Condemns The Water

The regular raonthly meeting oi' the common council was held Mocday evenDg n the council rooms. Present, Mayor Beakes, Recorder Bach Aldermen Allmendinger, Sutherland, Herz Martin, Kearns, Spokes, O'Mara, Miller Ware, Winea and Barker. TUE STREET RAILWAT. The rules were suspended to permit J. F. Lawrence to make a statement on behalf of the proposed new street car company. He stated that the company was compoeed of gentlemen fronï Ithaca, Mich., and that they desired to establish' a line of street cars in the city. He had prepared an ordinance such as they would be willing to go to work under, if the council saw fit to pass it. He suggested the appointraent of a comtnittee to confer with the company and report to the council. The ordinacce for the street railway grant8 permission to the Ann Arbor street railway company "to construct, own and maintain street passenger rilways with eingle or doublé tracks, etc. The tracks are to be of the best material used, and will be 4 feet 8 inches apart ; the cars to be urawn by horses or mules, and to run as oftenas thecouncil shall prescribe "provided that cars shall not be ïequired to run oftener than every fifteen minutes between the hours of 6 a. m. and 8 p. m." The cars wil! have patent cash boxes and no conductora except on public days. The city is to be "held forever harmless from any ana au damages which may occur to persons or property by reason of negligent construction, use or management of said street railway." If the corapany fa il to live up to the requirements of the ordinance the city can take possession of the company'g property. The linea ramt all be completecl before 1891. Tne route must be as follows : ROUTE NO. ONE. CommenciDg at the soath end of the Michigan Central Railroad bridge; thence south on Detroit street to Catherir.e street ; thence west on Catherine to Main street thence sou ih on Main to Packard street ' thence southeasterly on Packard to Madison gtreet ; (henee east on Madison to State street; thence south on State-st to roe street ; thence east on Monroe to Forest avenue; thence soulh on Fo.-est avenue to Hill street ; theoce east on Hül street to Washtenaw avenue. Also commencing on Main street ; thance wast on Wilham strset to the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan railway depot. ROUTE NO. TWO. Commeacing at the interseotion of Wasbtenaw avenue and Hül street; thence north on Washtenaw avenue to North uuiversity avenue ; tuence west on North F University aveuue to State sireet. And from Madison street North on State street to the Michigan Central depot. RODTK NO. THKEK. Commencing at the intersection of Huron and State street ; thence west on Huron street to the west boundary of the city. Routes No?. 1 and 2, and that part of Koute No. 3 lying between Main and State streets shall be completed in the year 1889, and the remainder of Route No. 3 in the year 1890. The company is to have a 30 years' franchise according ta tiiis proposed ordinance. . J SANITART WORK. A communication from W. F. Breakey health officer, was read, recommending the appointment of an insDector tr pi. amine the houses and yards in the city for the purpose of finding out the sanitary conduion of the city, the work to bedone under the direction of the board of health, the expense not to exoeed $100. A resolution authorizing the board to have such work done was passed. OPENING 8KCOND STREET. A conimunication from Prof. J. B. Davis, relative to thecost of opening secondst, was read. The estimated cost of inoving the dirt was $511 nö; woeden bridge, $165; stone bridge, $325, ascouncil preterred. OOINO FOB THE WATER COMPANr. A communication írom the board of health was read conceroing the condition i of the water supplied to the city by the water works. The cominunication dated 1 April 30 from Mr. Breakev, health officer, was addressed to A. W. Hamilton, superintendent of the Ann Arbor Water company, and gave the resulta of a personal mspection of the souree of water supply tor the cily. He mentions finding filth in 'Re Btreams emptying into the pipe, and protests against cows standing and drinkng in them. He states fanher that the Lf;ld through which the stream flows is rSsed as a cow pasture the year round, ■ and that no effort has been made to vent tbe stream trom being fouled. "Oa the contrary, a broken dam and inlet tile show where until very reoently water was taken from a still worse stream containing alM the direct drainage of three barn and stable yards." The doctor tben clo.