C O M M O N C O U N C I L — J A A ' U A R Y 20. 1!)19. 21.'i

Counc i l C h a m b e r , A n n Arbo r . Mich. , 11,300 feet, l eav ing 6,500 f e e : to be J a n . 20, 1919. R e g u l a r session. c o m p l e t e d . T h e c o n t r a c t o r on thih M e e t i n g ca l led to o r d e r by t h e v. o r k h a s been t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e suc -

F r e s i d e n t " V r e s e n t : Aid. Sugden , ^^^^ m a i n , a s t h e frost a l o n g t h e l ine K e u s e l . Huss , Maver , H e n d e r s o n , of t h e force m a i n is 2 feet t h i c k a n d P r o c h n o w M a r k e v . Donne l ly , H a u s e r , ^ ' o ^ S ^^^ suc t ion m a i n , w h i c h is on Spa the l f . F r e e m a n , M a c G r e g o r . Lutz , t h e S .ee re F a r m , only 6 i nches th ick . FTes. R e i c h e r t . 14. A b s e n t : Aid. Sink, ^^o^'-^ o^ t h e suc t ion m a i n w a s s t a r t e d L M i n u t e s of p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g a p - J a n u a r y 13th . p roved . T h e b r i ck w o r k of t h e p o w e r h o u s e

F r o m Eoartl of Publ i c Works . s a b o u t c o m p l e t e d ; t h e h e a t i n g sy s t em , , „ ^ ^, ^ ^ , is be ing p laced , a n d t h e r e r e m a i n s a t

Moved by Mr. Scott , t h a t B o a r d r e - .^iie p o w e r house , t h e p l a c i n g of t h e q u e s t p e r m i s s i o n of Counci l to a d v e r - ^^^^ cover ing , t h e i n t e r i o r p a r t i t i o n t i se for s ea son ' s s u p p l y of t a r v i a , ce - ^^^ ^^^ . j ^ ^ i n s t a l l a t i on of t h e e q u i p ­m e n t , s ewer p ipe , p a v i n g br ick , ca l - i n e n t e i u m c h l o r i d e a n d s t r e e t oil. T h e f r a m e w o r k of t h e o p e r a t o r s

(Counc i l a c t i o n ) — d w e l l i n g is e r e c t e d a n d t h e c o n t r a c t o r Moved by Aid. M a r k e y , t h a t r e q u e s t i*; t r y i n g to h a v e t h e h o u s e inclosed,

of B o a r d be g r a n t e d . a n d t h e roof on be fore bad w e a t h e r . A d o p t e d by t h e fo l lowing v o t e : F i v e a d d i t i o n a l we l l s h a v e been

l e a s , Aid. Sugden , Heuse l , Huss , May- d r i l l ed of t h e 12 t h a t a r e c o n t e m p l a t e d c i , H e n d e r s o n , P r o c h n o w , M a r k e y . a t t h i s t ime . Donne l ly , H a u s e r . Spathelf . F r e e m a n . T h e f avo rab l e w e a ; h e r d u r i n g N o -IVfacGregor. Lutz . P r e s . R e i c h e r t , 14. v e m b e r , D e c e m b e r a n d J a n u a r y , h a d Nays , n o n e . p e r m i t t e d t h e c o n s t r u c t ' o n w o r k to

A n n Arbor , Mich. . J a n . 20. 1919. p r o c e e d w i t h only a b o u t t en days in-To t h e H o n o r a b l e . W a t e r C o m m i t t e e terruj>tion, a n d t h e p r o g r e s s of t h e en -

cf t h e C o m m o n Counci l , a n d Boa rd of t i r e d e v e l o p m e n t is m u c h b e t t e r t h a n W a t e r Commis s ione r s , A n n Arbor , we h a d a n t i c i p a t e d in t h e v iew of t h e iMich.: D e a r s S i r s — T h e p r o g r e s s of difficulties of s e c u r i n g l a b o r a n d m a -t h e S tee re F a r m w a t e r d e v e l o p m e n t t e r i a l . is a s fo l lows: T h e e x p e n d i t u r e s to d a t e a n d t h e

T h e force m a i n h a s been la id for e s t i m a t e d to t a l cos t is a s fo l lows:

To da t e . To c o m p l e t e . E s t i m a t e d To ta l .

F o r c e m a i n $107,368.61 $ 9,631.39 $117,000.00 Suc t ion m a i n 10.231.72 26.268.28 36.500.00 •VVells 4.337.55 3.162.45 7.500.00

. P o w e r h o u s e b u i l d i n g 8,855.07 9.144.93 18.000.00 E q u i p m e n t , p u m p s 7,000.00 7,000.00 O p e r a t o r ' s h o u s e . . . . ' 1,093.12 3.906.88 5,000.00 Suc t ion well 25,000.00 25,000.00 E n g i n e e r i n g and legal se rv ices 6,001.67 2,998.33 9,000.00

. .$137 ,887 .74 $87,112.26 $225,000.00

T h e suc t ion well w h i c h is e s t i m a t e d W e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t you h a v e in to cos t $25,000.00, is no t c o n t r a c t e d c o n t e m p l a t i o n t h e p a v i n g of . B r o a d -for, a n d wh i l e n e c e s s a r y for t h e s u e - way , f rom t h e B r o a d w a y b r i d g e to t h e cessful o p e r a t i o n of t h e s ta t ion , is n o t M i c h i g a n C e n t r a l , a n d w h i l e we h a v e to be c o n s t r u c t e d un t i l a f t e r t h e p l a n t b u t v e r y l i t t le f r o n t a g e on t h i s s t r ee t h a s been p u m p i n g for a few m o n t h s , w h i c h wou ld be sub j ec t to t a x a t i o n for Y o u r s respec t fu l ly , Ho l l and , A c k e r - t h i s p u r p o s e , t h e i m p r o v e m e n t w o u l d

m a n & Ho l l and , C o n s u t i n g E n g l - be of some v a l u e to us . a n d we will be nee r s , bv H. K. H o l l a n d . Avilling to c o n t r i b u t e t o w a r d t h e ex-O r d e r e d on file. pense . C o m m u n i c a t i o n f rom P u b l i c H e a l t h On cond i t ion t h a t t h e p a v i n g is d o n e

