The Common Council

The Daily Times has the following ieport'uf Moiiday eveiiius's me A regular meeting of the comnion councü was Ueld last evening. Quo■uin present. Absent .Viel. Cady and Danforth. The board of pnblic works reconimeuded tluit the council order au open paved glitter on William st. aeross Asliley st. to the Ann Arbor rallroad j so as to prevent storm waters froiu floodiug the entrance of the Ann Arbor railroad depot. The petition of C. J. Snyder and 13 others asking tor improvements on Gott st. was read and referred to the street comniittee, as was also the petition of J. P. Schuil and seven ótbers, asking for a crosswalk on the north side of Washington st. across Fourtli ave. John Conde and 15 others asked for improvements on Ashley st. The salaries of the city oflicers were flxed for the ensuing year as follows: City engineer, $1,200 per year; city assessor, $1,000 per year; city cierk, 81,000 per year; city attorney, $000 per year; street commissioner, $800 per year; city marshal, $65 per month; patrolman, $50 per íaonth; city treasurer, $100 per year; city physiciau, 5100 per year; health oíücer, $15U per year; inspector board of health, $100 ier year; remaining members of the board of health, $50 per year. Aid. Dell objected to the increase of salaries as times were too hard to permit of such a thing, but when it was demonstrated to the alderman that it would be a saving to the city if the city attorney and city clerk received an increase of salary and engaged their help and paid for it thernselves, he acquiesced, and the salaries were fixed as reported by the coin mittee. The committee on sewers reported that they had made a general inspection of the lateral sewers of the city, and found that au uuexpected and deplorable state 'of affairs existed. They found that the board of public works on Jan. 8, 1SOC, had taken the matter of control of the flush tanks or manholes from the city engineer, and made arrangemeuts for a monthly inspection of the flush tanks and p report on the same and directed a man then employed by the city to make such inspection, in company with a member of the Ann Arbor water company. No such report was made until May 29, whieh was made by Daniel J. lloss. Dr. Hale, receiver of the water company, statcd to the committee that none of their otticials have received at any time a uotification of au inspection as required by the resolution of the board. Noue of the flush tanks were' operated aecording to the resolutiou of the board, whieh required a flow of water sufflclent to fill the same in fond days, but instead some were discliarging from three to six times in 24 hours, whüe others were not operating at all. The committee was led to belleve th there lias been more than crimina negligence on the part of certain in competent employés of tlie board of public works. who ere designated to do the work. The employment of a competent person recommended, who should have charge of the sewer system. A sidewalk of stoue or cement was ordered built on the west side of S. State st. in front of 14 S. State, the property of Mrs. Jlary E. Hall; a plank or tar walk in front of 24, the property of Xorman Gates, and that the cement walk on the uorth side oli. Miller ave., from the property of the Ann Arbor railroad. west along the property of the Antón Eisele estáte, be relaid and repaired. The treasurer reported the total amount of sewer money on hand as $7,171.23; total amount of sewer tax on hand, $7,067.85; uncollected sewer tax, $94.20.