Council Proceedings

Monday evening was regular council meeting night, all answering to their ñames except Aid. Hammond. The ball was oponed by pcrniisslon boing given John F. Lawrence to present an ordinance granting perinission to tlie "Ano Arbor Street Rail way Co." to bulld and opérate a rallroad Ín tliis clty. Said ordlnaDce, on motion of Aid. Wines was reft-rred to a commltteo of three, with instructlons to report at a meeting to bo held next Monday evening. PRE8ENTATI0N OF PET1TI0NS. Of A. A. Clark for pormission to remove from the street on his premisos certaiu treea, at the comer of Jeflerson and División Bts. Keferred to Street Coramittee. Of Fre] J. Schlcdo lor penulssion to bulld a 30 ft. addition in the roar of hls store on State st. to replace sliods already there. Retorred to FireComuiittce. Of Thos. Rausche n berger and four others asking for a sidewalu on the oast sido of W. 4td st., from Liberty to W. Jefferson st. Keferred to Sidowalk Coinmittee. Of N. W. Cheevor and six others in referenco to a public alley extending from the south side to the center of block one soutli of Hurón st. which has been fillcd up. Keferred to Street Gonimitteo. A communication from Eugene IC. Frueaufl", secretary of the Business Men's Association transmitting a resolutlon of sald association requesting the council to open 2d st., from Willlam to Madison sts. Received and placed on lile. T. B. Davis city enginecr roade a written report as to the cost of grading E. Socond st., from William to Jefferson st. to a grade line previously prepared, and also an estimated cost of a bridge over Allou's Creek on said Second st. One estimato being for $676.55, anothor for $830.55. Received and placed on file. A communication was read from Dr. W. F. Breakey, liealth offleer of the city rocommending .a sanitary inspection of the City, after which Aid. Wines ofl'ercd the following, which was carried : Reiovled, That the Board of Health bo lnstruclod to malee the necessary sanitary luppeotlon of Uie city, at a cost of not more tfian$100. Carried. A commuulcation was theu read from Dr. W. F. Breakey, Health Olllcer of Ann Arbor City, and Dr. C. G. Darling Health Offleer of Ann Arbor town, rclative to the water supply from which the city is now receiving its aqua pura. The statement of these gentlemen was anything but pleasant read Ing for tlioso wlio are compelled to drink the city water. The charge is made that tho water supply, especlally that f rom tho Allen f;irm, has a dirty and foul source, and that barn yards are drained into the creek furnfching the supply. Read and placed on file' REPOBTS OF COMMITTEES. Aid. Martin oiTered the following: Retolvtd, That the flnanoe commlttee bc empowered toarrange with the Ann Arbor Sarings Bank to pay all city warrant as presen ted, and that sald bank be allowedö per cent. Interest on all sunn overdravn up to Feb. lst. W.v. Which was adoptcd. Aid. Martin, from the flnanca con.mittee, made the following report of expenditures for the montli lstwardfund Í230 R8 2d " " fe8 ai 3d " " _ 'il S3 4tli " " 77 83 öth " " 58 14 6th " " 54 68 Oen. itreetfund 141 74 General " ..... M8 00 Contingent " 852 97 Total l,806 81 Aid. Sutherland from general street committee made the following report : Your commlttee have had under conslderatlon the matter of the oouiinunleatlon rcferred tothem relativo to A. A. Terry's baru, and respectfully report that upon consultatlon wllh the city epglnoer they flnd that Mr. Terry'a barn and fence encroach upon the public street between one and two reet, and recornmend that such part of tiie baru and fence as etand upou Mie street be removed therefrom. By yea and nay vote the city offleers were ordered to take uecessary actlon to secure llie romoval of tlils barn from the street. Aid. Allmendinger reported verbally in refcrence to scveral sidewalka, sevcral of which were upou N. Thayer st. 