N u r s i n g Associa t ion , r e l a t ive to a p p r o - b e t w e e n May 1st a n d J u l y 1st next , a i p r i a t i on for v i s i t ing nu r se s , received w h i c h t i m e it will l e a s t i n c o n v e n i e n c e a n d re fe r red to F i n a n c e c o m m i t t e e . o u r t e a m i n g , we will a g r e e to pay t h e

J a n . 20, 1919. s u m of six h u n d r e d do l l a r s ($600.00) To t h e Mayor a n d C o m m o n C o u n - on c o m p l e t i o n of s a t i s f ac to ry p a v e -

cil. City of Ann A r b o r : G e n t l e m e n — m e n t .

214 C O M M O N C O U N C I L .

T r u s t i n g t h a t t h i s w i l l b e a n i n d u c e ­m e n t t o w a r d s t h e e a r l y c o m p l e t i o n of t h e j o b . Y o u r s v ru ly , W a s h t e n a w G a s C o m ­

p a n y , b y H . W . D o u g l a s , M a n a g e r . R e f e r r e d t o S t r e e t c o m m i t t e e . C o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m H o n . G e o r g e

W . M i l l e n , S e n a t o r , 1 2 t h d i s t r i c t , a c ­k n o w l e d g i n g - r e c e i p t of c o p y of C o u n ­c i l a c t i o n r e g a r d i n g P u b l i c U t i l i t i e s C o m m i s s i o n , r e c e i v e d a n d o r d e r e d o n file.

C o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m O t t o ' s B a n d , t h a n k i n g C o u n c i l f o r a p p r o p r i a t i o n , r e c e i v e d a n d o r d e r e d o n file.

P e t i t i o n of K i l l i n s ' S u b - d i v i s i o n c o m p a n y , f o r s a n i t a r y s e w e r o n J a c k ­s o n a v e . , f r o m H u r o n s t . t o t h e c i t y l i m i t s , r e c e i v e d a n d r e f e r r e d t o S e w e r c o m m i v t e e .

C o m m i t t e e R e i > o r t s , F i n a n c e K e p o r t .

Fiitr F u n d Chas . Andrews , sa la ry $66.(16 Eugene W i l l i a m s , s a l a r y 56.38 lialph Edwar i l s , s a l a ry 56.3S Henry McLaren, s a l a ry 53.48 J a c o b Gwinner . sa l a ry 53.48 Har lev AVise, sa l a ry , 51.21 Mart in Noll, s a l a ry 51.23 F r a n k Markey, s a l a r y 51.23 H e r m a n Kruse , s a l a ry 51.23 Emil r>amniin, sa l a ry 51.23 Mat. I l e in inger , sa l a ry 51.23 Benj . Zahn, sa la ry 51.23 R a y m o n d Gil lespie, s a l a r y 5123 F loyd Naylor , sa l a ry 47.55 Ea r l Arnold, s a l a ry 47.5.'i Claud Cobb, sa la ry 4i.55 F r e d N o r d m a n . sa l a rv 47.5r( Chas Carrol l , s a l a rv 33.6ri F r a n k Kapp , sa la ry 33.60

F i re fund tota l sa lar ies , half month , J a n u a r y $953.:^0

I*oli€>p F u n d . Thos . (VRrien, s a l a r v ^ 6C.06 •VVni. Apri l l . sa la ry 51.23 Gus tavo ;Meyor. s a l a rv 51.23 Ed. B l u m h a r d t , s a l a ry 51.23 Emanue l Sodt, s a l a ry 51.23 Marloud Howard , sa l a rv 51.23 Rober t Clark, sa l a ry > 51.23 H e n r y H a r d e n , sa.larv 51,23 F r e d " S o d t . sa la ry 51.2r. Josejdi Gast , s a l a rv 47.5.T F r a n k Marz, sa l a ry 47.55

Police fund tota l sa lar ies , half month . J a n u a r y $571.60

AVater W o r k s F n n d . H a r r y W i l l s h e r . s a l a ry .$45.00 r.e-^lie Bush, sa la ry 45.00 Rober t Rowe. sa la ry 42.50 H a r r y W a r r e u . sa l a ry 37.50 H e n r y Einde . sa l a ry 45 00 J o h n Volland, sa la ry 37.50 J o h n S c h w i k a r t . sa la rv 37.50 A. K. H a w k e s . sa l a rv 42.50 Cliff phe t re r ty . s a l a ry 50.00 Lou i se Mnllov. sa l a rv 42.50 Russell I'rye*'. sa la ry 32.50

Tota l s emi -mon th ly sa la r i e s . . . .S457.50

— J A N U A R Y 20. 1 9 1 9 . «

C o n t i n g e n t F u n d M. C. R y a n , sa la ry V2 m o n t h $ 5 1 2 3 B o a r d of Review— Mark B. Sui?den, services $ 5.00 Samue l Heusel , s e n i c e s 5.00 J o h n H u s s , services 5.0O Wm. L. Henderson , sa la ry 5.00 Theo . F r o e k n o w , services 5.00 J o h n W. Markey , services 5.00 Chr i s . T . Donnel ly , services 5.00 Oscar E. Hause r , services 5.00 Geo. Spathelf , services 5.01) C. C. F r e e m a n , services 5.00 J o h n MaeGregor , services 5.00 Char les A. Sink, services 5.00 Geo. Lutz , services 5.00 R. E . Re icher t , services 5.00

