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Council Chamber. Ann Arbor. Mich.. Mar. 8, 1928.

Adjourned regular meeting. Pursuant to adjournment, meet­

ing was called to order at 7:30 p. m. by President Woodbury.

Present : Aid. Slauson, Maul-betsch, Lucas. Dorow, Severance, Fisher, Lutz, Pres. Woodbury, 8.

Absent: Aid. Jocelyn, Graf, H a m -mial, Draper. Freeman, Bursley, 6.

Fi'om Board of Public Works Pi'eliiiiinary Estimate For Pave­

ment To the Board of Public Works, Ann Arbor, Mich. Gentlemen:

I submit the following prelimin­ary estimate of the cost of con­struction of the Forest Avenue Pavement from Washtenaw Aven­ue to Huron Street, District No. 101. Plans and specifications are on fil& in my office.

1 1-2 -1 1-2 Sheet Ashpalt on 6" Concrete Base. Labor and material . . . .$18,889.50 Engineering and contin­

gencies 1,888.95

Estimated Cost $20,778.45 7" Reinforced Concrete Pave­

ment. Labor and material . . . .$14,986.50 Engineering and Contin­

gencies 1,498.65

Est imated Cost $16,485.15 Respectfully su^ mitted

GEO. H. SANDENBURGH, City Engineer

Plans, specifications and esti­mate of cost for foregoing: pro­posed pavement approved liy Board March 8. 1928.

(Council action) Referred to Street Committee. (Prom board)

Pi'el ijii inary Est ' mates For Cu i*bs and Guttei's

To the Board of Public Works, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Gentlemen: I submat the following prelimi­

nary estimates of the cost of con­struction of—

Brockman Blvd. curb and gutter from Copley Ave. to Shac'ford Road:

Labor and mater ia l . .$ 1,195.00 Engineering and con­

tingencies 119.50

Abbot Ave. curb and gutter from Virginia Ave. to Montgomery Ave.:

Labor and mate r ia l . . $1,293.95 Engineering and con­

tingencies 129.39

Est imated cost. . . . $1,423.34

Baldwin Place curb and gutter: Labor and mater iaL . .$468.55 Engineering and con­

tingencies 46.86

Estimated cost $515.41 Third St. curb and gutter from

Mosley St. to Davis Ave.: Labor and mater ia l . . $2,207.10 Engineering and con­

tingencies 220.71

Est imated c o s t . . . . $2,427.81 Edgewood Ave. curb and gutter

from Davis Ave. to Hoover Ave.; Davis Ave. from Fifth St. east to east line lot 74 and Wilder Place; Davis Ave. to Hoover Ave.:

Labor and mater ia l . . $2,589.30 Engineering and con­

tingencies 258.93

Estimated c o s t . . . . $2,848.23 Woodlawn Ave. curb and gutter

from Packard St. to Sheehan Ave.: Labor and mater ia l . . $1,686.20 Engineering and con­

tingencies 168.62

Estimated c o s t . . . . $1,854.82 Onondaga St. curb and gutter: Labor and mater ia l . . $1,162.20 Engineering and con­

tingencies 116.22

Est imated cost $1,278.42 North University Ave. curb and

gutter, Forest Ave. to Observa­tory St.:

Labor and mater ia l . .$1,021.05 Engineering and con­

tingencies 102.10

Estimated c o s t . . . . $1,123.15 Forest Ave. curb and gutter

from South University Ave. to Washtenaw Ave., District No. 150:

Labor and mater ia l . . . $851.25 Engineering and con­

tingencies 85.13

Est imated c o s t . . . . $1,214.50

Estimated cost $936.38 South Seventh St. curb and gut­

ter from Madison St. to Paulino Blvd., Di.strict No. 151:

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Labor and ma te r i a l . . $3,405.40 Engineer ing and con­

tingencies 340.54

Es t imated cost $3,745.94 P lans and specifications a re on

file in my office. Respectfully submit ted,

GEO. H. SANDENBURGH, City Engineer .

