The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-09-03
Council Proceedings.
Council Room, City OF Owosso,
August 30th 1909.


Regular meeting Of the Council, Mayor Wal
lace ID. Burke presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call. Sturtevant
Barrett, Wren, BRANDED, Brown, Palmer, Con
ant, Perrigo, Washburn. Later Mcdonald
Tue meeting was called TO order by Presiden,
Sturtevant Mayor Burk being late.
The minutes of the last regular meeting and
the special meeting August Gath were read and
approved.
Aid. Conant presented the following petition
which was on motion referred to the commit
tee on ways and means:
We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers
OF Lee street, Owosso Mich, do petition the
Honorable Mayor and Common Council OF the
City or Owoss0 TO have said street sprinkled
between Ada and Mulberry street the balance
OF the season.
F. R. Forster and others.
Aid. BRANDED presented the following petition
winch was on motion referred to the sidewalk
committee.
We the owners OF property in Owosso located
on Grand, Lingle and Franklin Avenues
seriously protest against an ordinance passed
by the city council to build cement walk on
the south side or Franklin Avenue commencing
at Broadway and running through to Division
street the work of bringing this about has
seemingly been underhanded as not one pro-
perty owner has been consulted the financial
burden comes on few who are lily able to bear
IL at the present time, we hereby petition the
Council TO reconsider the matter and grant our
request.
81. M. Tyrrell and others.
Aid. Wren presented the following petition
which was on motion referred to the Board of
Public Works:
Owosso. Mich, June Is. 1909.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City Of Owosso
Block No. 81 of the City of 0wosso do hereby
petition your honorable body to cause the ten
loot alley In said Block No. 81 running from
East Main street north to East Exchange
street to be paved with vitrified brick with six
inch concrete foundation using cement curb
and heading where necessary, assessing the
actual cost OF said pavement, curb and heading
against our property as our individual in
terests shall appear and we each hereby agree
10 pay TO the City OF Owosso our proportion Of
such actual cost of said pavement, curb aad
headings as subdivided and assessed.
d. Burhans and others
AID Conant presented the claims and &c
counts as noted below and on motion same
were referred to the committee on claims aid
accounts.
street commissioner for the week ending Aug.
ust 2sth and on motion same was received and
filed.
Supt. Cossitt presented the necessity of max
ing the sewer on Sbiawassee street larger than
the proposed inches and changing the grade
to the original plan and reported the condition
OF the Michigan Avenue sewer. On motion the
subject was referred to the city surveyor to
The following report was presented and on
motion received ana filed:
To the honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City of Owosso:
SirS:
herewith submit my report on the Main
street bridge paving job. AS far as have been
able to determine aud have looked after the
work as closely as my other duties would ger
NIT, the specifications have been carried out
with one or two exceptions as follows. The
joints on part of the south half of the bridge
were not properly filled and the iron grating
has not yet been placed on the south side.
Yours very respectfully,
ELMER F. JOSLIN.
City Surveyor.
Aid. Perrigo presented the following report
which was on motion adopted, ayes 10 naysO;
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND
Council Room City of OwOsso.
Aug. 80, 1909.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Your committee 10 whom was referred the
several 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 instruct
ed to draw orders for the same
FROM CONTINGENT FUND
G F. Friegel $3.50; d @ Cooper $4,000 T M
Wiley S4l,67; S q Pulver 1888; A II Dumond
$SSI5 S Jackson Sss "a Sps Riseio Fsr9, 81,
Owosso Corunna Elec. Co. S180 90; Allen Print
ing Co. $3.50; Richmond & Backus Co. 3Oc
Times Printing co: $3.50; d Speck $1,000; L
Shaw 5000; Crane $1,000; Gardner $3.50
II Alexander SSc; III II Frain 1910; e Bolton
II 70; N Johnson $500; N Johnson $500; G j
Cole, Register Sl.0O.
FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND
L G Hall 500 SO; Il Smalley SO 23; H w Wise
81 so; Jas Brown 5000; p Whitcomb $3.50; Ed
Martin S25. 90; Ockerman S25 90; G Craig S25 90
Perry s25.00 o Schroeder $500; w Boehm
S25 co; Geo Coe Sc O6; Thompson 5000; j ID
Priest SO 90; VIM King $500; VIM Ross $500.
FROM POLICE DEPT. FUND
Belt Hodges, $500; Geo. Denyes, si4CO; WI
Patterson. sl4.0O; F. A. Brown, sll.O0. J
Sproule IA 90.
From Water Works Fund.
o Henderson $1,000; L p Butler 3l2.o0; NJ d
Hoag Sl2 90, j Dennis 81 90; s G Burbank 81 80;
l. Bentley $500; o f Oberly Sl2 co. Ann
Arbor II X Co, SEQ; Benkeman & Mulhall Co. |
fll.1S; Hoover Bros. Soc; Ashford 5000; f
Boomer $50 90; G Jackson $4,000; Hunt
t50.0 90; G ii Cossitt $500; A II Dumond, clerk
1897; Owosso & Corunna Elec Co. IS 90.
FROM SIDEWALK FUND
w Burton $500; J Bennett ti2CO; c Kelley
s12.o0; f Bennett Si2 60; T Dynes SIS 80; Beck
with Estate $3.50 Benkelman & Mulhall Co.
s7s.4s
FROM FIRST DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
Geo. Erect S4.00; w Douglas $780, II
Douglas $780, L Dynes SLIGO; Beckwith
Estate S1.30.
FROM SECOND DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
Geo. Erect $1,000; Beckwith Estate $500;
I Dynes $500.
FROM FOURTH DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND.
j Sturtevant 75c
FROM GENERAL SEWER FUND
H. Beswick So is.
FROM sPRINKLING FUND
II Rourke S2l .25; Ed. Hayes S22. 90: f |
Hoose S2250; X Smith S21. so; OwossO & Corun- !
na Elec Co. $1,000; Union Telephone Co. 45c |
NJ l. Parker 844 so.
FROM LIGHT FUND.
Owosso & Corunra Elec. Co. S62516
FROM OLIVER AND WASHINGTON STREET Paw.
ING FUND
M II Knapp $3.50.
AID Washburn presented the following reso |
luton which was on motion adopted, ayes 10, |
nays o:
Resolved by the Common Council Of the City |
or Owosso that the City Surveyor be and is |
hereby directed to determine and recommend !
TO this Council for its adoption at the next |
regular meeting a grade of the alley running
north and south In block sixteen OF the original
plat OF this city.
ton which was on motion adopted, ayes 10, |
nays o;
Resolved by the Council OF the City OF owes. |
so that the ways and means committee be and |
Is hereby authorized and instructed TO borrow |
the sum OF five hundred dollars to be placed in |
the sprinkling fund
Aid. BRANDED moved that the contract with !
Geo. T. Campbell for printing be taken from |
The table, which prevailed, ayes 9, nays Wren,