The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-02-11
REPORT OF ooMMrrrEE ON CLAIMS AND
ACCOUNTS

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND
ACCOUNTS
Council Room. City OF Owosso.
February 7th, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Your committee to whom was referred the
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
w Hall & Son 81 70; Evening Argus % ~;
Times Printing 20 $l3 80; Dumond. clerk
SOC; Times Printing 20. % rs.
FROM POLICE DEPT. FUND
Bert hodges. S19 90; Geo Denyes, Si4 90 /;
w Patterson. 8i4 90; A Brown, ga 90; A j
VanEpps a 00.
FROM SIDEWALK FUND
Fw Pearce, 4sc.
FROM GENERAL HIGHWAY FUND
John w ,od Is 05; d Speck 80 90; W Burton
90 OF; aelt 10 90; rane Sis 100; M L
Parker S5 80; q Bal ey S. 25; Geo Erect az 10;
p Lyon ~ so; oilard 81 10
FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND
Chas Lawrence 81 70; ennings Foster Co.
81 90: G Craig OF 80; Geo Coe S25 90; w Boom
S36 90; o Schroeder s25 90; Il Martin s25 20; @
DC erman 825 90; Perry SOC; f Aberle CSC.
FROM WATER WORKS FUND
Castree & Son soc; Brooks h Son Of 20; Ann
,
Dumond, clerk So Chespt AXE & Ohio Coal
Coke 20. S4h So: Glen Alum Fuel Co. Sa7 So;
Evening Argus 81 81.
FROM THIRD DISTRICT HIGHWAY FUND
DClapp. S2.C0
City Attorney Pulver reported that he had
notified the owner OF property adjacent to
river on South Washington T. 10 discontinue
permit ting rubbish to be dumped In the river
from his premises.
AID. Conant presented the following resolu
ton which was on motion adopted. ayes 10.
naysO:
Resolved by the Council OF the city OF Owosso
that the city clerk be and is hereby Instructed
to draw orders on the interest and sinking fund
for interest on Water Works bonds due Feb
1st as follows:
Citizens Savings Bank, $500 90.
Wayne County Servings Bank, 1875 90.
AID Conant moved that the ordinance grant.
ing a franchise to the Lansing & Northeastern
RAILWAY Company be taken from the table,
which prevailed, ayes Sturtevant Mcdonald,
Barrett, Wren, BRANDED Brown, Palmer. Con.
ant; nays Perrigo. Washburn.
Aid. Conant moved that the ordinance do now
pass.
Aid. Bhaudel moved that the following
amendment to Section be adopted, which
prevailed ayes 10 nays0:
1t is agreed bv the grantee that 1t will pay its
share of spripkling tax on any streets which 1t
NAV occupy.
Aid. washburn moved that the ordinance be
laid on the table for one week, which did not
prevail. ayes Palmer Perrtgo Washbnrn; nays
Sturtevant. Mcdonald, Clark, Wren, BRANDED,
Brown, Conant
The motion that the franchise to the Lansing
& Northeastern Railway Company be adopted
as amended to read as shown below then ore
vailed; ayes Sturtevant. Mcdonald, Clark
Wren. BRANDED Brown, Conant; nays Palmer
Perrlgo Washburn.
AN ORDINANCE
ha 7 nofp a
Northeastern Railway Company. its successors
and assigns, the risht to construct, maintain
and operate a railway In the City OF Owosso.
The City Of Owosso ordains:
Section !. That The Lansing and North east
ern Railway Company It's successors and as.
signs ia granted the permission and right TO
maintain, construct and operate q street rail
way 10 be operated by electricity or other
switches turnouts, VS. poles, wires, appliances
and equipments, along and acrosa the follow
| ing streets In the City OF Owosso, Shiawassee
County Michigan:
line OF the City of Owosso to- the intersection
of Washington and Cute streets; Cute street
from its intersection with Washington street
to the intersection of Cute and Prindl re streets;
Howard street from Its intersection with
Washington street to the Intersection Of How
ard and Shiawassee streets; Shawassee street
from ITS intersection with Howard street to
the southern corporate limits OF the City OF
Owosso; Chapman street from the southern
city limits OF the City OF Owosso to the inter
section of Chapman and Clyoe streets Main
street from It's intersection with Washington
street 10 the easterly city limits. of the City of
Owosso
Such OF the above named streets or the por.
ton thereof above described as said grantee
shall desire to occupy for the purposes afore-
said. shall be designated by said grantee filing
It's election in writing with the city clerk OF
said CITY of Owosso on or before March 10, A.
D., 1910. Such OF the above named streets or
or parts OF streets as shall not be contained In
said grantees written election shall bs consid
cred abandoned by said grantee and to said
streets so omitted this franchise shall not ap.
ply; provided that said grantee It's success
sors and assigns, shall during the tenn OF
this franchise operate all interurban cars other
than "limite cars from the corner OF Wash
iDgton and Main streets to the Intersection of
Main street and the right OF way Of the Michi.
gan Central Railroad Company. In case said
OF the OwossO & Corunna Electric Company
In said city and In case said grantee eQuips and
operates the lines OF said Owosso q Corunna
Electric Company to the satisfaction OF the
Common Council of said city, the franchise
granted unto said Owosso & Corunna Electric
Company October 18th, 1895, is hereby extended
for the period Of th'rty years
1t is agreed by the grantee that 1t will pay
It's share of sprinkling tax on any streets
which IL may occupy.
Section 2. Said proposed railway shall con
sist OF q single standard gauge track, and shall
con form to the grade of the streets as now or
hereafter determined by the Common Council
of said city The construction and equipment
of said railway shall be first class andsu as
to least interfere with the necessary. ordinary
and cow nient use OF said streets bv tn PUB.
lie The rails of sa,d railway shall be ~"
rails OF not less than seventy pounds weight
per yard and on now or hereafter paved streets
Shangha. rails laid flush with the surface OF
said pavements shall be used. Said grantee
shall leave any street upon which II shall con-
struct tracks in as goo condition on The con .
pletioD of said tracks rs existed at the com.
mencement Of the work thereon for that
purpose.
All poles used nv said grantee within the
city limits OF said City of Owosso shall be Of
iron, straight and kept we'll panied, the same
to be set by said grantee subject TO the 8p
prevail OF the Common Council of said city.
The tracks OF said railway shall occupy such
portions of the streets above described as the
CO mmcn Coun"t' ~ SAID civ shall etermiue.
S ction g. This grant and franchise is made
upon the express condition that the construc.
ton OF said street ilway within The city
limits OF the CITY OF Owosso shall tie com
menced not later than the hrSt day OF June
A. ID 1910. and that said street railway shall
be com pleteu and said grantee have cars run
ming and in operation over the same not later
than sthe first day OF January, A. =. 1911:
provided that any time ~ nsum, d delay
cBus "a by compulsory Ieg'l process or by
cause. er which said grantee, its suc-
cessors and assigns, shall have no con rvl shall
be added as An extension of the time above
granted for beginning the oOns truction of said
railway and the completion thereof.
The term commenced" as used in this sec.
ton of this franchise ahall he construed 10