The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-17
COUNCIL REFLECTS GEO. H,
THAYER To CITY SCHOOL,. BOARD
City Council Holds Important Session Last
Observation-Disclosures Street Pave
ment Cost $3I45.7 2-Notes.

At the regular meeting OF the City
Council Monday evening George ii.
Thayer was elected to succeed him.
self as member of the city board OF
school trustees. The period is for
three years. Mr. Thayer name was
the only one plac d in domination,
and the ballot taken resulted In a
unanimous vote for Mr.. Thayer.
Pavement Dispute Settled.
After much maneuvering in refer
ence to the laying of a concrete tom.
dation to the brick pavement on
north Michigan street, the council
mas finally decided not to lay the CON
crete foundation The contractors,
The Central Paving Co. entered a
protest against laying the north
Michigan street pavement on an
earth founadtion alone. maintaining
that the road bed was soft, and con-
sisted of black earth, and that the
pavement was likely to settle and
break. unless laid on a concrete foun-
Ia,ion The property owners whose
properties abutted on the line OF
pavement, demonstrated against the
increased cost of the use OF concrete
base. The contractors had already
received a car load of cement to be
used in making the proposed con-
crete base. The city took the cement
off uhe hands OF the contractors and
a bond was signed by M. Steiner. l.
]. Hess. A. c. Richards. II. B. Allen,
Frank Culiison and Jacob Price, who
were among the demonstrators
against the concrete base, who are
sound that the city shall not lose on
the disposal of coment which was
aiken from the cotnrac tors \ pro-
test against laying the pavement on
earth base, by the Central Paving Co.
was entered on the records OF the
council, TO protect the contractors
from the effects of the north Michi-
gan street pavement turning out bad
ly.
Petition for Sidewalks.
Petitions for cement sidewalks in
front of lots number "A, also for side
walk OF east side OF Angel street,
south to the, south side OF Webster
Ave- was signed by VIM. Wagner,
Jacob Roth, Mrs. Elinora Bryan, F.
J. Henderson. Edwin Yost, H. AUX
erman, NJ L. Turrell, Raymond Gear,
A. R. Jacoby, and John Martin These
same petitioners asked that the arc
amp on Angel street be raised ten
Feet Jacob Roth asked that his pc
tition for sidewalk be aced upon
Each of the above petitions were re-
ferred to the proper committee for in
vestigation.
John Matthews and NJ. L. Pearl
asked for a sidewalk on the north
side OF Pearl street which was refer
red to committee on streets and al
leys.
Kate B. Palmer was given permits
sion to tap ALLEY sewer behind lot
number 1913.
Herman Amman asked permission
TO shoot English sparrow which
are a nuisance about his premises
Matter was referred to city marshal,
to dispose of.
To Ring Fire Bell.
The members of Wide Awake Hose
Company No. ?. presented petition
to the council that hey be again
permitted to ring the fire be- on
meeting nights. Ii appears that the
attendance has bbeen dropping from
fire meetings, since the council for
babe the ringing OF the FIRE bell for
meetings The petition was referred
to the committee on fire department.
with power to adjust The council
was in favor of permitting the bell
to be rung for fire meetings, provid
ed It IS not rung to excess, as was
the custom before it was prohibited.
Williams Reappointed.
George A. Williams was reap
pointed city night watchman from the
first Tuesday in May 1909, to the first
Tuesday in May 1910. The council
confirmed the appointment OF the
mayor, by a unanimous vote last
evening
Sexton Lowell Resigns.
Sylvester Lowell, sexton of the city
cemetery handed his resignation to
the council His time would not
have expired until two weeks hence.
James NJ Cook made application for
the position Matter was deferred
until next meeting, when sexton will
be appointed
Approve Snoeberger Bond.
The bond filed by c. d. SnOeberg-
er at the last meeting as surety
against loss or damage, in which
Judge Vessay of Fit Wayne was Sc
curity was approved by the council
Ordinances fixing the grades OF
Caro-, Washington, north Michigan
and Pearl streets were finally passed
by the counlcil.
L. E. & w. on Meter.
The Superintendent OF Water
Works II. a. Armstrong, reported
that on june 1st, he had connected
the Lake Erie and Western Water
Tank, used for filing locomotives.
with meter as instructed by the
council In the thirteen days the
meter registered 221 5s3 gallons OF
waterd used, which figured at II cents
per 1000. would make $3.50, in the