To ta l Board of Review : $70 .00 E n g i n e e r I)ept.— A r t h u r D a h l h e r g , services $10 .33 G. W . F r a n c i s , services 5.60 J a m e s Mason, services 11.40 W . B . Russe l l , services 33.00 Mar t in Wal~.h, services 9.08 H . M. W o o d w a r d , services 30.S0 F r e d G. H a n s e l m a n , team 1.56

To ta l Eng inee r Dept $102.67 W a s h t e n a w Gas Co.. c i ty ha l l $ 4.33 N. R. Smi th , services 10.00 E m i l y Zeeb, services 12.00 J o h n A. Weys inge r . expenses pa id . . O.Otf F r a n k B. DeVine, expenses p a i d . . . . 6.11 S t a n d a r d Oil C o , coui-on book 10.00 The Mayer-Scl ia i i 'er Co., p r i n t i n g

t ax shee ts , e tc 344.75 J n o . C. F i sche r Co.. suppl ies 1.39 W m . Gi3odyear & Co., supp l i e s 1.03 W m . H. L. Rohde , suppl ies 3.50 George W a h r , supp l i e s 26.25 E. M. AVurster, supr Ees 15.1)5 G. E W a - h i n g t o n , a t t eu t ion to t ype ­

w r i t e r Co Eherlia<h & Son Co.. r epa i r s .55 The Machine Specia l ty Co., r epa i r s 5.75 C. L. Schneider , r epa i r s 3.' 5 H e n r y S. P ia t t , au to repa i r s , etc 16.05

Tota l supp l ies , etc $467.53 Con t ingen t fund to ta l , i nc lud ing

s a l a ry $601.43 D o g I^icense F u n d

Joe Wickliffe. bnr ia l $ 1.00 W a t s r W o r k s F u n d

^M W. M'llavH. *in>t I'Ps . . $11""* ' W a s h t e n a w Elec t r ic Shop, s u p p l i e s . .65 W m . H. L. Rohde , snppl ies 75 H* n ry S. P i a t t , sunpl ies 7.4.i Smi th T i r e R e p a i r Co., suppl ies 26.75 E lec t r i c Blpafhinar Gas Co.. suppl ies 5 1!) T h o m s o n Meter Co., suppl ies 16.82 Geo. W a h r . s n o j l i e s 3.45 Ebei-ba'-h ».*c Sou Co.. supp l i e s 4,10 F. M. W n r s t e r . sunnl ies 21.25 Pos t Office, sujiplies 55.90 H. Stofflett. d is t . bi l ls 40.70 C. E. Godfrey, ca r t age , ete. S.99 W a t e r W o r k s Dcpt. . expenses 6.70

Tota l supp l i e s , etc $200.95 F . Rhodenbecke r . l abor $ 15.75 A, Molkei i t ine, l abor 12.30 J . Ximz, lal)or 10 SO

Tota l l abor $ .38.85 W a t e r AVorks fund to ta l , i nc lud ing

sa la r i e s .$706.30

C O M M O N C O U N C I L -

Special W a t e r W o r k s F u n d F l o w e r - S t e p h t n s Mfg. Co., supplies.$227.50 U. S. Cast I ron I ' ipe ^' F o u n d r y

Co., suppl ies 3,817.49 Bake r & S tewar t , eout rae t 7S4.41 A. It. Cole Co., cont rac t 2,538.51 C. J . Synde r & Sons, services D1.24 W. Cornwt l ! . services 1JM.50 Albe r t W e i m e r & Co., services 41)1.25 A. A. K. II. Co., f re ight 147.56

Special W a t e r W o r k s F u n d to ta l , $8,106.46 Street F u n d

L. G. Bird , l a b o r $ 3.60 Sam. Ka lmbach , l abor 2.00 J a m e s Mason, labor 23.00 W . II . I lomig, l a b o r 7.00 Mar t in W a l s h , l abor 2013 J o h n W e n d l a n d , l abor 12.75 F r e d G. I la i i se lman, team 11.67 J u o . E. Hcr r s t . team 31.S9 Claud Yonng. team 2.33

Tota l l abor $114.37 J n o . Benz, hay $ 72.87

Strt-et fund tota l $187.24 Recapitiilatiou

Contingent fund $ 691.43 Fire fnnd 953.80 Police fund 571.60 Dog License fund 1.00 Water Woi ks fund 706.30 Special Water Works fund 8,196.46 Street fund 187.24

Total City funrts $11,307.83 Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 20, 1919.

To the Finance Committee of the Com­mon Council: Gentlemen—I have exam­ined the foregoing accounts against the city of Ann Arlior, and I hereby certify that they are correct to the best of mv knbwhdge. ISAAC G. REYNOLDS, Citv Clerk.

To the Honorable, the Common Council: (rentlemfu—Your Finance committee has reviewed the foregoing report. Warrants for salaries were drawn Jan. 16, 1910. We retommend that same be a[iproved and that warrants be orderi^d drawn for the foregoiniT accounts. GFO. LCTZ. JOHN MAC GUKGOK, O. R.

MAYEK. Finance Committee. Aid. Liitz m o v e d t h e a d o p t i o n

of t h e r e p o r t , w h i c h w a s a d o p t ­ee by t h e fo l lowing v o t e : Yeas . Aid. Sugden . HeiiseK H u s s . May­er . H e n d e r s o n , P r o c h n o w . Markey , Donnel ly , Hiu .ser , Spathelf , F r e e m a n . M a c G r e g o r . T.ntz, P r e s . Re i che r t , 14. Nays , n o n e .

O r d i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e . Aid. F r e e m a n a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e

c o m m i t t e e would r e p o r t a t n e x t m e e t ­ing l e l a t l ve to p roposed o r d i n a n c e pro-h i b i t i n g e n c r o a c h m e n t s in t h e s t r ee t s .

