SEPTEMBER 2, 1895. 117 C O U N C I L C H A M B E R . (

Ann Arbor, Sep tember , 2nd, 1895. f

Regular session.

Pres ident Hiscock being absent the Council was called to order by Glen V. Mills City Clerk.

Roll called. Quorum present .

Absent, Aid . Ferguson, P r e s . His-cock.

On motion of Aid. Brown Aid. But-terfield was chosen Pres iden t protem.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR.

City of Ann Arbor. Mich., Mayor 's Office, Sept. 2nd, 1895.

2b the Honorable tfte Common Council of the City of Ann Arbor: Gentlemen : — In accordance with

Sec. 31 of our C h a r t e r I have appointed Daniel J. Ross a member of the Boai-d of Public Works vice J a ob F Schuh whose t ime of office has expired. To all of which I ask the approval of your honorable body.

Yours respectfully, W . E. W A L K E R ,

Mayor.

Aid. Taylor moved tha t the nomina­tion of D. J. Koss be confirmed by the Council.

Adopted as follows:

"\ eas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, AUmen-dinger, Koch, Snyder, Lauben^aye]*, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, P re t ty -man, Coon, Butterfield, Cadv—13.

Nays—None.

PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

To the P res iden t and the Honorable Common Counci l :

Gentlemen:—In persuance of a reso­lution passed Au^ . 5th, 1895, by your honorable body. We recommend the Austin Grader F. O. B . , AnA Arbor at $166.(50 or two a t $325.00.

And we further recommend the American Wheel scrapers . Nos. 2 and 3 pressed bowls with Whipple t rees and yolk and end a^rates a t $37.00 and

$41.00 respectfully, F. O. B.. A n n Ar­bor,

Board of Publ ic Works, by A. M. Clark, Pres ident .

Received and placed on file. To t h e Common Council:

T h e undersig-ned company respect­fully peti t ions your honorable body to g r a n t it permission to construct a t h r e e foot wide a rea way along the south wall of the n e w a d U t i o n it is now bui lding to its factory s i tuated on t h e corner of F i r s t and Wash ing ton streets. Said ai-ea way to be properly protected by secure ra i l ings and to extend from t h e building line th ree feet in to t h e side­walk.

T h e Ann Arbor Organ Company, by W. M. Sturgeon,

T reasu re r . Refered to the Sidewalk Committee

and Board of Publ ic Works . To the Common Council :

In t h e ma t t e r of the roof wate r be ing allowed to en te r the sewers I would recommend tha t where roofs a re so sit­uated t ha t they have no outlet except across the sidewalk t h a t they be per­mit ted to connect with the sewers in such a manner as shall comply with the p lumbing rules and to remain so con­nected unt i l sewers for storm water a r e built or until such t ime as the C3:pacity of t h e sewers shall be deemed by t h e Council to demand the noncontinuance of th is a r r angment .

Respectfully, Geo. F. Key,

City Eng inee r .

Aid. Brown moved tha t the recom­mendation of the engineer be concurred in by the council.

Adopted.

To the Common Council: I he rewi th submit plan for location

of S t ree t Rra i lway t racks on S ta te s t ree t a t t h e intersection of the same with N. Universi ty avenue for your consideration.

T h e scale of the drawing is twenty

118 COUNCIL P R O C E E D I N G S .

feet to the inch and shows the location g"utters, sidewalks, tracks, crossings, etc.

Geo. F. Key, i ity Engineer.

Aid. Maynard moved that the draw­ings and plans of the Engineer be con­curred in by the Council.

Adopted

To the Common Council: Gentlemen:—In regard to the matter

of the claim of Herman Hutzel for dam­ages and extra work done in Sewer District, No. 2, the Board of Public Works herewith submit a statement prepared from data furnished by the Engineer and by the terms of the speci­fications and contract. The matter has been gone over carefully and they are of the opinion that the matter should be settled only on the basis of the En­gineer's estimated herewith submitted. The data on which this estimate is made is also respectfully submitted.

The Board, therefore, recommend that—if Mr. Hutzel is willing to settle on the basis of his not being re­quired to build the house connections •on the High School and University •Sewers, and that he be allowed 50c 'each for 69 extra Y's—the city settle.

Glen V. Mills, Clerk.

At this juncture the City Engineer explained the matter to the Council.

Aid. Cady moved that the recom­mendation of the Boa rd of Public Works as explained by the City Engi­neer be adopted.

The motion prevailed as follows: Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard Snyder,

Brown, Taylor, Shadford, Prettyman, <oon, Cady—9.

