Backed Out

The regular meeting of the council was held last Monday night. All the merabers were present. The first matter to come up was a communication from the mayor appointing Arthur Crawford special policeman in the vicinity of the A. M. E. chureh. The rows that have taken place in that vicinity recently necessitated such a move. Following this was a lot of routine business relative to sidewalks, etc. The city clerk reported that but two bids for the city printing had been handed in. It developed later that Aid. Brown had two more bids in his pocket from the Couri ar and Arg-us. So far as can be learned the bids are all alike or practically so. No action has yet been taken upon them. The most interesting business of the was the report of the junketing committee and the discussion that arose upon its report. The eommittee reported in favor of the purchase of the Pitts road roller at $2,950 iiml the Austin stor.e crusher at $850, The committee recommended that the board of public works enter into contract for these machines. Here the council ran up against a snag. Aid. Koch moved to postpone the matter He said that the peopb of Ann Arbor were not ready for the additional expense, that it would take all the money the city had to buy the machines and then their would be no funds with which to opérate tbem. Aids. Laubengayer and Coon supported Aid. Koch in the bloeking process. The matter, however, finally went through with only three dissenting votes and the city will soon have a road roller and a stone crusher - unless some one devises sorae other scheme to stop the eouneil. Ii ij claimed there is talkthat an injunctton will be sworn out to stop proceedings. The committee on reported in favor af advertising for bids for lighting the city for five years. The report was amended so as to ask for bids of tour sorts, as follows: Ut- 96 lamps all night, 2Ü5 nights. 2nd - 9(i lamps all night, 365 nights. 3rd- 96 lamps to 12:30, 205 nights. 4th- % lamps to 12:30, 305 nights. This was then unanimously adooted The bond committee reported that the bond offered by the State Savings Bank ras signed oniy by directora of the bank. The coinmittee recommended that different bondsmon, or additional bondsmea be asked foi The report of the committee was adopted. The question oí Bprlnkling the various parks was brought up in the report of the commiuuon parks, It.was referred back to the committee for further consideratioa. The board of public works was authorized to cut the graas and weeds on Felch Park. The question of opening North State-st. aoross the -iH.n. cent. rauroad tracks was again called up. It, developed that the land over which the street, if opened, would pass had been acquired by the railroad and that the only way to get at the matter would be to institute condemnation proceedings. As this will take some time, it was decided to have the board (lf pubüc works at once repair the bridge aeross the tracks. One of the amusing things that came up during the evening was the resolution of Aid. Miynard that the city officials accept the challenge of the county officials to play a game of base ball. After considerable humorous diseussion the resolution was adopted. It reads as follows: Whekeas, That inasimich as some 01 the County officers have assumed or rnnï'i in.timt lat they can or ever WW playbaü, Therefore, be it o? Ved' rbmt this ;ouncil do now o-an fu nakl 0OUnty ottloera t0 a tt h i aü fül' bl0üd and the supper, h.iv Pwed on Mo''V the first day of 2 at2:30o'dock p.m.,and fUfther that the honorable mayor be iu1 lMd lü aÉt M umpire at said game.