The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-09
Common Council Chamber.
OMosso. Mich. June 5. 10

Re gular meeting OF common council, Mayor
Stanley E. Parkill, presiding
Aldermen present at roll call Nichols, Lamb,
Lamfrom, Watson, Rigley, Washburn, Camp
Minutes Of last regular and special meeting
read and approved.
which was upon motion referred to the commit
tee on Ways and Means.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF Owosso.
payers of the city Of Owosso, would respectful
" petition your honorable body to cause Mason
street east to be sprinkled between Oak and
Washington streets, and the expense of same to
be assessed to those benefited by said sprink.
ling on said Mason street east.
Dated May 4, 1905.
Signed by p. II. Smith and 20 others.
Clerk presented following veto:
To the City Clerk and Aldermen of the City Of
Owosso:
GentIemen-1 have vetoed the resolution
Board Of Works to advertise for bids for laying
water mains as therein specified.
The resolution calls for the laying OF about
a mile of pipe. On much OF this proposed ex-
tension no estimate Of the cost has ever been
made, on other portions the estimates are sew.
eral years Old nves s, ~ assures me ,hSs
lars. II is most unbusinesslike to rush into
the expenditure of this large amount without
proper estimates OF the cost having Deen made,
of the city where there will be very few taps
made for domestic use, and consequently little
return TO the city for this large outlay. This Is
notably true In the fourth and fifth ward extern
We have q line OF six inch pipe running from
Washington street on Stewart street: watson
street Shfawassee street, Stewart street to
Chapman street and down Chapman street to
the Grand Trunk railroad. On this more than
n mile Of six inch main there are sixteen taps
out of one hundred and eleven homes. Only one
house in seven using the water and returning
TO the city about seventy five dollars year on
its investment Of about eight thousand dollars.
on Watson street, Ridge street, Michigan
Avenue Grace street and Shiawassee street
there are forty seven houses and only four taps;
The proposed extension on Stewart street ana
Michigan Avenue is In this immediate neigh
borhood. They have abundant fire protection,
SO these mains are for domestic use. III the
on the other streets, we will have two taps pay
ing the city eight dollars year on It's invest
ment OF about SIX hundred dollars.
The extension on Chapman and Frederick
streets reported as four blocks is some twenty
two hundred feet long. 1t crosses Comstock
creek twice and the railroad once and VIII cost
from twenty five hundred 10 thrse sno O mn
line AT the prevailing ratio we would receive
sixteen dollars year IN water reLtals on tnls
extension. On Ada street ana 1llDeiI seryes
the ratio 10 the cost will probably be about the
/ do not wish to deprive any citizen OF the
proper fire protection for his properly on on Ine
contrary wish to give IL TO them all. Inese
proposed extensions reach but portion OF tne
city and a.e placed where the protectlon Is
needed no more than In some other paris. II
the aldermen desire to give proper nre protec-
ton all parts OF the city IL can be done AT one
quarter OF this expense by adding cnemlcai
engine TO the fre department equipment
The taxpayers at the last election refused 10
grant money for any unusual extension OF the
water system. You have no moral right 10
force this large expense upon q people VINO
have declared againstit.
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