Moved by Mr. Rehberg , t ha t plans, specifications and prel imi­nary est imates be approved and referred to Council.

(Council action) Referred to Street Commit tee . (F rom Board) City Engineer reported tha t his

office equipment was in very poor condition and recommended tha t two new steel desks. one filing cabinet and one office chair be purchased for his depar tment , a t a cost not to exceed $231.50.

Moved by Mr. At well, tha t re­quest of City Engineer be con­curred in and Board asks Council for permission to purchase office equipment as recommended by City Engineer .

(Council act ion) Moved by Aid. Lucas, tha t re­

quest be granted. Adopted by following vote: Yeas,

Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Dorow, Severance, Fisher, Lutz, Ppes. "Woodbury. 8. Nays, none.

Street Coiiiiiiittee By Aid Maulbetsch: Resolved, tha t the plans, speci­

fications and est imates of cost for construction of curbs and gut ters in Curb and Gut ter Districts Nos. 142 to 151 inclusive, as approved by the Board of Public Works March 8, 1928, be and the same are hereby approved and the Board of Public Works is hereby ordered to advertise for bids for the construction of said curbs and gut ters .

Resolved, further, tha t the con­struction of said curbs and gut ters is hereby deemed and declared to be necessary public improvements .

Adopted by following vote: Yeas, Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Dorow, Severance. Fisher, Lutz, Pres . Woodbury, 8. Nays, none.

By Aid. Maulbetsch: Resolved, tha t the plans, speci­

fications and estimate of cost of

lOl, as approved by the Board of Pubhc Works March 8, 1928, be approved and the Board of Public Works is hereby ordered to adver­tise for bids for the construction of pavement in said district.

Resolved, further, tha t the con­struct ion of said pavement is here­by deemed and declared to be a necessary public improvement .

Adopted by following vote: Yaes, Aid. Slauson. MauTretsch. Lucas, Dorow, Severance, Fisher, Lutz, Pres . Woodbury, 8. Nays, none.

En te r Aid Hammia l . By Aid. Maulbetsch: Whereas , there has been present­

ed to the Common Council of the City of Ann Arbor an application in writ ing, signed by 10 or more freeholders of the said city, to dis­cont inue and vacate all of tha t al­ley, or street, not previously closed,' lying between Lots 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13, Woodside plat, and a parcel of land deeded by Mary W. D'Ooge under date of October 20, 1922, and recorded on page 308 in Liber 2 36 in the office of t he Register of Deeds for Wash tenaw County, Michigan, to The Public Schools of t he City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the one side, and Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Oxford Terrace, on the other side; and

Whereas , the Common Council does hereby determine the pro­posed improvement advisable, therefore be it

Resolved, tha t the Common Council shall give notice of the pendency of the question of order­ing such proposed improvement to t h e owners, occupants or persons interested, or his, her or their agent or representat ive, by person­al service, if they reside within the said city if they reside without the said city, then said service shall be m a d e by posting up notices in five or more public places in the said city, which notice shall state the t ime and place, when and where the Common Council will meet to consider the same and shall desig­na te to a common certainty the al­ley, Or street, to be discontinued and vacated, and which notice shall be posted at least 10 days before the t ime of the hearing and at which said meet ing the Common Council shall hea r the persons in­terested therein, and the Common

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time and place of said meeting as the Fifth day of April, A. D. 1928, a t 7:00 o'clock p. m., Eastern Stan­dard Time, in the Council Cham­ber, City Hall, Ann Arbor, Michi­gan.

Adopted by following vote: Yeas. Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Hammial , Dorow, Severance, Fish­er, Lutz, Pres. 'VX^oodbury, 9. Nays, none.

Moved by Aid. Maulbetsch, tha t City Clerk fce instructed to proceed with notices after he receives the sum of twenty-five dollars to cov­er cost of public hearing, in ac­cordance with resolution adopted by Common Council July 19, 1926.

