To Amend City Charter

TO AMEND CITY CHARTER

A Committee to Consider New Amendments

THREE NEW WATER MAINS

Were Ordered by the Council -Time Checks Paid- Thirty Saloon Bonds Passed

The present council bids fair to be a business council. They got right down to work Monday night, ordered a warrant drawn for $882.65 worth of labor checks, and appointed a committee consisting of Ald. Fischer, Hutzel, Goodyear and the city attorney to consider charter amendments to report next Monday night. Only one of the proposed amendments was read last night and that was to make the city treasurer an elective officer. The council then adopted a recommendation for a radical change in street work. which will be found in another column. An attempt to order the paving of Liberty street with asphalt failed. Martin street was ordered opened and Seventh street widened.

Bonds for 30 saloons, 1 brewery and 3 druggists were approved on the report of Ald. Goodyear, chairman of the bond committee.

On motion of Ald. Fischer, John D. Forsythe was appointed fence viewer in the Seventh ward in place of A. J. Sawyer, jr., who declined to act.

Ald. Robison from the water committee, recommended the extension of the water mains west on Dexter avenue, Jackson avenue and Grand View drive, with the placing of hydrants at the usual distance.

Ald. Fischer wanted to know how many feet the mains would be extended.

Ald. Robison thought it would require three new hydrants.

Ald. Fischer said it would cost the city $120 a year for three hydrants and if there were not many people there who wanted water this was an expense to the city.

Ald. Hutzel said the last hydrant on W. Huron street was 750 feet from the fork of the road. Unless the people were hard up for water, it was an expense to the city. The property, however, was pretty well built up and for safety that part of the city should have better fire protection.

The report of the committee was adopted unanimously.

On motion of Ald. Clancy a sidewalk was ordered built on the north side of Miller avenue from First street to the railroad tracks.

On motion of Ald. Johnson the board of public works were ordered to place he sidewalk on E. Ann street in front of the Greene property in condition safe for public travel.

Ald. Schlenker moved that the street commissioner make an inspection of sidewalks, which carried after Ald. Grose stated that he though the member of the sidewalk committee in each ward should go over the walks in his ward and report defects.