The City's Guardians

The council met Monday evening and for three mortal hours the aldermen labored hard ud accomplished nothing outside of the general routine business. The matter of Sunday closiDg, which every body hoped would be settled at this meeting, was passed over until another meeting to be held Wednesday evening. Another matter of great importanoe to the people of Ann Arbor, the boring for natural gas, whieh is expected to boom the city, received a set back. The incorporators of the company presented a request to have the council pass an ordinance giving them the right to lay pipes if they should strike gas, oil or mineral water. It was promptly deferred. Just why these two important matters should be deferred is not potent to any one but the aldermen themselves. A communication signed by Wm. Fletcher and C. A. Edwards was read stating that they and six others had organized a hose company known as the " Defiance Hose Co." and asked the council to furnieh and equip them with a hose cart. The matter was referred to the fire department committee. The members of the Bethlehem church presented a communication complaining that engines on the T. & A. were continually kept whistling on Sunday whea they were holding divine services, and asked that steps be taken to avert the nuisance. It was referred to the city marshaL The resignation of Paul Schall es constable of the second ward was presented and accepted. The finance committee reported the following amounts allowed from the several funds during the month of May : First ward .... 163.71 Second " _ 121.32 Third " _ 50.32 Fourth " „ „. 260 32 Fitth " 103Í91 Sixth " 94.02 General Street fund 597 97 City cemetery fund 90.18 Contingent fund 768.78 Total S 2571.28 The report was accepted and orders ordered drawn for the several amounts. Christian Roth was allowed $369, for building a stone arch gutter across west Third st, near William-st. On motion of Aid. Allmendinger the salary of the health officer was fixed at $50 per year. Chiefof fire department Sorg recommended that J. Hauaer and Fred Stein be transfered from the Steamer company to the Hook and Ladder company and that the names of Larry Dunn, John Burne, Frank Champion, John Kinney, Wm. Kennedy and Samuel McLaren be added to the company known as the - Hook and Ladder company. Keferred to committee on fire department. The committee on electric lights made a lengthy report, suggesting the changing of locations of some of the lights, discontinuing of some and establishing new ones. The committee to whom was referred the matter of establishing a drinking fountain on the courthouse square made the following report : " We propose a stone trough to be furnished by Anton Eisele and placed upon a stone foundation at a coet not to exceed $25, to be placed outside the sidewalk for watericg horses. Within the walk a fountaiu for people, costing about $55, to be furnish by Hutzel & Co. The material to be of bronzed galvanized iron." The report was accepted and adopted. The committee on receiving bids for lighting the court house tower was granted turther time. The street committee reported in favor of building a bridge over the race on Felch-st at a cosfr of $200. Referred back to the street committee for further consideration. Aid. Kearns reported thac an agreement had been made with Dr. Herdman, that the city build a wall under his barn recently moved back off the extensión of weet Waehington-st, at a coat of $100, onehalfto be pid out of the general street fund and one half by the second ward. Accepted and adopted. The sidewalk committee reported in favor of building several new sidewalks which were ordered built. Dean & Co. were granted pertnission to build three oil tanks near the T. & A. depot. Moved by Aid. Allmendinger, that the marshal notify all saloonkeepers who had not paid their license to pay up at once, and in default thereof he shall commencé suit againet them. The city treasurer ptesented his monthly report showing the amount in his hands on the 31et day of May, as follows : Lcei..!!Prt 814-25L Diebureemènts .'.' i ■L, 'S The City Marshal presented the followinp report showing the amount expended during the month of May for the maintainance of the city's poor : First ward Rq9 Seoond ," ZZZZT SM Tnird " i o? $ïS :: :::::::::::::::::::::z:::: itS FlTtn " ■ qo KQ " :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: t Tot&1 130.81 The Recorder's report showed the following amounts in the city treasury for the month ending May 31 : Contingent fund _ $1009 79 Genera! street " Vfo" First ward - liö Second ' ÏXS-S Fourth " ' lïïH,1 S" .. 324.67 Water Works ... iSlS $&?' :: zzzzz= m Uo rax 100.00 The general fund is over-drawn $844.58 and the delinquent tax fund $900.39. The City Marshal's report showed that there were six arrests made during the month of May resulting in five convictions one still pending. On motion of Aid. Wines E. B. Gidley was elected a member of the board of heakh, vice Dr. Sullivan, who failed to qualify within the time prescribed, oq ac count of absence froin the city. Resolved, by Aid. Allmendinger, that the Marshal was instructed to inspect the walks in the city and report the defeotive ones. Carried. Resolved, by Aid. Allmendinger that our representative in the legislature be requested to ha?e inserted in the city charter a provisión for holding special elections. Carried. Aid. Swift spoke at considerable length on the meagre salary the members of the council received, bringing some good argumenta to bear in favor of paying the members a reasonable compensation for their time spent in looking after the city's interest. The matter is favorably thought of by a good many members of the board and it will probably be brought up agin. John H. Lawrence addressed the council on behalf of the Washtenaw Fuel Gas Co., askmg that the ccuucil pass nn ordinance giving them the right to lay pipes in the city, providing they struck oil, gas or mineral water. On motion of Aid. Allmendinger a committee of three, was appointed to consider the matter nd report at a special meeting to be held Wednesday evening. Aids. Wines and Allmendinger and the city attorney were appointed. John R. Lawrence, attorney for Shippacassee, addressed the council in regard to the enforcement of the Sunday law. Aid. Swift, aa usual, was promptly on his f eet and ae;ain placed himself on record as the advocate of anti-Sunday laws. Aid. Allmendinger earnestly defended the cause of morality, maintaining that some respect should be paid to the day of divine worship. The matter was finally disposed of by a motion being made to adjourn, which carried, to the utter disgust of Aid. Swift who was eloquently proclaiming for more liberties on Sunday.