The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-09-20
Presentation of Accounts


Aid. Conant presented the claims and 40.
were referred to the committee on claims and
accounts.
Reports from City Officers.
Aid. Sutfu presented the report OF the
street commissioner for the week ending sept.
18th and on motion same was accepted and
adopted,
The following report was presented aud on
motion accepted and adopted:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the
City Of Owosso:
In reporting on electric lieat wires In the
CITY OF Owosso. md that poles are being used
jointly on Exchange street, Washington street,
Park street, Main street., C0runna avenue and
other places.
On Hickory street between Oliver and King
streets where the electric light wires are less
than eighteen inches from fire alarm wires
Also telephone wires. These electric wires
are carrying high voltage to the extent OF 1910,
on Saginaw street and on Park street electric
wires are within six inches OF telephone wires
that are carrying arc circuit.
On Park street northeast corner OF post
office building there Is q high voltage wire run
Mug through the Bell Company's wires clear.
ina telephone wires sixteen inches, / would
recommend that at tn point the wire leading
from top OF pole to cross arm below the He'll
Company 5 wires to be changed either TO the
face or back of said pole, but In my estimate
that wire should not have come below the
telephone wires and especially not through
them =, a. that manner, II Is Of hign Insulation
improve matters greatly, IL In such cases
where they go through another lead of wires
mat De on the sd race or back
There are number OF such places about the
city.
would recommend that all wires carrying
voltage above yi0 should have q clearance
from. telephone wires and tire alarm wires OF =
distance Of three feet would further recon.
mend that any time the Electric Light Com
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Of pm where linemen would have 70 20 through,
% s Go assrs ss0ys ssSs % Sns
being carried strsdlipg telephone pole of the
Bell Company of East Main street between
volt current. which is touching both aides Of
ient f6f IinsMsn 10 climb through without pos
stbly being In danger,
Il would fecommend that some provision be
mAdct9 take care of dead wires that have
blown down and sre lisbleto be CROSSED with
e1ectr1o wires any whore In the City, what
street from the City Hall there has been wire
broken from tho pole and hanging In the lead
forlat iesst two weeks and , have potined .
proper authority. also another place II the
corner PARK. and Williams streets and st this
poihs, nm wire Is broken from ono pole snd
tangled With other wires in tho lead, which
that hes been In that condition for at least
cslculstion two months, proper authorities
have seen IL also.
Ivould recommend an inspector for inside
eaecSrlc light work. 81. 80
The general construction OF the Electric
Light Company's work in this city 10 upto the
standard and far better than . great many
cities of lite size.
Respectfully yours,
w. p. Boylan.
President McNally OF the Health Board re.
ported unsani, sry conditions on Young street.
also thst garbage is being dumped on private
Reports OF Standing Comm
tees.
Aid. Consnt presented the following report
which was on motion adopted. aves Mcdonald.
Reineke, Smith, Brown. Wright. Couont, Pal
mer, Chavev; nays none:
September 10th, 1919.
To the Honorable Mayor and Councils:
Gentlemen:
Yodfgcommittee to whom were referred the
several claims and accounts would respectful.
ly report favorabiv on the following and ask
the unanimous consent of this council that
said claims be allowed and the City Clerk In.
structed to draw orders for the same.