FROM SIDEWALK FUND.
Iames odel "a e5, Pearce & Gerow Co 3 "A.
g. Lamfrom, Com
Ala. Iamfrom presented the street com.
,,,fssioner's report for the two weeks ending
November 18Th, 1905, which was upon motion
received and ordered placed on me.
1910, ,nade n verbal report OF the
,.,.,nn ,tffee TO whom was referred the oro1-
oance relative TO extending the franchise OF
TIE owosso A Corunna Electric CO., and read
the ordinance.