-es as tollows : "My opinión and advice is that you immediately 8top the inflow of water rom that filtby streaai and not let any aore of it run into your pipe unlil the ed and banks of the stream have been leansed andassurance given that it would e kept clean and the water pure." A communication was aleo read from H. ■ Dodsley, secretary of the board of wlth, embjdying a resolution passed by ft board dated July 2, to the effect that unless provinon is made at once to seture the purification of the water of that itream Or prevent its inflow to the water basin that this Board wül give public notice to the eouncil and citizens that in the opinión of its membera the water is unSt and uns.ife for domesüc aud culinary uses." A communication dated Aug. 6. signed by W. F. Breakey, hoalh offlcer, and C. tí. Dirhng, health officer for Ann Arbor township, addressed to the Myor and connoil was read, containing the following language: "But a tarther inspection revealed a shocking condition of filth in the principal remaining streara from which water was taken, caused by cattle makin a drinking place at the very point where the stream emptied into the pipe." xue coniraunication goes on to say that the company were notified, and that the water from (hat stream was shutoff; "but n a few weeks water was found again running into (he pipes from this stream and the two streams draining the stable yards." "This the superintendent states was without his instructioa or knowledge, and that the water was turned in by employés to rinse (?) the reeeiving basin. He gave a verbal promise at a meeting of the board that there would be no more trouble about it. But abüut July 1 water was again found running frora this stream which had not been cleansed into the pipe." The communication then ststes that after the company had been served with the copy of the resoliuion passed, the water was temporarily shut off, and the stream partially fepced in, but in such a way that it did not prevent the cowg from makmg the stream their roosting place as of yore. Concerning the communication to the company covering: the matter the heaith offlcers my : "We have reeeived no acj knowledgement of this ccmmunication and are reluctantly left 10 beheve that the water company is either unwilling or uqable to coaiply with the reasonable recommendations of tbis board to secure to the citizens what they pay for and have a nght to expect, i. e., water, if not abso lutely pure, at least free froai filth." A communieation, dated Aug. 3, to the superintendent of the water company signed by E!i W. Moore, president, W X. Breakey and C. G. D.rlic?, health oföcers, was reaj, embodying the substaaoe of the other comnunioations. The communicationn were placed on file, and a committee, consisting of Recorder Bach, and Aldermen Kearns and O Mara, were appointed to confer with the city attorney as to what steps íhould be taken in the matter, and report at the meetin next Monday nigbt The flnance committee reported the expenditures for July $1806.81. The city treasurer reported balance on aand $2 132 49. Moneys disbursed Marshal Sipley's report ghowed five arresta during July as follows : Drunk 1 assault and battery, 1 ; breach of peacé ó'. The barn and fence of A. A. Terry was ordered removed farther back on the lot as it encroaohed on the etreet. The bond of Chris'ia'n nd Ottmar Eberbaoh, with August-Hutzel and Leonard Gruner sureties, was approved. Mayor Beakes tuen sddressed the council concerniDg the conference with Mr Ashley in regard to the Dew depot, and saio. tnat-nothing wouid induce him to build a depot costiag more tban $3000 or Alderman Allmendinger said that Mr Ashley offered to eubmit the plans of thé proposed depot to tbe council, so that they could see what sort of a building was proposed, and offered a resolution to the effect that the council aocept the offer. Mayor Beakes called Aid. Ware to the cLair and opposed the resolution, moving that it be laid on the table, which was done. Mr Beakes gpoke at some length in opposition to pending any money in new streets, as the city did not have the mouev to spare. ' The following was adopted : Resolved, Tiiat the commlttee on flre dedartmeut and ihe cily marshal take auy measures T„ h7 '2 PreTtnt Üieerection of ariy buIuUt in the , Wock south of the oourt hou=e square ff said building does not conform to tho requirements of the ordlnance for tire limits Tne fnllowing was adopted wíhfh1?1 Tha the 8trect ommittee consult with the üuiversity authorlües and report on the about the middle row of tree th rasss. up of the íBsid w I Mr. Allmendiuger saij that trees were I being ruined al] over the city by driving to close to thein, which fsct pi ompted the I resolution. The following by Aid. Wibès was adopted. r Ilatolved, That the mayor appoint ïomecompetent person to investígate and asot-rtain if posible the cause of bo m-ny of om shade trees SftheÜSyo? donennd'e directiol? Mayor Beakes than appoioted a commi:tee of three cotuposed of Alderaien Allmedinger, Wines acd Satherland to coufer with the street car company and report. A communieation was read from Pred. J. Sohleede, asking permission to build a 30 foot adanion to the rear ot his store on Main-st, the same to he civered with iron.