Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Board of Street Commissioners.

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| Proceedings of special meeting of the
Board Of Street Commissioners, held Feb.
s, 1877.
All members present except Commission
er Maerzke.
Com. Rohr was chosen chairman pro tenn.
The minutes OF the previous regular and
special meetings were read and approved.
| The following petitions were presented.
| Petitions of citizens of the 9th ward in re-
gard to the condition of the Second street
bridge, asking that proper steps be taken to
protect the same from destruction.
| Referred to Committee on Streets and
Bridges.
Petition of Herman Wettwer asking for a
lease of part of the so called old mill road
in the First ward. aEn
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Petition of. G. E. Straw and others for
protection of hose r# Is $751;
Referred to Committee on Fire Depart
ment -.#. ....
The following accounts, duly certified to
and examined, were, under the Suspension
of the rules, allowed
Against City Gene al Fund-Accornt of
Michael kll'lan, services IS Int watch or
the month of January, $40; Henry Code.
the same $40; M: Cunningham NJ, for ,wo STOW
shovels tor use of the city, S1..O; estate of
D. w. Ballou, printing, $76.7O; Louis Pc
chazka, work at engine house No. /, $3.50;
L. Jaehrling, matches, brushes and soap,
used at engine house No. l, S154; Chit.
Meyer, changing door at eng ne house No.
l, S11.l5: =. Ercok, rent for council
rooms from Nov. LIST 10 the LIST inst, SOS:
VIM. f. Quentmeyer, for coal, $116.23
Against Second Ward Fund.- Weber &
Son, for. lumber, 1886; Paul Herzog end
Frank Neitzel, cleaning crossings from snow,
| So; Cbas. Huber, same, 81.
Against Third Ward Fund-Michael
Sweeney, shoveling snow, 81; NJ. McArJle,
7 days work on streets, 81.
Against Fourth Ward Fund-Jos Bollou,
shovelipg snow, IS cts.
Against Fifth Ward General Fund-Chas.
Gamm, 8 days work on streets, So.
Against Fifth Ward Poor FUND.-. J.
Schoechert, for flour and potatoes, 1896,
G. Mcmillan, for groceries, $175; w. F.
Quentmeyer, for fire wood. 1915
| Against Sixth Ward Poor Fund - u.
Habhegger, for flour, groceries and wood to
poor, $50; Ludwig Mielentz, for fire wood,
$40; VIM. Lentz, for -four, S2275.
Against Seventh Ward Fund-John
Mooney, George Reinhardt, NJ McLaugh-
lin, NJ. Krakow and Nj. Hagerty, So each
| for clerk and Inspector of special election,
| held Jan. 18th, last past.
The following accounts were referred to
| the Finance Committee Account of E.
r. Evans for horses and buggies, $3.50
To Committee on Streets and Bridges:
Account of Chs. Huber, shoveling snow,S3.
To Committee on Fire Department Ac-
count of A. F. Mannegold, for taking en-
CINE to fires SAT; account of Christ Mayer
for plan and specifications of engine house
No ., S25; VIM. F. Quentmeyer, building
chimney at engine house No. l, So.
To the supervisors of the First Ward
Accounts of Thos. Heide, l days work on
street, ST; F. Hoyer, q days work, SO cts;
A. F. Mannegold, for use of 70 om on cleo
ton days, $40. sI .Hrs
The following accounts against the City
| General Fund, which were previously re-
ferred, were reported to be correct, and al
lowed by full vote of the Board.
By the Committee on Finance Account
of Andreas Wundt, $50
BY the Committee on Highways and
Bridges-Account of J. Eiffler $50; NJ.
Sweeney $3.50; E. Rogan $2s.
BY the Committee on Fire Department
Kunert Bros $28 SIS; S. NJ. Eaton Sic; W.
c. Steinmann ST. j. H. Schulz $685.
The Committee on Streets and Bridges
lreported that they were satisfied that the
amounts mentioned in a resolution passed
April II, 1876, were duly expended, and
recommended that the Clerk and Treasurer
transfer the amounts from the City General
| Fund, in accordance with said resolution.
Report Accepted.
Com Rohr introduced the following res
olution:
Resolued, That in consid Grafton of the
| payment Of twenty Ave dol lars into the
city treasury by Mr.. Simon, and settlement
of all costs whatever, in the case of "the
City of Watertown vs.. said Simon" Har-
low Pease, Esq, attorney for the city in
said case, is hereby authorized to settle the
same Adopted.
Com. WILDER appealed to the Board from
the decision of the chair adopting the res
olutions introduced at the last meeting of
the Board.
The ayes and noes were called on the
question Of sustaining the chair, with the
following result:
NAyes- CONS. Pritzlaf, Qu-ntmeyer and
Wooda rd-3.
Noes-Coms. Olin and Wilber-2.
The Chair declined to vote.
Com. WILDER moved to reconsider the
passage of said resolutions.
Motion overrued as being out of order on
account that said Commissioner voted in
the negative ut the passage of said resolu-
| tions. si-::.
The Chairman presented and read the fol-
lowing commu nication:
To the Honorable Board of Street Commits
sioners: -.-a.s
GENTLEMEN:--At the last session of the
Board, when the vote was taken on the
adoption of a resolution requesting our rep
resentatives at the Legislature to oppose all
bills, and the introduction of all bills per-
tanning TO our city, except such as have
first been approved by this Board, there
we SIX members, four OF them voting in
the affirmative and two against. In ali
business, which according to the City Char
ter and its amendments, may be transacted
by the Board of Street Commissioners.
am well aware that it takes the affirmative
vote of FIVE members to carry a measure.
When ruling, that the above named resolu-
ton bad been adopted by the affirmative
vote of four members, which was clear
majority of those present, did not consid-
er this to have been any regular business OF