Adopted by following vote: Yeas, Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Hammial , Dorow. Severance, Fish­er, Lutz, Pres. Woodbury, 9. Nays, none.

By Aid. Lucas: Resolved, that the Common

Council resolve itself into a Board of Election Canvassers and can­vass the vote of the primary elec­tion held in this citv March 5, 1928.

Adopted by following vote: Yeas, Aid. Slauson. Maulbetsch, Lucas, Hammial , Dorow. Severance, Fish­er, Lutz, Pres. Woodbury, 9. Nays, none.

Keport on Election Ann Arbor, Mich., March S, 1928

To the Board of Election Can­vassers, of the City of Ann Ar­bor Michigan, Gentlemen:

The following is a tabulated list of t he votes received by the several candidates for nomination of ward officers a t the pr imary election held in this city March 5, 1928:

For the Office of Supervisor First ward—Ralph T. Swezey,

Republican, 37. No opposition. Er-win J. Eibler, Democrat, 26. No opposition.

Second ward—William A. Dups-laff. Republican, 58. No opposition. Joseph E. Beeler, Democrat, 3 5. No opposition.

Third ward—Fred J. Heusel. Re­publican, 164. No opposition. Theodore F . Prochnow, Democrat, 18. No opposition.

Four th ward—No Republican candidate. Jay C. Herrick. Dem­ocrat, 2:!. No opposition.

Fi t th ward—Nuel E. Smock, Re­publican, 92. No opposition. Wil-

term)—Wil-Republican, Republican, Republican,

liam Pommerening, Democrat, 7. No opposition.

Sixth ward—Harry G. Rasch-bacher, Republican, 132. No op­position. Waldo M. Abbot, Dem­ocrat, 4. No opposition.

Seventh ward—James N. Gal-braith, Republican, 1st precinct, 136; 2nd precinct, 293. Total vote, 429. No opposition. William C. Gerstner, Democrat, 1st precinct, 8; 2nd precinct, 9. Total vote, 17. No opposition.

For the Office of Alderman First ward—B. F rank Ohlinger,

Republican, 34. No opposition. J. Fred Wuerth, Democrat, 26. No opposition

Second ward—Henry Weir, Re­publican, 5S. No opposition, Benj­amin H. Graf, Democrat, "19. No opposition.

Third ward—(Ful l liam L. Henderson, 75. Sam C. Andres, 72. E. Edward Lucas, 62. Henderson's plurality, 3. F rank P. Harris, Democrat, 17. No op­position.

Third ward—(To fill vacancy) — E . J. Allmendinger, Republican, 168. No opposition. Henry Heinz-mann, Democrat, 15. No opposi­tion.

Four th ward—Samuel S. Ham­mial, Republican, 19. No opposi­tion. Ben:'amin F . Bradley, Dem­ocrat, 20. No opposition.

Fifth ward—Andrew E. Kurth, Republican, 69. August W. Dorow, Republican, 55. Kur th ' s majority, 14. No Democratic candidate.

Sixth ward—Charles C. Freeman. Republican, 101. John MacGregor, Republican, 60. Freeman ' s major­ity. 41. Lewis A. Townley, Dem­ocrat. 3. No opposition.

Seventh ward—Leonard P. Fisher, Republican, 1st precinct, 104; 2nd precinct, 175. Total vote, 279. Leigh J. Young, Republican. 1st precinct, 51; 2nd precinct, 138. Total vote, 189. George S. Watson, Republican, 1st precinct, 14; 2nd precinct, ;!5. Total vote, 49. Fish­er's plurality, 90. George E. Apfel, Democrat. 1st precinct, 10; 2nd precinct, 10. Total vote, 20. No op­position.

For the Office of Constable First ward—No Republican can­

didate. Fred J. Staeb, Democrat. 2 6. No opposition.

Second ward—George H. Bor-gert. Republican, 57. No opposi-

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tion. Fred Lutz, Democrat , 35. No opposition.

