The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-02-11
Council Proceedings.
Council Room City OF Owosso,


read and approved.
The following communication was presented:
Owosso, Mich, Feb LIST, 1910
To the Honorable Mayor and Council OF the
City OF Ow0sso:
hereby tender my resignation to take i'm
JAMES BROWN,
Chief Fire Dept
On motion OF Aid. Brown the resignation was
accepted.
Aid. Conant presented the following com.
munication VIII CHI was on motion received.
Owosso, Michigan, February z 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City Of Owosso:
Gentlemen:
The committee of the Owosso Improvement
Association appointed to consider the gran ing
OF franch Sc to the Ian ing and Northeaster n
Railway Company for street railroad privileges
In the cit, OF Owosso, beg leave to report as
follows:
The ordinance introduced AT the meeting OF
the council January 9lst 1910, copy OF which
is hereto attached, is approved by the commit
tee and recommended for passage and adop-
ton by your body
The committee would also recommend the
submission OF the franchise to the electors OF
the city at special election at date as early
as practicable
Respectfully submitted
30 DEWEY,
w. K. HALL,
j. II. ROBBINS,
II. b. STURTEvANT,
Committee.
Aid. Mcdonald presented the following COM
municaton v hich was on motion received and
fled
Owosso Michigan, February 2, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
OF the City OF OwossO:
Gentlemen:
The committee appointed by the Owosso I'm.
provement Association and the Council 10 con-
slider the matter of granting franchise to the
Commonwealth Power Co: has given much time
and great deal Of thought to the work The
propositions originally presented to the COM
mittee were far from satisfactory, the rates
being In our opinion. excessive both for power
ana light: after several meetings. sne com.
nance both to the city and the company. The
same rot being satisfactory to the Com pany
negotiations were dropped for the time being.
Within the past two weeks the committee
and the representatives OF the Commonwealth
Power Co., have been able to agree upon the
terms OF an ordinance which the committee
believes TO be fair and equitable to both the
city and the company. While not all demands
by the committee have been agreed TO by the
company. still we feel hat we have secured
every concession possible and that the ordf
nance a tached hereto should be passed by the
council and submitted to the electors of the
city for rstitca ion.
submitted to the Council by tn Commonwealth
Power Co. will place the manufacturers OF our
city who desire TO use electric power on the
same basis as those In other cities In the State
and will be q great advantage In attracting
O, her manufacturing Institutions TO locate IN
/ the city. II there was no other conce sston In
| the rates this Item alone should commend the
ordinance to your favorable consideration
Respectfully submitted,
e. o. DEWEY,
j. G. SHATTUCK.
II. b. STURTEvANT,
A. M. BENTLEY,
II. BRANDED.
WARREN PIERPONT,
j. II ROBBINS.
Committee.
| Aid Conant presented the claims and &C
counts as noted below and on motion same
we re referred to the committee on claims and
accounts.
Aid. Washburn presented the report Of the
street commissioner for the week ending
February 9th and on motion same was received
and filed.
Aid. Conant presented the following reports
which were on motion received and ordered
printed:
REPORT OF CITY CLERK FOR MONTH OF JAN
UARY. 1910.
Owosso, Mich. Feb 6th, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Gentlemen
Below is sta tement Of the receipts and dis
bursen ents OF the Citv OF Owosso, for the
month of January, 1870 with detailed state
ment OF balances In various funds, Feb lst,
1910:
Balance January LIST. 1910 sss447 II
FUND RECEIPTS
Contingent
Clerks collections 1875 "a
Interest on deposits 96 %
Justices fees and
fines 81 Is 49l IL
Water Works