'J'he matter of changing the ordinance so tht the council might order a walk where it was deemed deslrable, was referred to the Sidowalk Committee, togethcr with the city attorney to report a new ordinance lf thought proper. Mayor Beakes from committee to confer with T. A. A. R. E. authoritles with reference to the proposed new depot made a verbal report stating Mr. Ashley'a posltion, which was that tho company could not and would not crect a building to cost more thau $3,500, etc. After some little discussion Aid. Allmendinger offercd the following: Resolved, Thnt Mr. Ashlcy's offer of n druwlng of the elevatlon of new depot together with a descrlptlon of same be accepted in order that the council can act understandlngly la the matter and that a meeting be held at once upon thelr recelpt, for thelr Inspection. After some Hule discussion Mayor Beakes called Aid. Ware to the chair and spoke azainst the adoption of the resolution. He sald that there was no money in the treasury to expend, and he thoujrht that It was unnecessary to ask the R. R. to go to the expense of draf ting plans. He did not wish to oppose the building of a new depot, but thought that the railroad company should be willing to bulld a decent structure if the city went to the expense of opening up this street. Aid. Allmendinger replied and a general discussion followed, pro and con, but flnally the whole matter was lald upon the table for one month, by a vote 7 to5. The matter of the communication of the health officer with reference to the water supply was taken up. City Attorney Klng gave it as his opinión that the council had power to revoke the contract with the Water Co. if it deslred to. A commmittee was flnally appointed coneistinjr of Aids. Kearns, O'Mara and Recorder Bacli to see what actlon it was necessary for the city to take in reference to obtaininjr better water. Aids. Wines, Sutherland and Allmendinger were appoluted a committee to confer with the Street Railwiiy Co. REPORT S OF CITT OFFICE Rg. The city treasurer reported the following balances on hand: Contingent rand on hand „ % 3,889 25 General " overdraft :t,930 28 General 8t. " on hand 147 37 lst wardlund 754 71 2d " " 743 8 3d " " _ 465 'M 4th " " 258 83 6th " " 72 73 öth " " U3 30 City cemetery fund 60 82 Dog tax " 100 00 Delinquent tax " overdraft I, .562 57 Water works, on hand 1,019 58 Marshal Siplcy reported the followinf expenditures of tito poor fund for the month: lstward ï 2 00 2d " 4 64 Sd " 0 79 4th " 25 98 5th " _ 22 05 6th " 27 16 Total _ $91 82 The marshal also reported flve arrests during the month under the city ordlnances. MOT1OKS ANO KESOLCTIONÍ. By Aid. Allmendinger: Xeêolved, That the Commlttee on Flre departineut and the city marshal take any measures necesaary to prevent the erectioo of any building In the block south of the court house square, tf nald building does not conform to therequlrementsof thcordlnnuce on flre llmits. Currlcd, By Aid. Allmendinger i flesolved, That the Street Cominlttee consult with the Unlverslty authorltles and report upou the feaslblllty, of liavlng a grass plat 18 ft. wlde. about the rutddle oí trees surroundlng the cainpun and of closlng up tho lnside drive entlrcly lu order to save the trees. Carried. Aid. Wines ofl'ered n rceolution which was adopted, authorizing the Mayor to appoint some suitable person to examine the inaple trees of the city and ascortain if possible what was cauglng their death and what could be done, if anythlng to prevent the same. Tbe Ypsilanti bioyole club talks of presenííag a medal to (ha oca of its members who will make tbe best time from Ann Arbor to this city, in n public coutest to be held about September lst. No professionals will be allowed to compete; simply tlie boys who live in Ypsilanti and vicinity. The following persons were arraignod bofore Juittice Frueauff on Monday, Aug. Cth, Frederick Markham, drunk on Saturday, paid conts. Wtn. Hendricks, drunk on Sundny, paid oost. Wm. Taylor for oarrying conoealod weapons; trial set for Aug. 14th. On August 4th Thc.mas Cullen was sentenced to 15 days in 3n.il for boing drunk. Tbere ia a peculiarity m the birthdays of Alfred Owinner's children which bas seldom, if ever, been equaled. Tvro boys' birthdays ocour on thu same day Aug. 3, there being two years difference in their ages. Two girls' birthdays ocour on the Hiñe, day in May the difterence of their ages being likewise two years. Quite a ooinoidonce. Prof. and Mrs. Elislia Jouos accompaied by Edward A.Vhito of St. John and Mrs. J. G. Pattengill left on the Flyer Wednesday afternoon for Chicago. From there they go to Oolorado via the Burlington route. In the past mountain air bas always wonderfully helped Prof. Jones, and it is hopod he may now derive some benefit from it even iu his low condition. ïhe members of St. Androws cburoh are raising $1,500 with whioh to build a new house