L f g h t i n g C<miinUtee Re]>ort. To t h e H o n o r a b l e . t h e C o m m o n

Counc i l : G e n t l e m e n — Y o u r L i g h t i n g c o m m i t t e e h a s h a d t h e fo l lowing m a t ­t e r s u n d e r cons ide ra t i on a n d r e spec t ­fully r e c o m m e n d s :

1. T h a t t u n g s t e n l ight be placed on

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e a s t s ide of D e t r o i t st., b e t w e e n Nos . ?C8 a n d 312.

2. T h a t t u n g s t e n l i gh t on A d a m s ave . , t h e cost of m a i n t a i n i n g w h i c h w a s pa id by p r o p e r t y o w n e r s unt i l A d a m s ave . w a s a c c e p t e d as a pub l i c s . r ee t by t h e city May 20th, 1918, b e i n c l u d e d in t h e c i ty ' s s t r e e t l ights , a s f rom d a t e of a c c e p t a n c e of sa id s t r ee t .

3. T h a t t h e pe t i t i on of R o b t . C la rk , et a l . , for s t r ee t l igh t in f ron t of No . 210 W. S u m m i t s.., be no t g r a n t e d a t t h i s t i m e . P .espect ful ly s u b m i t t e d , J o h n M a c -

Gregor , J. W. M a r k e y , M. B . Sugden , L i g h t i n g c o m m i t t e e . Aid. M a c G r e g o r m o v e d t h e a d o p ­

t ion of t h e r epo r t , w h i c h w a s a d o p t e d by t h e fo l lowing v o t e : Y'eas, Aid. Sugden . Heuse l , Huss , May-e i , H e n d e r s o n , P r o c h n o w . M a r k e y . l: 'Onnelly, H a u s e r , Spathelf , F r e e m a n , a^'acGregor, Lutz , P r e s . R e i c h e r t , 14. > ays , n o n e .

Mr. E . T. Cope, d i s t r i c t a g e n t D e ­t ro i t E d i s o n Co., exp l a ined a d v i s a b i L ity of c h a n g i n g sys tem of s t r e e t l i gh t ­ing , a n d s ta ed t i ie n e w l a m p s n o w on t r i a l on S ta te st. w^ould cos t $48.00 p e r yea r , a n d a r c l a m p s n o w in use cost 5 60.00 pe r yea r .

Aid. M a c G r e g o r r e q u e s t e d t h e May­or, m e m b e r s of Counci l a n d o t h e r of­ficials to i n spec t t h e n e w l a m p s in­s t a l l ed on S t a t e st.

Officers' R e p o r t s . TREASURER'S REPORT

Month Ending: December 31st, 1918 CITY FUNDS—Keceip ts— Cont ingen t fund : in te res t on bank

bahince, ' $1*2.0!); mi lk l icense, $1.0(); c i ty scales. $S2.U(>; from W a t e r dept. , .s;2.o0; t hea t e r license, $103.50; b i l l i a rds . ^23.00; fees on t axes col., $1,382.K^ $ 1,637.88

City Cemetery f u n d : .sale of V2 lot 12.5C Dog License f n n d : l icense s o i d . . . I.oii F i r e D e p a r t m e n t f u n d : gasol ine

sold 11.20 I*oor f u n d : a m a n ' s keep 46.5l> Foi ice f u n d : from Thos. O'Brien.

c i ty fees 46.15 St ree t f n n d : rebate , 44c; old iron,

$22.87- work on sewer, $88.57. . . 111.82 r>:irk fund : rent 10.00 Sidewalk Bu i ld ing f u n d : side­

walks bu i l t by city 204.39 W a t e r W o r k s f u n d : from m a n a g e r -

of d e p a r t m e n t 4,511.46 T'ncollected t ax fund 19,526.33 Special W a t e r W o r k s f n n d ; in ter ­

est on bank ba lance 135.71 S t a t e Tax fund 41.842.14 County Tax fund 86.473.75 School Tax fnnd 131,105.36

To ta l ' $285,676.78 On hand December 1st. 1918 . ' . . . . 102.599.45

Tota l .«.^88.276.23

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W a r r a n t s paid 47,784.90

On hand J a n u a r y 1st, 1919 $340,491.27 Di sbur semcu t s -Cont iugcn t fund . . .• $ 3,150.44 City Cemetery fund 88.52 Kire D e p a r t m e n t fund 2,108.40 Poor fnnd i>0.37 Police fund i:6m.-S6 Street fund 1,933.7:^ P a r k fund 135.90 St ree t LigJit fund 1,0^8.29 Br idge , Lulver t and C r o s s w a l k

fund 757.00 "Water W o r k s fund 3,39u.74 Steere F a r m fund 270.80 Special W a t e r W o r k s fund 12,903.20 School Tax fund 20,000.00

Tota l $47,784.90 On H a n d -Cont ingent fund $22,019.32 City Cemetery fund 855.90 Dog License fund 075.90 S ta te Dog Tax fund 100.00 F i re D e p a r t m e n t fund 9,321.53 Poor fund 980.71 Police fund 9,817.03 W a t e r fund 0,127.45 P a r k fund 1.107.52 Street L i g h t fund 7.048.99 B i i d g e , Culver t a n d Crosswa lk

fund 026.17 B r o a d w a y B r i d g e fund 07.50 Steere F a r m fund 1.309.90 Kejected Tax fund 220,74 Special W a t e r AVorks fund 70,(37.05 Street Kqu ipmcn t and Barn fund . 1,039.20 Sta te Tax fund 41,842.14 County Tax fund 80,4(3.75 School Tax fund 111,105.30

Tota l . . . . : $378,142.88 Ove rd rawn 37.05] X,l

On h a n d J a n u a r y 1st, 1019 $340,491.27 Overdrawn— Street fund $15,417.00 S idewalk b u i l d i n g fund. 973.49 W a t e r W o i k s fund 9,845.95 Uncol lected Tax fund 0,022.05 Reje<-ted Tax fund 4.448.10 Kdward Street G r a d i n g fund 343.70

