The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-06-01
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber.

Owosso, Mich, May 2S, 1906.
Regular meeting OF common council,
Mayor Stanley e. Parkill presiding.
Aldermen present, Lamb, Sturtevant,
Watson, Lamfrom, Brown, Townsend,
Rigley, Washburn, Lynch.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved as corrected.
Aid. Lamfrom presented following
petition, which was upon motion re-
ferred to Committee on Sidew alks.
Owosso, Mich, May rs 1906.
To the honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Owosso:-
We the undersigned residents liv-
ing on the south side of oliver street
between Hickory and Oak streets, do
most respectfully petition your honor
able body to have, or cause to have
a sidewalk layed in front OF the prem
iSeS from the west line of the Boards
ley to the east line of w. II. Nc Kenzie
Street east. There being no sidewalk
of any description there at the present
time.
Signed by f. r. WILDER and others.
Aid. Brown presented following pc
tition, which was upon motion referred
to Sidewalk Committee:
TO the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Owosso:-
We the undersigned residents and
taxpayers residing on Comstock street.
petition your honorable body to cause
u sidewalk to be built on South side
of Comstock street from Dewey, east
to connect with Mr.. Roy's walk.
Robert Buckley and two others
Aid. Lamfrom presented following pc
ton, which was upon motion referred
to Committee on Sidewalks. % ,ooo
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Owosso:-
We the Undersigned citizens and tax
payers residing on East oliver street
in the city of Owosso, Mich, respect
fully represent to your honorable body,
that there is no sidewalk on the south
side OF II. oliver street for nearly the
whole Of the distance between Hickory
and Dewey streets and that such walk
is very much needed and would re-
specially ask that you direct the con-
struction as soon as practicable.
Signed by George G. Smillee and 10
others.
Aid. Lamfrom presented following pc
tition which was upon motion referred
to committee on light.
To the Common council Of the City of
Owosso:
We the undersigned citizens and tax
payers OF the city Of Owosso, do here
by petition your honorable body to
place an electric street light on the
corners of Corunna avenue and Car
field avenue, or Corunna Avenue and
Fraser street.
Signed by John Van Hoten and 70
others.
Aid. Lamb presented following pc
tition which was upon motion referred
Owosso, Mich, May % 1906.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the city of Owosso, Cen
tlcmcn:-
we the undersigned residents and
taxpayers petition your honorable body
to have Ball street sprinkled from div
TO street north to north line OF II.
TTaywards lot, and your petitioners
Will ever pray.
Signed by a. L. Nichols and II others.
Clerk presented following veto:
TO the City Clerk and Aldermen of the
City of OwoSso.
Gentlemen Il hereby suspend the
operation Of the resolution introduced
by Alderman Lamb instructing the city
clerk to buy one thousand feet of Red
Cross Hose. No price limit is stated in
this resolution. The city clerk would
be at the mercy of the Red Cross agents
in the matter of price. This hose is
quoted to the city at eighty cents per
foot.
The Union Supply Co. Of Toledo o.,
to supply hose, guaranteed for four
years, and to with stand a pressure of
400 pounds, for forty five cents per foot.
The fire department has tested q
length of this hose and it has stood the
pressure test of our fire engine. The
company guaranteeing this hose is well
rated and has behind it the guarantee
of one of the largest manufacturers
Of hose in the country / believe this
hose will answer our purpose fully as
we'll as the expensive article and saves
the city $4,000.
STANLEY l.. PARKILL, Mayor
Owosso, Mich, May %, 1906.
Aid. Rigley presented following
claims and accounts, which were upon
motion referred to Committee on Claims
and Accounts:
-. FROM CONTINGENT FUND :.
$. A. Crane .................. $l5.00
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