Nays — Aid. AUmendinger, Koch, Laubengayer—3.

Aid. Butterfield not voting.

By Aid. Taylor. Ressolved, that a warrant for the sum

of S5I6.84 be drawn payable to the City Clerk, the money paid thereon to be tendered to Herman Hutzel in full pay­

ment of balance due upon sewer con­tract In lateral sewer district No. 2.

Adopted as follows: Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, All-

mendinger, Koch, Snyder, Lauben-gayer, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, Prettyman, Coon, Cady—12

Nays—None. Aid. Butterfield not voting. A petition signed by George Spath-

elf, jr., and twenty-eight others asking for a fence around well on Broadway was read and upon motion referred to the Board of Public Works.

A petition signed by W. W. Whedon and others asking for certain street improvement was read and referred to Committee on Streets.

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTFFS. F I N A N C K .

To the Common Council: Your Committee on t?'inance would

respectfully report that they have had the following bills under their consider­ation, and would allow their allowance by this Council, and warrants ordered drawn for the same.

CONTINGENT FUND.

Glen V. Mills, salary S Gharles H. Klein, " Pa t r i ck O'Hearii. " Charles H. Manly. " Marion Davenport , " Clay A. Green, assi^nd to J. L. Rose... Mack & Schmid, rent Dr. E. A. Clark, salary Minnie A. Wells, typewrit ing The Ann Arbor Register, printing

signd to A. A. S. B Bailey & Dow Glen V. Mills, postage and express . . . . Richmond & Backus Co.. dog t ags . . . . Michigan Bell Tel. Co.. telephoning. . . Secretary of State, cert, copies Irwin Ves(;elius, services Na than D. Corbin, clerrical work — H a t t i e Steward, typewri t ing The Ann Arbor Register, printing The Ann Arbor Democrat. " The Washtenaw Evening Times,print-

ing Sid W. Millard, pr int ing Charles H. Kline, expenses

Jacob Ganshorn, yellows inspector. . . Ann Arbor T. H. Electric Co. lighting. Moore & Wetmore, supplies Mrs. Coleman, jani tor work

25 00 m-M 6 25

29 17 H 33

25 00 3 .55

13 60 33

1 30 14 75

35 1 00 2 00 J25 95 2 00

15 59 22 40

IW 7 00 2 35 4 10 55 00 655 48 2 30 5 72

Total „$1068 29

SEWER FUND.

Charles A. Ward, inspector of plumb-hiu- . $ 40 50

GlenV. Miiis. postage 25 Total * 40 75

S E P T E M B E R 2, 1895. 119

D i s t r i c t No. 3.

George F . K e y . s a l a r y $ .'JO —.jfteoree H. F i s c h e r , s e r v i c e s 21 \ Z e < a n k S u t h e r l a n d , " 31 ^!^-B»W. Groves , a s s i s t a n t e n g i n e e r 43

Qbar les H. Spence r , office w o r k 8 ' "vVm. E. S t o c k i n g , i n s p e c t i o n 65

00 45 45 20 tio 00 00 24 50 00 (J5

H e n r y (JoUins, c o n t r a c t o r 3878 03

J . Kice Miner , A. A. T e r r y , P a r r i s S. Banf ie ld . C h a r l e s A. W a r d . E a r l B u t l e r .

30 51 62 10 1

T o t a l $3273 03

D i s t r i c t No . 4.

George F . K e y , s a l a r y 35 Ge.^rge H. F i s c h e r , s e r v i c e s 8

/ E t a n k S u n d e r l a n d , " 9 ^ ^ " w p i . C F l e t c h e r , i n s p e c t i o n '. 33

" •' " a s s i g n d t o H . F . F r o s t & Co 15

Wm. C. F l e t c l i e r . a s s i g n e d t o A n n A r ­bor Sav ings b a n k 33

A. A. T e r r y , i n s p e c t i o n 23 ^ K . W. Groves , a s s i s t a n t e n g i n e e r 18

^-^Tlenry Co l l i n s c o n t r a c t o r 1895 ' ' ^ ' a r l es H. Spence r , office w o r k 4

5 Ql^^'S

C ^ t

T o t a l $2043 86

D i s t r i c t No. 6.

C h a r l e s H. S p e n c e r , office w o r k $ 4 00

T o t a l $ 4 00

STREET FUND.