Tota l $37,051.01 W a r r a n t s O u t s t a n d i n g -Cont ingen t fnnd $ 3.845.70 Citv Cemetery fnnd 2.00 Street fund 31.25 P a r k fund 48.00 W a t e r W o r k s f u r n 103.51 Special W;iter W o r k s fund 979.20

Total $ 5,009.72 SKWKIl FT'XDS—Roceipts— Tax Account— Dis t r ic t No. 52 $ 10.14-Di s l r i c t No, 53 39.95 Dis t r ic t No. 55 83.08 Distr ic t Xo. 50 50.79 Dis t r ic t No. 59 4.12 Di s t r i c t No. 01 29.27 Dis t r ic t No. 03 39.00 Dis t r ic t No. t 5 0.9o r>istrict No. 07 11.94 r t i s t r i c t No. <>s 27.71 lUst r ic t No. (2 7(.(^5

J A N U A R Y 20, 1 9 1 9 .

D i s t r i c t No. 77 9.26 Di s t r i c t No. 78 13.39 D i s t r i c t No. 84 1,193.43 Dis1:rict No. So 54.27

T o t a l $ 1,051.02 On h a n d December 1st, 1918 104.57

T o t a l . $ 1,815.58 W a r r a n t s pa id 23.39 On h a n d J a n u a r y 1st, 1919 $ 1,792.19 D i s b u r s e m e n t s — T a x Account— D i s t r i c t No. 72 $ 23.39

T o t a l $ 23.39 On Hand—Lal )o r Account— Dis t r i c t No. 08 $ 477 37 D i s t r i c t No. 09 107.98 D i s t r i c t No. 71 70.29 D i s t r i c t No. 72 3,874.09 Di s t r i c t No. 75 94.98 D i s t r i c t No. 76 140.91 D i s t r i c t No. 77 102.49 Di s t r i c t No. 78 27.51 D i s t r i c t No. 80 217.29 Di s t r i c t No. 82 538 33 D i s t r i c t No. 80 217.86 D i s t r i c t No. 87 ; 83.20 T a x Account— Dis t r i c t No. 54 $ 289.40 Di s t r i c t No. 55 693-44 D i s t r i c t No. 57 237 08 Di s t r i c t No. 58 264.11 D i s t r i c t No. 59 203.87 lUs t r i c t No. 02 189.37 Di s t r i c t No. 60 441.52 D i s t r i c t No. 71 4.40 Di s t r i c t No. 73 192.23 D i s t r i c t No. 74 22.07 Di s t r i c t No. 75 1.32 D i s t r i c t No. 78 128 13 D i s t r i c t No. 79 91.64 I>istrict No. 80 29.90 Dis t r i c t No. 82 1,027.36 Dis t r i c t No. 83 48.39 Dis t r i c t No. 84 372.19 Dis t r i c t No. 85 382.52

To ta l $10 572.70 O v e r d r a w n 8,780.57

On h a n d J a n u a r y 1st. 1919 $ 1,792.10 Overdrawn^—Labor A c c o u n t -D i s t r i c t No. 70 $ 165.74 Di s t r i c t No. 73". 156.75 Di s t r i c t No 74 28.83 D i s t r i c t No. 79 27.:;1 D i s t r i c t No. 81 37.iiO D i s t r i c t No. S3 327.85 Dis t r i c t No. S5 223.75 Tax A c c o u n t - -Dis t r i c t No. 51 S .325.39 Distrir-t No. 5:i .50.85 r i ivtr ic t No. 53 944.00 D i s t r i c t No. '>(^ 977.f»3 Ikistr ict No. 00 86.43 Dis t r i c t No. 01 900.71 T>istrict No. f;3 1.202.32 Dis t r i c t No. 04 100.58 Dis t r ic t No. fM 70.80 Dis t r ic t No. 07 139.91 Dis t r ic t No. 08 474.44 I>Ntru-t No. 00 27.11 D i s t r i c t No. 70 108.22 Disti ' ict No. 72 1.832.54 Di s t r i c t No. 70 221.40 Dis t r ic t No. 7( 170.29

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Dis t r ic t No. SI 3.82 Dis t r i c t No. 30 ^ 2(S.S0 Dis t r ic t No. 31 126.15

To ta l $ S,7S0.o7 Dis t r ic t No. 35 L'67.24 W a r r a n t s Ontstaudinjir—Labor Ace.— Tax .Vccount— Dis t r ic t N'o. 72 $ ('.82.93 Di s t r i c t No. 10 2.250.88 Tax .Vccount— Distri<-t No. 12 226.9t; Dis t r ic t No. 72 195.52 Dis t r i c t No. 14 29G.*i3

- — Dis t r i c t Xo. 15 367.11 Tota l '$ 878.45 Dis t r ic t Xo. 10 680.87

I 'AVIX<i FUXDS—Itece ip t s— Dis t r ic t Xo. 17 9.14 Dis t r ic t Xo. 18 199.11 Tax Account— i-.- » • *. x- on -o^-'}•>

Dis t r ic t Xo. 14 $ 6.89 r>i^trict Xo. 20 o66.3. Dis t r i c t Xo. 15 25.81 P^^t'-ift >-.o. 21 a D . . 2 Dis t r ic t Xo. 16 24 51 J ' l ^ ^ r J >-.* - ^^ - ' l / ^ -D i s t r i c t Xo. 17 7.15 l > l ^ n r l ^Z'- -}J , ^ -89 Dis t r ic t Xo. 18 13.9;^ IM^n^ ' l t^/'" r/. It^.i^, Dis t r ic t Xo. ]9 34.41 J I^I^^'J ^.'^- :;9 Vj ' -ff Dis t r ic t Xo. 21) '21.37 lUstru-t Xo. 3... 101.11 Dis t r ic t Xo. 26 9.77 Dis t r ic t Xo. 29. 59.51 'i 'otal $ 0,625.97 Dis t r i c t Xo. 30 74.12 F a r m e r s & Mechanics Hank, Ann Arbor, Dis t r ic t Xo. 3;:'> 90.31 Michigan. J a n u a r y 2n(l, 1919. I t i s t r ic t Xo. 34 12: 31 To the IIonoral>lG Mayor and Common Dis t r ic t Xo. 36 141.46 Council of the City of Ann Arbor , Mich-