Third ward—No Republ ican candidate. Thomas J. Hession, Democrat 17. No opposition.

Fou r th ward—George W. Gough, Republican. 22. No op­position. Bert A. Jackson, Dem­ocrat, 20. No opposition.

Fifth ward — No Republ ican candidate. Nelson Hoppe, Dem­ocrat, 7. No opposition.

Sixth ward—No Republ ican can­didate. No Democrat ic candidate .

Seventh ward—Myron H. Mills, Republican, 1st precinct, 130; 2nd precinct, 294. Total vote, 424. No opposition. Wm. Finkbeiner , Dem­ocrat, 1st. precinct, 10; 2nd pre­cinct, 8. Total vote, 18. No opposi­tion.

Respectfully submit ted. ISAAC G. REYNLDOS,

City Clerk. By Aid. Lucas: Resolved, tha t the Board of Elec­

tion Canvassers accepts the report on election submit ted by the City Clerk.

Resolved, further, tha t the Board do now adjourn and resume is ses­sion of Common Council.

Adopted by following vote: Yeas, Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Hammial , Dorow, Severance, Fish­er, Lutz, Pres . Woodbury, 9. Nays, none.

By Aid. Severance: Resolved. tha t the Common

Council of the City of Ann Arbor, a t a meet ing held at the Council Chamber, in said city on the 8th day of March, 1928. found the fol­lowing persons were duly nomi­nated at the pr imary election held in said city on the 5th day of March, 1928, as candidates of the Republican party to the offices named he rem:

Supervisors—First ward, Ralph T. Swezey; Second ward, William A. Dupslaff: Third ward, Fred J. Heusel; Fifth ward, Nuel E. Smock; Sixth ward, Har ry G. Raschbacher ; Seventh ward, J a m e s N. Galbrai th.

Alderman—Firs t ward, B. F rank Ohlinger; Second ward, Henry Weir ; Third ward, William L. Henderson, (Full T e r m ) ; E. J. Allmendinger, (To Fill Vacancy) ; Four th ward. Samuel S. Hammial ; Fifth ward, Andrew E. Kur th , Sixth ward, Charles C. F reeman ; Seventh ward. Leonard P. Fisher.

C o n s t a b l e s — Second ward, George H. Borger t ; Four th ward, George W. Gough; Seventh ward, Myron H. Mills.

Resolved, further, tha t the fol­lowing named persons were duly nominated at said pr imary election as candidates of the Democratic par ty to the offices named herein:

Supervisors—First ward, Erwin J. Eibler; Second ward, Joseph E. Beeler; Third ward, Theodore F . Prochnow; Fou r th ward. Jay C. Her r ick ; Fifth ward, William Pommeren ing ; Sixth ward, Waldo M. Abbot; Seventh ward, Wm. C. Gerstner.

Alderman—Firs t ward, J. F '̂̂ '' W u e r t h ; Second ward, Benj ' .TI. H. Graf; Third ward, F r a n k P:-' Harr is , (Full T e r m ) ; Henry Heinz-mann, (To Fill Vacancy) ; FourtlV ward, Benjamin F. Bradley; Sixth ward, Lewis A. Townley; Seventh ward, George E. Apfel.

Constables—First ward, Fred J. Staeb; Second ward, Fred Lutz; Third ward, Thomas J. Hession; Fou r th ward, Bert A. Jackson; Fifth ward. Nelson Hoppe; Seventh ward, Wm. Finkbeiner .

Resolved, further, tha t the re­port on election submit ted by the City Clerk be adopted.

Resolved, further, tha t we do hereby certify the foregoing nom­inations to the Board of Election Commissioners.

Adopted by following vote: Yeas, Aid. Slauson, Maulbetsch, Lucas, Hammial , Dorow, Severance, Fish­er, Lutz, Pres. Woodbury, 9. Nays, none.

On motion of Aid. Slauson Council adjourned.

ISAAC G. REYNOLDS, City Clerk.

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