Ann A r b o r S a v i n g s B a n k , a c c o u n t s a s s igned t h e m :

Michae l K u s t e r . l a b o r . . , Wi l l i am K u e h n , "' . . J o h n K i t t l e . '• .. L a w r e n e e H u g h s , " . . Michae l H e s s i a n s , " . . J o h n M c H u g h . ' ' . . Michae l H e a r y . " . . . H e n r y M a r s h , " . . Wi l l i am L a m b o r n , " . . J o h n Groff. " . . P . D . R o g e r s , " . . George L e v i e r , " . . . E. Sadd l e r , " . . George S c h a i b l e . " . . A l e x a n d e r S c h l u p e , '* . . Michae l W i l l i a m s , " . . C h a r l e s W i n k l e , " ..

T h e S t a t e S a v i n g s B a n k , a s s igned t h e m :

A u g u s t B o e h n k e , l a b o r . . F r a n k L e v i e r , " . . Wi l l i am E n k e r m a n . " . . Wi l l i am K r e t l o w , " .. Wi l l i am L a m b o r n , " . . M. L u i p p o l d , " ..

B a i l y & Dow. s u p p l i e s - - -Snyder & Sweet , g r a v e l a s s i g n e d t o

A n n A r b o r S a v i n g s 0. E b e r b a c h , b e l t Schne ide r & S c h u m a c h e r , s e r v i c e s . . . Glen V. Mills , f r e i g h t C. E. G o d f r e y . . L e o n a r d B a s s e t t , s a l a r y A u g u s t B e h n k e , l a b o r Will is L. C l a r k , s e r v i c e s Danie l F r e n c h , l a b o r

^ e o r g e H . F i s c h e r . " < ^ . T . Sweet ,

E*ank S u n d e r l a n d " rf'piljias. H. Spence r , office w o r k / E . Sadd le r , t e a m i n g ' Zenas Sweet , "

.1 39 10 20 10

1 63 37 75 39 25 27 25 14 95 11 38

1 50 1 63

23 75 6 00

60 13 16 35 2 35

28 .50 13 75

a c c o u n t s

6 00 30 75 15 30 26 70 3 00 1 50

313 17

83 35 2 15

116 70 45 00 1 36 35

66 66 3 00 43 00 11 38 4 65 37 50 4 05 31 00 21 13 6 50

J o h n M c H u g h , '• H e n r y Marsh , " M. N a ^ e l , l a b o r P a t McCabe , l a b o r B a r n e y Morr i son , l a b o r A u g u s t S c h w e r m a n , " ('. S t o r m s , l a b o r G e o r g e Scha ib l e , l a b o r Wi l l i am E n k e r m a n , l a b o r C h r i s t i a n J e t t e r , ' '• Wi l l i am L a m b o r n , " Geo . Lev ie r , " M i c h a e l K u s t e r , '* Wi l l i am K u e h n . " W i l l i a m K r e t l o w , " Mic l iae l H e s s i a n , '• L a w r e n c e H u g h s , '* J o e H u t z e l , "

W. Groves , a s s i s t a n t e n g i n e e r "{^haVles R a d k e . l a b o r G e o r g e W. W e e k s , g r a v e l W i l l i a m s M. W a l l a c e , l a b o r M i c h a e l W i l l i a m s . " C h a r l e s W i n k l e . '̂ A. V o o r h e i s . t e a m i n g M a t t h e w Schn ie r l e , l a b o r a s s igned L.

C. W e i n m a n n J a m e s D o n e g a n , r e p a i r s G e o r g e F . Key , s a l a r y C h a r l e s A. W a r d , I n spe t i on of s ide­

w a l k s

T o t a l I 1136 52

BRIDGE, C U T J V E R T AND CROSSWALK.

S t a t e S a v i n g s B a n k , a c c o u n t s a s s i g n ­ed t h e m :

M i c h a e l E n k e r m a n , l a b o r . . $ 28 50 '28 50 A n u A r b o r S rv ings B a n k , a c c o u n t s

a s s i g n e d t h e m : C h a r l e s W i n k l e , l a b o r $ 17 55 S. P i k e , l a b o r 35 50

M h e T t h e n s B r i c k Co. b r i c k T. A. A. & N . M . Ky. Co. f r e igh t C h a r l e s W i n k l e , l a b o r W i l l i a m E n k e r m a n , l a b o r

T o t a l $ 235 13

F I R E FUND.

