Common Council Meeting

At the common council Monday evening all were present exeept Aid. Dieterle and Pres. Luick. In the absence of the latter, Aid. Cady wielded the gavel. A petition siened by H. J. Brown and 16 others asking for an are light at the corner of División and Catharine sts., was referred to the lighting committee. Others asking for drinking fountains in the city of Ann Ai-bor was read and referred to the water committee. The board of public works recommended that the city purchase another road grader and the council concurred in it unanimously. City Engineer Key gave an estímate of $150 for grading for sidewalks on the east side of Fountain st. from Miller ave. to Summit st., and $90 for the west side of Seventh st. from Huron st. to Liberty st. The clerk presented the invitation of the League of American Municipalities to attend the annual meeting of that organization in Detroit Aug. 1-4. Aid. Coon moved that the council accept the invitation. Aid. Brown moved that Aid. Hamilton be sent to represent the city and Aid. Hamilton kicked the ball back to Aid. Brown. Neither of their amendments were seconded and the original motion was carried. The sidewalk ordinance was amended so as to permit property owners to mop their tar walks in the stone district where they need fixing up, and also the thickness of the new stone walks was reduced from three to two ir.ches. The ordinance as amended was then passed. The street committee recommended that the inlets to the storm sewers on Detroit st. be reconstructed; that the engineer give grade and estímate for paving alley in the rcar of Exinger's store, also an estímate for storm sewers on E. Liberty st. from Main to State st., and gra veling the street with thï gravel taken from the ditch; that Hudson T. Morton be ordered to fill the en rhole located on his property on the east siüe of Linden st. within two weeks; that Geddes ave. be ordered graveled alonsr the cemetery. All of which was carried. The committee on sidewalks recommended that the following brick crosswalks be ordered: South side of William across Fifth ave.; north side of William across División; east side of Maynard across William. Also the following plank crosswalks: West side of Main 'across Jefferson; south end of Tappan across E. University ave. And furthcr that plank sidewalks be ordered along the following streets and in front of the following property: West side of First st. between Ann and Miller ave.; on the east side of Ashley between Winslow's south line and Jefferson st. Also repairs on the west side of N. Main in front of No. 501, 509 and 515, the property of Collins, Neithammer and Backhus. Also a stone or cement sidewalk be ordered on the south side of E. William, the west two rods of Goodale property. All of which was carried. By Aid. Sweet - That $35 be appropriated for scraping1 the sand on Chapin st. along the property of N. W. Cheever and Fred Sipley's to the on Chapin st. south toward Huron st., and gravel put on the sand for a road bed. Carried 11 to 2. By Aid. Cady- "That the stand for all drays or other vehicles used for the transportation of property for hire in the city of Ann Arbor be and the same is hereby changed from the street adjoining the court house square to the city market on Ashley st., and the city marshal is heretoy directed to enforce said ordinance with this resolution. Carried unanimously. Aid. Coon moved that the subject of an alley in the rear of John Wagner's property be referred to the street committee and the city attorney. Adopted.