The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-08-28
Council Proceedings.
Council Room, City OF Owosso.
Ann Olth inns

Owosso, Mich. Aug, 1908,
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the city OF OwOsso Michigan.
conference.-the the UNDERSIGNED residents
and taxpayers residing In the Cleveland Park
Addition, Just west ofthe west city limits do
hereby ask your honorable body to cooperate
with the Owosso Township Highway Ctmmis.
sioner TO open or cause to be opened and grad
ed the road running north from Main street and
along the west side OF city as IL is now almost
fall OF the year.
Hoyt, Seaman Arnold, G Ford and IL others.
The following communication was presented
ana on motion received and referred to the COM
mittee on streets and alleys:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Of the City OF Owosso:
Gentlemen:
We have made arrangements so that we are
able to raise the money to build a steam rail.
road from the City Uf Owosso TO New Lothrop
by way OF the New Haven Coal Mining Com.
pany'5 mines. providing the city of Owosso will
right OF way from the Ann Arbor Railroad
Company's right OF way IN northeasterly di.
rection TO the city limits at the Dudley farm,
and build bridge across The Shawassee river
at point between four and FIVE hundred feet
east OF the city water works plant and the point
OF connection with the Ann Arbor south from
the point OF crossing the Shiawassee river.
We will be able to run two trains per day
and will employ at our mine from two hundred
to two hundred and fifty men, large part of
whom Will live in Owosso, and they are all a
CldsS VI mel VINO earn BOOu wages.
And we believe that this line of road will
make large territory directly tributary to
Owosso, large portion of whose trade at pres.
ent goes TO Saginaw and Chesauing.
We can also save TO the MANUFACTURED RS OF the
city large item on COAL at least twenty cents
per ton, and we have one of the best steam
Goals that is mined.
We further state 10 your honorable body that
we will begin operations for the construction of
this road just as soon as the right OF way is
obtained.
We further state TO your honorable body that
we are willing TO enter into contract with the
city OF Owosso to carry out our part OF this
Yours etc.
NEW HAVEN COAL MINING Co,
per Charles rarolli, Pres.
A communication was presented from the
League OF American Municipalities announcing
the annual convention at Omaha, Sept. 3lth
and oct. LIST ard 2nd, ana on motion same was
received and placed on file.
AID. Perrigo presented the claims and
accounts as noted below and on motion same
were referred 10 the committee on claims and
accounts.
Aid Rundeil presented the report OF the
street commits ,Oner for the week ending Aug.
End and on mo ion same was received and
fled
Aid. Sturtevant moved that the question of
franchise for the Shiawassee Light and Power
Co be referred back the council for action,
which prevailed ayes 8, nays o.
AID. Washburr presented the following report
which was on motion adopted, ayes 8, Lays G:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND
ACCOUNTS
Council Room, City of Owosso,
Aug. 24th, 1908
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Your committee TO whom was referred the
sevt raj claims and accounts would respectfully
report favorably on the following and ask the
unanimous consent OF this council that said
claims be allowed and the City Clerk instructed
to draw orders for the same.
FROM CONTINGENT FUND
Speck 5000: J Helt, 1880; L Freass $40 50;
S A crane, $500; VIM Scott. $500; Geo
Co. $3.50; The Austin Western Co, S22 w
Holmes, s74 40; ] Helt, $3.50; Speck. also;
J Helt 81 0 Il Brewer. as; same, IS: Times
Printing Co, S7,G5; Sullivan, 81; Thomas
Watson, Sl36.
FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND
Chas Beattie, $500; M 3 Blair. 81 90; william
Ross, 50 20; ID Priest, $500; Harry Thompson;
Sl.00.
FROM POLICE FUND
Bert Hodges sl5; Geo Denyes, sl6:
Brown, SIG; w Patterson. S16: L A Sanderhof,
S12; Gerow, $500; + Howard fo
From Water Works Fund.
John Young, ss IS; A Dumond, clerk, sO4o;
F butcher, slO.l5.
FROM SIDEWALK FUND
Wiley Smith, Sl2.60.
FROM FIRST DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
II Douglass, S0.75.
FROM SECOND DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
H Douglass .5; S Burbank SO.25.
FROM THIRD DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
Clapp, sl.O5; j Cummins 525 H Douglass.
S)75; g Burbank, S0.y5.
From Fifth District Highway Fund.
Thos Dynes 1926 Beckwlth estate, $500.
FROM GENERAL SEWER FUND
Hoover Bros, sl.75.
FROM sPRINKLISG FUND
r Rourke, $685.; M L Parker, Sio.37; r
Smih, s7.b0; Hayes, $3.50.
Aid. Ruudell presented the following resolu
tion which was on motion adopted. ayes s, nays
Resolved by the Council OF the City OF Owes.
so that the ways and means committee be and
is hereby instructed to borrow $50 to place in
the sprinkling fund.
Aid. Sturtevant presented the following res.
olution which was on motion adopted
Resolved by the Council of the city Of Owes.
so that the following persons be designated as
clerks for the primary election to be held in
said city onTuesday, the first day of Septem'
First Ward, Chas Thorn.
Second Ward, l. Lamfrom,
Third Ward Geo w Mcclellan.
Fourth Ward f. M Rohrabacher
fifth Ward, 5 n Watson.
Aid. Brown presented the following resolu-
tion which was on motion adopted:
Resolved by the Common council OF the Clty
OF Owosso that the City Attorney be instructed
to notify the state factory inspector OF the con.
dition OF the paroclial school.
Aid BRANDED moved that the marshal be Ia
structed to publish notice TO automobile own
ers that they will be required TO comply with
the law regarding the speed limit which pre-
vailed.
. Aid Perrigo presented the following resolu-
ton which was on motion adopted:
Resolved by the Common Council OF the City
OF Owosso that the Special Assessment for the
construction of the sewer on Lynn street be
made In three equal annual instalments with
interest NJ 8 per cent.
On motion the Council resolved itself into
board OF review to hear objections TO the assess
ment roll on Lynn street sewer and no objec
tons beirg offered the roll was on motion ap-
proved, ayes 8, nays 0.
1t was moved and supported that the repre-.
sentative OF the Shiawassee Light n Power Co
be- Q iven the privilege of addressing the Coun-
I'll, which prevailed ayes y, nays 0, and Mr..
Lyons Iher attorney, spoke
Aid Rundell presented the following resolu
ton. which was on motion adopted:
Resolved by the Common Council OF the City
OF Uwosso that the City Attorney be and Is
hereby instructed tn draw an ordinance with
the Shiawassee Light e. Power Co TO be sub
mitted 10 the Common Council at the next reg
uiar meeting.
Adjourned.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,