6 50 6 .50 36 01 34 30 300 1 50 6 00 3 35 1 50 34 50 3 00 3 00 3 75 300 3 00 3 73 3 00 31 95 10 80 13 50 17 60 7 50 3 00 3 25 71 51

7 03 1 15 23 00

10 00

F r e d Sipley. s a l a r y C. A. E d w a r d s . " W. H. M c L a r e n , " M a x W h i t t i n g e r , " A l b e r t Wes t . " E u g e n e W i l l i a m s , " L o u i s Hoelze le , " H e r m a n K i r n , " S a m u e l M c L a r e n , " E d . Hoe lze le . " W. L . S c h n i e r l e . " M. C. R y a n , '* W m . R e t t i c h , " Geo. R. Ke l l ey , h a y K y e r Mi l l ing Co. feed Mrs . R e a m , w a s h i n g J . H a g a n , h a y J . H . H a n d , p a i n t i n g roof J a m e s D o n e g a n , h o r s e s h o e i n g . C. E b e r b a c h , s u p p l i e s G l e n N. Mills , p o s t a g e

43 05 106 37 44 30 1 30 1 30

$ 235 13

60 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 45 00 8 00 8 00 8 00 8 00 8 00 60 85 00

3a 33 14 6. 12 00 19 65 1 00

T o t a l S 520 07

POLICE FUND.

M. C. P e t e r s o n , s a l a r y $ 65 00 " ' ' " p o s t a g e 1 00

D a v i d Col l ins , s a l a r y 50 00 George I s a b e l , " 50 00 R e u b e n A r m b r u s t e r " 50 OO J o b n O ' M a r a , " 50 00 J a m e s M u r r a y , spec i a l 24 00

120 COUNCIL P R O C E E D I N G S .

Bai loy & Dow, s u p p l i e s — 10 HO

C h r i s t i a n B r e n n e r , l i v e r y 1 rjO

T o t a l « :i 2 10

POOR FUND.

F r o d Siploy, s a l a r y 10 00 C l a r e n c e L u m b e r Co. wood Mi 4H T . A. A. & N . M . R y . Co. f r e i g h t iiti IH F r a n k B u r g , g r o c e r i e s - 03 O. Dwyer , " :i 00 E d . Dutfy. '• i> 1̂ 9 J o h n Eise le , " .^41 Mrs . E v a n s , a id H. F . F r o s t & Co. g r o c e r i e s J o h n Goe tz & Son, " J o h n Goetz . J r . , " A. E, M u m m e r y , m e d i c i n e O. M. Mart i ! ! , coffin W. F . Lodho lz . g r o c e r i e s W m . H. M c l n t y r e , " O ' H a r a , Boy le & Co. g r o c e r i e s . O. R i n s e y , g r o c e r i e s R i n s e y & Seabo l t , g r o c e r i e s W. F."Stimson. '• G. W. Snow, l i v e r y W m . Sa lyer , g r o c e r i e s C. Vogel , m e a t C. Z e u r n . "

5 t'O 2 00 7 40 3 a6 1 40

10 I'H 10 29 3 44 3 H"> 9 77

10 34 3 84 1 <0 :2 00

00 09

T o t a l $ 197 27

CEMETARY FUND.

N e w t o n F e l c h , l a b o r . E . H. M a n l y . *' . Wi l l i am Midg ley , " . W. I . R a n d a l l , *' .

7 50 9 ' 0 9 75

17 2.5 T o t a l $ 43 50

RECAPITULATION REPORT AUGUST 1895.

C o n t i n g e n t $ 1,068.79 I G e n e r a l S 40.751

^Pwm- > No . 3 3.273.62 1 . ^^^^^ 1 '• 4 2.U43.8Gf ^

I " 0 4.0") J S t r e e t 1 Br idge , C u l v e r t a n d Crosswa lk Po l ice F i r e P o o r C e m e t e r y

' 302.23

13fi.52 22512 303 10 52'i.o7 197.27 43.3

T o t a l $S854.55

Respectfully submitted, H. J. Brown, C. H. Cady, E m m e t t Coon.

Commit tee on Finance.

Adopted as follows. Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, AUmen

dingier. Koch, Snyder, Laubeng^ayer, Brown, Taylor. Shadford, P re t tyman , Coon, Butterfield, Cady—13.

Nays—None.

F I R E DEPARTMENT.

To the Common Council: A majority of your Commit tee on F i re

Depar tment w^ould recommend tha t th is Council author ize the City Clerk to

place the insurance on F . reman 's Hall as follows:

With Bach & But ler in the Detroit F i re and Mar ine , on building $2500.

W i t h Fred McOmber in the Home of New York, on bui lding $2000, on furni­t u r e $500.

F u r t h e r your Committee is of the opinion tha t $2000on the building oujrht to be cancelled and so recommend to this Council.

Respectfully submitted, Geo. L. Moore, W. M. Shadford,

Commit tee on F i r e Department .