__ jojiii: Th is is to certify t h a t Koss Grang -Tota l s $ 632.55 er, t r e a s u r e r of the city of Ann Arbor , had

On hand December Is l . 1918 5,814.37 on deposi t in t h i s bank the sum of two h u n d r e d twen ty thousand , two hund red

Total S 6.446.92 seventeen and 50-l(W) dolljirs ($220,217.50) "Warrants j^aid 1.50 at the close o t bus iness Deccmi)er 'M^t, 1918.

_ ^ Kespectful ly : U. A. W I L L I A i l S . I ' res ident . On h a n d J a n u a r y Js t , 1919 .$ 6.445.42 T h e Ann A r b o r Sav ings Bank . Ann Arl)or. Di sburs ! men t s—Labor A c c o u n t ^ Michigan. Dis i r ic i Xo. :'.7 ^ 1.50 To the Honorab le Common Council of

t he City of Ann A r b o r : Th is is to certify Tola! $ 1.50 tha t there w a s on depos i t in The Ann

On H a n d — L a b o r Account— ' Arl .or Savings KanI: ^o tl)e credi t of the IHst r ic t Xo. 20 $ 254.34 City of Ann Arbor , Special W a t e r W o r k s l>istrict Xo. 32 243.61 funds, l loss Granger , city t r easu re r , t he Dis t r ic t Xo. 36 1,854.01 sum of seventy-s ix t housand seven hun-Dis t r ic t Xo. ; 7 834,77 d red th i r ty - seven and 65-100 ($76,737.65) Tax A c c o u n t ^ d o l l a r s a t the close of bus ines s December Dis t r i c t Xo. 11 789.70 31-^t, 1918. Di-^trlct Xo. 13 116.24 W I L L L \ M L. WALZ. Cashier . lUs t r ic t Xo. 19 150.53 Ann Arbor , Michigan. J a n u a r y 3rd, 1919. l ) i s t r ic t Xo. 22 300.76 R e c a p i t u l a t i o n Dis t r ic t Xo. 23 3,032.63 City funds on hand $101,070.02 Di^lr ict Xo. 24 40.75 Sewer funds ou hand 1.792.19 Dis t i i c t Xo. 28 1.714.93 Pavement funds on hand 6.445.42 Dis t r ic t Xo. 29 505.33 S t a t e t ax fund on hand 41.842.14 Dis t r ic t Xo. .32 131 IS County tax fund on hand 86.473.75 Dis t r ic t Xo. 33 233.74 School t ax fund on hand 111,105.36 Dis t r ic t Xo. 34 2.699.S3 Dis t r i c t X... 3ii 2.169.04 Tota l $348.728.8.8

F . ^- M. bank ba lance $220,217.50 T,ttais $13.(171.39 A. A. Savings bank balance 76.737.65

Overdrawn 6,625.97 Cash on h a n d . . 51,773.7:-{

i;-,lance $6,445.42 Tota l $348.72.8.88 O v e r d r a w n — L a b o r Account— IIOSS GRANGKR, City T r e a s u r e r .

City E n g i n e e r ' s R e p o r t Ann Arbor , Mich.. J a n u a r y 3, 1919.

To the Board of Publ ic W o r k s , Ann Arbor , >I ichigau: Sirs—I submi t herewith t he following rei ort of expend i tu r e s for work done under my direct ion d u r i n g the mon th of December, Xnnie Amount < ' ha rgeab le to A m o u n t F u g i n e e r i n g and ChH'ical— ^ G. IL S a n d e n b u r g h .$149.05 2. Recoros . $119.47 F L PViner 96.3" 3. Corresi)ondeuce 7.81 W r> Itusscll 20.26 4. Month ly and a n n u a l r epor t s 18.84 J I .oehrke 35,44 K. Tnforuiation given to publ ic .37.32 i r M WooiUvard 69.34 9. Infornui t ion received from oth-S t r e t t (^'omniissiouer's roll 2.80 ers for city 2.58

13. City y a r d s and shed, c lean ing and a r r a n g i n g 70

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W o r k for P a r k d e p a r t m e n t S idewa lk g r a d e s S t ree t t ines and g r a d e s S i c k n e s s and vaca t ions A u t o m o b i l e Dii-ecting work of d e p a r t m e n t . . W o r k for S t ree t d e p a r t m e n t . . . . S t o r m sewer survey J a c k s o n avenue i)avement

Tota l $37.3.26 T o t a l

2.60 6.10

35.94 52.43

2.54 22.77 15 .So

, 42.30 6.01

, $373.26 Sewer W o r k —

G. H. S a n d e n b u r g h $ 17.61 F . L. Fe ine r 28.63 W B. Russel l 37 J . Loehrke 54.56 St ree t Commiss ioner ' s roll 35.60

10. S a n i t a r y sewer m a i n t e n a n c e . . . ,$ 75.83 11. S to rm sewer m a i n t e n a n c e 10.93 58. T a p p i n g s a n i t a r y sewers 1.25 75. Ca re of s t o r m w a t e r 8.39

141. I n v e s t i g a t i o n of roof wat t r f rom u n i v e r s i t y b u i l d i n g s . . . . 40.37

Tota l $136.77 To ta l $1.36.77 To ta l e x p e n d i t u r e s $510.03 *Chargeable to P a r k d e p a r t m e n t 2.60 "Chargeable to St ree t D e p a r t m e n t 15-85

Respect fu l ly s u b m i t t e d : G E O . H. S A N D E N B U R G H , Ci ty Eng inee r .