for the sexton and to put a steam heating apporatus in the reotory. The sexton's present house is in a most dilapidated condition and will not stand another Michigan winter. Those canvassing for the funds are meeting with great success and hope soon to have the entiro amount pledged. A conference of the oulcera and other mombers of the Pioneer sooioty of tbis county, was held iu the society's room, in the court house last Saturday to make arrangements for the annual meeting to be held Sept. 5. It was decided to have a basket picnic at Belief park in tbis city, and secure one of the beat orators in the state to deliver the address. It is said the officers of the park assooiation have consented to give the use of the park free of charge. Tbere are plenty of seats and tables for a big crowd, and everybody will be weloomed. Iu the August number of the American Magazine Dr. W. F. Hutchinson presenta tbe fourth of his finely illustrated artioles in the series "Along the Oaribbean," in this instance dealing with Trinidad. Another entertaining paper is entitled "Where Burgoyne Surrendered," by C. II. Crandall, in which is described tbe Saratoga Monument tbat is soon to be nnveiled. Frederick G. Solawatka, tne noted Arotio Explorer, tells about "The American Arctio Ravage" in an entaining manner. The Bhort stories, whioh are particularly bright and suitable for hot weatber, are a feature of the issue: Anna Vernon Dorsey writes on a Summer Episode in V ushinfcton," Dr. A. id. Isaaos has an amusing sketch entitled "She Would Write for tbe Magazines," and Mary W. Eramer furmshes an entertaining story on Father-in-Law" - a companion picture to the much abused Mother-iu-Law. A quiet wedding ocourred at No. 14 N. Ingalls street, last Tuesday evening, the contraoting parties being Miss Addie Btrd, of this city, and Charles B. Seott, teacher of sciencea in the St. Paul, Minn , high school. Kev . Charles Scott, father of tbe groom, and president of Hope ooilege, Holland, Mich., performed tbe ceremony in tbe presence of a few relativos and invited friends, whioh was very impressive. The bridéis a daughterof Mr. J. C. Bird, and niece of Mrs. J. Ii. Nowland. She graduated from the literary department of the university in '87 and the past year taught in the Marshall high school. Mr. Soott is a gradúate of Rutger ooilege, N. J., but was a student at the U. of M., for two years. The young couple will go enst for a few days, stopping at Holland on their way to St. l'aul where a furnished house is waiting for them, and they will begin housekeeping at once. Mr. and Mrs. Öoott havo many friends in tbis and otuer cities who wish them all happines and prosperity, and The üemookat also extends congratulntions to the happy oouple. Herman Hutzel returned Sunday afternoon from New Hamburg, Ontario, where he attended the funeral of the late Kev. Cbristian Spring. The followiag extracte from an article in the New Hamburg paper of Aug. 3ti, will give a brief synopsis of his life ; " It has seldom been our duty to chroniole anything so sad as the deutli of the Hev. Chnstian F. Spring which took place at the rectory on Wednesday morniug, lst inst. On Tuesday evening he uüited a couple in marriage and retired to bed at ten o'clock, at midnight he awoke and complained of a pain in his head In endeavoring to get up he feil over and never rallied. Death by apoplexy ended bis sufferings at four o'clock. He was born at Neuffen, kmgdom of Wurtemberg, in Germany, Oct. 16, 1825 and educated at the seminary at Lichtenstern in the same state. He carne to America in 1854 and entered the ministry the following year, his first station being in Vanner county Ohio. He was stationed at Marshall, Michigan in 1858. Coming to Canada in 1865 he was stationed at Middleton in the county of Norfolk. On the 27th of December 1865, he came to this oounty taking charge of the Dundee and Hamburg missions, and on the 9th of November 1863 he moved to Hamburg. His flrst wife was Mary Jedele of Soio, Michigan, a son was born totbem m Marcb 1857, who died at the age of live montas, his wife dymg flve months after the son. Bis seoond marriage took place at Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 5, 1859 to Sophia Hutzel. Fourteen ohildren have been born to them, two of ■which died. A widow and twelve children, fivd sons and seven daughters, are left to mourn their great loss."