To t h e Common Council : As a member of the Fire Depar tment

Committee and being unable to agree wi th the majority of the committe on the subject of the insurance to be placed on t h e bui lding and fixtures of the de­par tment . I he rewi th submit for the consideration of this couucil the follow­ing minori ty report .

T h a t this Council authorize the City Clerk to place the insurance as follows:

Wi th H. J . Mann in the . ^ t n a $1500. W i t h Bach & Butler in the Detroit

B'ire & Mar ine $1500. With Fred McOraber in the Eorae of

New York on building $1500, on fix­tures $500-$2000.

Respectfully submitted, John Koch.

Received and placed on file.

Whereupon the majority report was adopted as follows:

Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, P re t t vman , Coon, Butterfield—8.

Nays—Aid. Al lmendinger , Koch, Snyder, Laubengayer , Cady—5.

LIGUTTNO.

To t h e Common Council :

Your Commit tee on L 'gh t i ng to whom was referred the l ight ing contract for the purpose of p repar ing the same, satisfactory to the Michigan Electric Company and Professor Carhar t , would repor t t ha t Joseph E. Lockwood, Pres-

SEPTEMBER 2, 1895. 121 ident of the Michigan Electric Com­pany has stated to your Committee his willingness to accept the contract here­with submitted the same being satisfac­tory in every respect to Professor Car hart.

Your Committee would therefore rec­ommend that the contract be entered into by the City of Ann Arbor.

Your Committee would also submit the following second proposal made by the Ann Arbor T. & H. Electric Com­pany.

The Electric Light Committee, City of Ann Arbor.

Gentlemen:—We will enter into a contract for street lighting for two (2) years, at sixty-four ($64 00) dollars per year—265 nights to 12:30 o'clock, 65 candle power, incadescent lamps on basis of "Por te r " bid, and all night lighting on basis of *'Lockwood" bid, other provisions of contract to be as now drawn by Professor Carhart. Ann Arbor T. H. Electric Company,

by W. F. Davidson, vice-president. Respectfully submitted,

D. P. AUmendinger, C. H. Cady,

Committee on Lighting,

The report of the Committee was adopted and recommendations con­curred in as follows:

Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, Allmen-nder, Koch, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, Hrettyman, Coon, Cady—10.

Nays—Aid. Snyder, Laubengayer, Taylor, Butterfield—4.

REPORT o r CITY OFFICERS.

The report of the City Clerk, City Marshal and Chief of the Fire Depart-was read and ordered placed on file.

Aid. Pretty man excused.

RESOLUTIONS.

By Aid. AUmendinger. Besolved, that the Mayor and the City

Clerk be authorized to enter into a con­tract with the Michi^'an Electric Co. for lighting the city for a term of five years from the first day of January 1896 according to proposal made by them.

Adopted as follows: Yeas—Aid. Moore, Maynard, AUmen­

dinger, Koch, Snyder, Laubengayer, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, Coon, Cady —11.

Nays—Aid. Butterfield—1.

By Aid. Taylor. Eesolvedj that the Board of Public

Works are hereby instructed to pur­chase one Austin grader and two Amer-can Wheel scrapers at prices quoted in the communication from the Board to the Common Council this evening Sept. 2.

Aid. Maynard moved as an amend­ment that the resolution be amended by cutting oat all that portion of the reso­lution relative to two scrapers.

Yeas—Aid. Moore, AUmendinger, Koch, Snyder, Brown, Shadford, But­terfield, Cady—8.

Nays — Aid. Moore, Laubengayer, Taylor, Coon—4.

Aid. Koch moved as a substitute that the purchase of a road grader be post-l^pned until next spring.

Lost. Whereupon the resolution as amended

prevailed as follows: Yeas. —Aid. Moore, Maynard, AU­

mendinger, Snyder, Brown, Taylor, Shadford, Butterfield, Cady—9.

Nays — Aid. Koch, Laubengayer, Coon-3 .

By Aid. AUmendinger. Besovled, that the Board of Public

Works is hereby ordered to put a tile culvert across Washington street in pla^e of the second, wooden bridge west of Third street. The culvert to be constructed of three two foot tile laid abrest, with a sufficient stone wall at each end to protect and keep the tile in shape.

As the street is at present being gra­ded and filled it would be adviseable to have the same done at once. 'Die pres­ent wooden bridge needs constant re­pairing and involves continual expense to the city.

Referred to Committee on Streets. On motion the Council adjourned.

G L E N V. M I L L S ,

City Clerk.