Street Commiss ioner ' s K e p o r t Ann Arbor , Micb., J a n . 6, 1919.

Hon. Boa rd of Pub l i c W o r k s , J o s e p h L. Arne t , P r e s i d e n t : Gen t l emen—Fol lowing is a r e p o r t of work done by the S t ree t d e p a r t m e n t d u r i n g the mon th of December , 1918: 12-28, 12-11: 12-12-31— Cleaning paved s t ree t s , l a b o r $212.76 Cleaning culver t s , l abor 9.35 Grad ing , g rave l ing and p a t c h i n g d i r t

s t ree ts , labor 229.55 ( G r a v e l i n g : Aust in ave . ; (c inders ) : 14th, Volland, Gott , X. Main, Hoover. (Hivia, Glen, Lincoln , C a m b r i d g e r d . : j t a t ch ing : Feleh , N. and S. Ashley. Wil l iam, S. Univers i ty , J a c k s o n ave., S. S t a t e ; filling d r i v e w a y ; Hil l s t . ; g r a d i n g g u t t e r s : C h u b b rd., Mill rd.)

Cleaning c rosswalks , l abor 32.74 Cleaning leaves g u t t e r s , d i r t st-reets,

l abor 337.55 (Brooks , Miller ave.. W. Summi t . B roadway , J o h n K. ave., W. Madinon, W . Jefferson, S. Main, Brown, Greene, Hoover, Davis, W. W^ashiugton, Mur­ray, 8th St., Traver , Dex te r rd., J ack ­son ave.)

G r a d i n g s idewa lks , l abor 26.76 (F i l l ing and r epa i r s bank s idewalk , N. Main.)

Re j ia i r s and c lean ing in le t s and g u t ­te r boxes, l abor 28.9S (Repa i r s tile, .Tones; cement cu lver t . P o n t i a c ; s t ree t culver t . S p r i n g and C h e r r y ; c lean ing inlets.)

Miscel laneous work and r epa i r s , l abor 70.74 (Making s t ree t sweeper b rooms , $3.83; r epa i r s hole s idewalk , No. 109 E. Ann, $1.00; hau l ing and r epa i r s snow plows, $.'^.25: layiuiT up and repair-! motor sweeper, S2(*.55; h a u l i n g old c u r b . $1.56; h a n d l i n g br ick, tile, etc. , $9.30; se t t ing s t r - e t s igns , $9.00; c u t t i n g down tree, Wel ls s t . . $5.25: work cel lar house at ci ty y a r d ) , $6.00).

S to rm sewer N, Main, l abor . , . . 39.58 (F rom nor th of A. A. R. R. c ross ing south about 2(K) feet.)

G r a d i n g with s t reet d rag , l abor and t eams 17.10

T a k i n g ca re of snow, l abor 9.50 (Clean ing snow from c rosswa lks , in-I t t s , etc.)

Rei a i r s pavements , l a b o r . SO (Cut W a s h i n g t o n be tween 4tti and 5th ave. ( W a t e r Dept . )

T o t a l $1,015 41 Respect fu l ly s u b m i t t e d : A. J . PAUL,

S t ree t Commiss ione r . R e p o r t s of C i t y T r e a s u r e r , C l e r k , E n ­

g i n e e r a n d S r e e t C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r m o n t h of D e c e m b e r , r e c e i v e d a n d o r ­d e r e d t o t a k e u s u a l c o u r s e .

B y A i d . L u t z ; R e s o l v e d , t h a t in a c ­c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e p r o v i s i o n of S e c t i o n •'. of C h a p t e r s ix , of a n a c t , e n t i t l e d , "An A c t t o p r o v i d e f o r h o l d i n g o t e l e c t i o n , t o p r e s c r i b e t h e m a n n e r of c n d u c t i n g a n d r e g u l a t i n g e l e c . i o n , t o p r e v e n t f r a u d a n d d e c e p t i o n in t h e c f ^ n d i i c t i n g of e l e c t i o n s , t o g u a r d aga i i i . s t a b u s e of t h e e lec t - 've f r a n ­c h i s e , " t h a t t h e S e v e n t h w a r d of t h e c i t y o f A n n A r b o r b e d i v i d e d i n t o t w o e l e c t i o n p r e c i n c s 1 e c a u s e of t h e f a r t th-a t t h e r e a r e m o r e t h a n s ix h u n d r e d v o t e r s in s a i d w a r d , a n d t h a t t h e s a i I p r e c i n c t s s h a l l e m b r a c e t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r r i t o r y :

T h e first p r e c i n c t of t h e S e v e n t h v . a r d e m b r a c e s a l l t h a t p a r t of h e r i t v I v i n g c a s t of P 'ou th M a ' n s t r e e t , f r o n t t h e c i t y l i m i t s t o M a d i s o n s t r e e t , s o u t h of M a d i s o n s t r e e t , f r o m S o u t h M a i n s t r e e t t o S o u h S t a t e s t r e e t , w e s t o f S t a t e s t r e e t , f r o m M a d s o n s t r e e t t o M o n r o e s t r e e t , s o u t h of M o n r o e s t r e e t , f r o m S t a t e s t r e e t t o E a s > U n i v e r s i t y a v e . , w e s t of E a s t U n i v e r s i t y a v e n u e , f r o m M o n r o e s t r e e t t o P a c k a r d s t r e e ^ , e a s t o f P a c k a r d s t r e e t , f r o m E a s t U n i ­v e r s i t y a v e n u e t o M c f v i u l e y a v e n u e , U f r t h of M i ' K i n l e v a v e n u e , f r o m P a c k ­a r d s r e e t t o S t a t e s t r e e t , w e s t of S t a l e

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street, from McKinley avenue to the city limits, north of city limits from State street to south Main street.

