The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-01
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber,
OWosso. Mich. Oct. %, 1901

Regular meeting of the Common Council,
Mayor Dryden II. Lamb presiding.
Aldermen pre- emit at roll call: Appleton,
Rundell. Lamfrom, Wren, Conant and Lynch.
Later. Townsend. Brown, and Rigley.
The minutes OF the last regular meeting
were read and approved
A communication from the Board of Public
Works was presented enclosing report OF
committee on boilers and recommending the
purchase OF two 200 horse power boilers OF
Young and Summers, of Toledo. manufactured
by The Marine Boiler Works OF Toledo, at a
price OF S6S50.00, On motion OF Aid. Rigley the
recommendation OF the Board was adopted and
they were instructed to make a contract for
the boilers including condensing plant, ayes
Z, nays Rundell.
Aid Lynch presented the following petition
and on motion same was referred to the light
ing committee with power to act, ayes 0,
nays0:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City of OwoSso:
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned residents OF North
Chapman ST. humbly petition your honorable
body TO cause the electric light now on the
corner of Olmstead and Chapman StS, to be re-
moved and in It's place cause so candle power
electric light to be placed on the corner of
Olmsiead and Chapman, one on the corner Of
Ward aud King one on the corner OF King and
Chapman. one over the walk on Chapman st by
A. M. Bentley's red fats, and your petitioners
will ever pray.
A. DIAMOND and lG others.
Aid Rundell presented the following petition
aud moved that IL be referred to the Board of
Public Works with instructions that the water
main be laid at once. ayes 8, nays 0:
Owosso Mich, Oct &C. 1907
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF Owosso:
Gentlemen:
We. the members OF the Dorcas Home
Board, respectfully petition your honorable
body to cause water main to be laid on Hick-
DRY street, from the main on King street, to n
point opposite the Dorcas Home, SO that the
Home can be provided with the city water
The well on the property has gone dry, and we
are at present obliged TO carry water from a
shallow well across the street. We feel that
the Home. now has twenty-nine members,
should be given the benefit OF the use of pure
water. to AVOID any possibility OF contagion.
We would further request that IL this petition
be granted, the work be done at the earies /
possible moment.
MRS. Il. M. EULER, Pres. and others
Aid. Conant presented the followrg claims
and accounts and on motion same were referred
to the committee on claims and accounts
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Council Room, City OF Owosso,
October 28, 1907.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council:
Your committee to whom was referred the
several claims and accounts would respectfully
report favorablv on the following and ask unan-
imous consent OF this council that said claims
De allowed and the city clerk instructed to draw
orders for the same:
FROM CONTINGENT FUND
Ira G Curry s4l.67; Citizens Savings Bank,
rs; Ira g Curry, stamps and cards, OIL. Sc; ID
G Cooper, $50 90: Mary Dumond, 1861; A III
Dumond, $6667.
FROM POLICE FUND
Bert Hodges, $500; Geo Denyes: $l4Oo; Guy
Cole, $500; r "A Brown, 6l4.00; w Patterson,
TIOO; Union Telephone Co, 3 10.
FROM FIRE DEPT. FUND
VIM Beresford. Jr., $1,000: N Perica. $1,000:
E &c Martin, $1,000; owosso Fire Dept. $500
man. Si.0O; Pearce & Gerow Go, 8L40.
FROM sInEwAIK FuNn
J Bennett. s12.cO; II Krantz, $500; T. Hesse
$500; w Burton. $1,000; M Ham, si1.O0; j
s,l o $500; o6erly, sl2oo; Koch,
Brandahl, $40; Beckwith Est, 81 90; Jas Odel
SH25; BarrettPorter Co, S73.4S Benkelman
& Mulhall Co, slO.8s; same, 1916; same. se4i.
FROM WATER FUND
s. G Burbank 500; G Cossitt, expenses
owosso 8 Corunna Electric Co, $500 f G
Wells, 1888: John Ashford. $1,000; Floyd
Bioomer, 5000; Charles Jackson. $4,000; 5
Publishing Co. 800; Engineering Record
500; Engineering News. $3.50; Strong Chemi.
cal GO, SAC 2s; Pattison Ellis. $1,000; John X
Kelley tS03; same, SS.03; same, &l7.15: same
sl7l5; same, 1917; same, 1917; Geo. williams,
FROM GENERAL HIGHWAY FUND
A Crane, $500; ID. Speck, Si0.60; l. Freass,
$ nu.,S Jas aelt, sio.So: Curry. $3.50; H
ss.s4; same, s2,2i; Charles Beattie, S59.3
FROM SECOND WARD HIGHWAY FUND
J butcher, si05O; w Douglass, uOso; Jerry
King, $1,000.
FROM FOURTH WARD HIGHWAY FUND
Hayes, $3.50; Jas odel. $3.50.
FROM FIFTH WARD HIGHWAY FUND
Beckwith Est, 1910; II Shelp, 1887: II |
Douglass: 5000; Hayes. $3.50; II Rourke,
asm; M l. Parker. sci. 90; M Campbell,
Ballou, $500; Brsndahl, 300; r Fowler, |
$1,000; Benkelman Mulhall Co, ei.62.