The New Toledo Depot And The Henning Property

The common council held a special meeting, Wednesday night, when they considered the petition tor opening Secoud street through to west Jefferson street. Sedgwick Dean and Col. II. S. Dean advocated the opening of the street. It was the first time the Toledo road had asked the city to do anything tor them. Public ïcterest demanded that access to the new depot they were about to build should be had without crossing the railroad track. The location was decided upon because it was the only one where there was an absence of a grade, in the heart of the city, where the cars would not start of themselves unless the brakes were kept set. The company would like to build a good depotof stone or brick, but their means were not large enough. They expected to build a S3,500 frame depot and had alieady ordered the material . It would be a better depot than the old Michigan Central depot. Mr. l'hilip Baeb opposed the opening of the street ít took his land and greatly daniaged hisproperty. He didn't think the city was called upon to expend money in opening the street. A long discussion followed among the aldermen, mterspersed with remarks by Messrs. Deans and Bach. ïhe cost of opening the street was adverted to and the fear expressed that it would cost the city more toopeu and grade the street than it would the railroad to build such a depot as they talked of doing. The council flnally decided that the street should be opeued and appointed the mayor and Aldermen Allmeudinger and Killer a committee to see what could be done in the way of obtaining releases of riglit of way by gift or purchase. The city engineer was requested to furnish an estímate of the cost of grading the proposfid extensión of the street, building a culvert over the street, etc. The objects of the resolution are to flnd out the cost of opening Second street and putting the street in shape. The council niay then intelligently determine whether the sUeet should be opened. There seemed, however, to be a strong sentiment not to do anything for the Toledo road unless they would build a depot costing more than $3,500. D. J. Ross was given permission to use half of Huron and Thayer streets while building the uew high school addition. The saloon bond of Gustave Iloehm was accepted. The two orders held by the electric light company were ordered aid out of the contingent fund, Aid. Vines1 resolution forbidding playiug on the city parks passed after opposiion. The streets committee presented an nianimous report in the David Ilenïing matter and upon their recoramenation the following resolutiou was iassed: Whekeas, David Henning has preented a communicatiou to this cooi mon council relative to dainages accrung to him by reason of the embankment adjoiuing his propertv on l'oniac street between the Michigan (Jenral railroad company and the Huron iver bridge, and also for damages to lim by reason of the vacating and disontinuing by the common council of hat portion of State street between the ïorth boundary line of Fuller street nd the north line of the right of way f said railroad cumpanj; and, Whekeas, All the proceedings taken and resolutions adopted by tlie common ouncil relative theieto were taken and adouted under the advice and upon the ecommendation of Hou. E. D. Kinne, hen city attorney, and of Johu F. ..awrence, Esq., then an alderman and nember of said common council, who vere counseled and advised with in the vhole matter by the Ilon. Alpbeus Telch and the Hou. Thomas M. Cooley, o the end that the city"s interests shoiikl be r'ully and conipletely protected, and that in the opinión of this council the legal abihty and learniug employed were amply suffieient for the purpose and object, and that m the belief of this couDcil such interests froin the eminent legal counsel employed, must be conclusively presumed bylhis council to have been fully protected; therefore, Besolved, That the said communicatiou of David Henning be laid upon the table and that no f urther action be taken thereon.