The second precinct of the Seventh v/ard embraces all 'ihat part of the city lying east >f South state street, from the City limits to McKinley avenue, south of McKinley aveue from Sout*» State to Packard street, west of Pack­ard street, from McKinley avenue to East University avenue east of East University avenue from Packard street t'"» Hill street, eouth of Hill street, from East U n i \ e r s t y avenue to Washtenaw avenue, west of Wash enaw avenue, from Hill street to City limits, north of City limits, from Washtenaw avenue to South State street.

Adopted by the .following vote: Yeas, Aid. Sugden. Heusel, Huss. May­er, Henderson, Prochnow. Markey, Uonneliy, Hauser. Spathelf. Freeman. MacGregor. Lutz. Pres. Reichert, 14. >'ays, none.

By Aid. Lutz: Resolved, that the Aldermen of each ward and he City Clerk be appointed a committee with power to act to provide additional booths and to make such changes and repairs at thi ir respective ward poll­ing places as they deem necessary.

Resolved, fuither. tha t the Citv Clerk make all necessary ar range­ments for com'ng pr imary and annual char er elections and for registration; and that, for the pur rose of registra­tion of voters at the office of City Clerk and to properly comply with the ab­sent voters' law. the City Clerk be au­thorized to appoint such assistan s and with such compensation as the Finance committee shall approve.

Adopt*^d by the following vote: ^ eas. Aid. Sugden. Heusel, Huss. May­er, Henderson. Prochnow. Markey, I 'cnnelly, Hauser, Spathelf, Freeman. Al3cGregor. Lutz. Pres. Reichert, 14. Nays. none.

By Aid. Sug(>n: Resolved, that the south central room of the third floor of the county court house, and the Iwo rooms in the second st^ry of the east wing of the county .iail. be and are hereby designated as a plvice for detent-on of all women and children under arres t within the city of Ann Arbor.

Adopted by th.e following vote: "^'eas. Aid. S'Ugden. Heusel, Huss, May­or. Hende?*son. Prochnow. Markey. r>onnelly. Hauser, Spathelf. Freeman. T.lacGregor. lAitz. Pres. Reichert, 14. Kays. none.

Resolution. By Ahl. F reeman: Whereas, a peti­

tion was filed by the Michigan Stat© Telephone company with the Michigan Railroad Commission on the 7th day of January , 1919, for authori ty to stan­dardize the rates of said Telephone company and wh^ch in effect increases the ra tes of the Telephone com- i pany in this city, and in every c';ty and village in the State of Mich­igan outside of the city of Detroit, the increase in the state amount ing to $600,000 which additional sum the people will be required to pay for this service, and

Whereas , the hearing on saM peti­tion was fixed by the Railroad Com­mission at Lansing on the 21st day of January , at 10:00 o'clock, a. m., and

Whereas , on the 7th of January , 19^9, at the city of Lansing, represen-ta ives of nearly every city effected by this raise in telephone rates met for the purpose of organization and c .•>-operation in an effort to protect ihe in­terests of the different cities and vil­lages of the state, and to oppose ihe petition of the Telephone company. and

Whereas at said meeting an execu­tive committee was named lo rey>/e-sent all of the cities affected and pre­pare a i)lan of procedure before the commission on liehalf of the cities af­fected, said committee being compos­ed of Mayor .T. W. Ferle, Lansing, At­torney J. Walsh, Port Huron, City At­torney Schaberg, Kalamazoo. Mayor Keller. Flint, and C t y Manaaev Ah-1. urt Hall. Jackson, and

Whereas, in order to suci-e •s*'uily conduct the cause on behalf of the different municipalities affv">c':ed. pro-vis'on must be made for a fund io be csed in procuring an expert telephone engineer if the same shall become nec­essary to secure the proper evidence for the munici])alities, and also pro\-'de such funds as may be necessary lo r.ssure the proper legal r 'oresenta t ion on behalf of the municipaMties. and

Whereas, it is the opinion or the Executive committee, which was au­thorized to act on behalf of the munic­ipalities in this matter, tha t such a f'lnd should be raised by appropriat ion from the various City Commissions. C'ity Councils, or other authorized representatives of the different munici­palities whenever the .same may be­come necessary, but before any acti >n is taken wheieby any expense is in­curred, the Executive committee must have the assurance from the different municipalities that the proportion o:" each municipality will be paid by .such

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municipality when occasion may 3c'i^.e, Therefore, be it hereby

Resolved, tha t we, the duly and le­gally authorized authori t ies of this municipality do hereby authorize ap ­propriation from the contingent tund of our city, an amoun t which shall be in proportion to our population as near as may be, for the purpose of protecting the interests of th is city )n contesting the petition of the Michigan State Telephone company in the liti­gation before the Michigan State Railroad Commission for an increase in rates, and be it hereby fur ther

Resolved, t ha t we authorize the Ex­ecutive committee aforesaid appointed a t the city of Lansing, namely, Mayi»r J. W. Ferle of Lansing, Attorney J. Walsh of Por t Huron, City Attorney

Schaberg of Kalamazoo, Mayor Keller of Flint , and Abbur t Hall of J ackso i , to represent this city in whatever pro­ceedings may be necessary before .^aid Michigan Rai l road Commission, or be­fore any court in this state, i;i the ma t t e r of such petition by the Michi­gan State Telephone Co. to the Michi­gan Rai l road commission.

Adopted by the following vote: Yeas, Aid. Sugden, Heusel, Huss, May* cr, Henderson, Prochnow, Markey, Donnelly, Hauser , Spathelf, Freeman, IVfacGregor, Lutz, Pres . Reichert , 14. Nays, none.

On molion of Aid. Donnelly, Coun­cil adjourned.

ISAAC G. REYNOLDS, City Clerk.