Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-03-22
By delinquent poll tax
returned ........... 80 90


returned .............. 80 90
Total :. ......... 2iOq 81
To balance amount Of road tax warrant.
The following Is a list of tools in possession of
the street commissioner aud belonging To the
city: picks shove's snow shoyels store
hammers. sleage. crow bar, grub-hoe.
mason stone hammer, drills gads / spirit
level, nail lammer hand saws, l chsel. / I
brace and bits, square, hand axes wheel
barrow, pillow. road scraqers, grind stone
All Of which is respectfully submitted this i7th
day Of March, 1883
JOHN SoHREINER Mayor,
RICHARD MEYER JR.,
I. b. SHERMAN,
Common Council OF the city Of Lancaster,
Grant county, Wisconsin.
Upon motion the report was accepted
Mr.. Schreiner reminded the citizens
that we have no offices for our city /
officers, no place for holding meetings
or elections, no adequate building for a |
calaboose, nor for the accommodation
of the fire department. and suggested |
a two-story frame building with offices
and city hall above and ealaboose and
engine room below, at cost of about
$1,000. The location suggested was the
lot owned by the city. East of the Man
sion House. with some additional ground
adjoining that could be purchased
Mr.. Buchner thought the site undesir-
able. VIM. n. Stone thought it would
be poor economy to build such a building
now. The calaboose could be fixed up.
Offices could be rented for less than the
interest on the money required for
building. There was no particular
complaint on the part of the fire COM
pany For public meetings we could
rent Hyde's Hall which is in a sense
public building. The taxes on it revert
to the city, and we ought to patronize
it, Capt Baxter thought the matter
was one that could not be settled by
that meeting, and one that needed more
consideration. Edward Pollock said he
thought the meeting was hardly pre-
pared to instruct the incoming council
upon the matter, that Hyde's Hall was
for sale and that that, or some other
building. might be purchased for the
use of the city.
w. n Stone said he had understood
that the council had accepted the notes
of some of the saloon-keepers, without
interest, for part of the license-the
so-called wholesale license of 5000
The Mayor explained the circumstances
under which the notes were taken a.
cash Unless this accommodation
was given none of the saloons would
take out Wholesale license. This
would have been loss of $500 to the
city, SO the council decided to take the
notes, well secured and they were all
paid
Mr.. Stone thought it illegal to do 50,
besides beng unjust, as the city is pay
ing interest. He said the council had
the matter In their own hands and could
refuse to grant any license ifthesaloon-
keepers rsfused TO pay the wholesale
license in cash. He believed a great
many had voted for $3.50 license, with
the understanding that wholesale Ii
cense Of 5000 would also be taken out
He believed it should be paid in cash.
and offered the following resolutions:
Resolved that the incoming City council
is hereby instructed to grant license To
saloons, only in such cases rs the laws
are fully complied with.
John I. Lane thought it useless to pass
such resolution as it was supposed
that the council would act 10 accordance
with the law.
Mayor Schreiner said that while Mr..
Stone declared that it was not his pur
pose to crticise the action of the board,
but only to give the new board an
expression of the wish Of the people,
he felt that the action of the beard Of
this question ,0as called in question and
he would like TO know whether the
meeting would sustain them or not.
The meeting very decidedly indorsed
tho action Of the council.
Upon motion of Mr.. Buchner the
resolution of NJ. Stone was laid upon
the table.
Mr.. David Schreiner moved that it
be the sense of this meeting that during
the coming year the remainder OF the
McLymans judgment be paid from the
income of liquor licenses as far as this
60 and that the balance, if any, be
raised by levy of tax. The motion was
carried unanimously
Council meeting adjourned.
Capt. G. II. Baxter was chosen chair
man of the caucus. and Aug. Michaelis
secretary. John Schreiner was nomi-
noted for Mayor but emphatically de-
clined. Messrs C. H. Baxter and r.
Meyer Jr were then nominated.
Upon the first ballot c. II. Baxter
received Al votes, r. Meyer So, and
John Schieiner Z. Mr. Baxter having
received a majority of all the votes east
was declared nominated for the Office
of mayor, and also to represent the city
in the County Board of Supervisors
VIM. II. Decker was nominated as
alderman for the southeast ward; j. Fl
Baldwin for the southwest ward; I IL
Wiley for the northeast ward; and
VIM. Ziegler for the northwest ward Of
the city.
It. +. Baldwin was nominated for
police justice.
Meeting adjourned.