, 1890-08-10
WANT THE WATER.
Milwaukee Parties Willing to Buy
the City Plant.
Tho viaduct Contracts Signed
and Forwarded.
A Foolish Kick Over the Park
Chairman's Contract.

Six members of the city council we're
present at an adjourned meeting of the
city council, held last evening. These
were Messrs. jerks. McGresor. Robins,
Bond, Richardson and Merrill.
The mayor reported that the contracts
with the Union Pacific Railway company
regarding the construction and manner of
payment for the yiaduct had been signed
on the part of the city and sent on to the
company at Omaha. The contracts hac
been returned for correction of q clerical
omission and again sent to the ompan
at Omaha.
Contracts had been drawn between the
city and the Cheyenne Street Railway
company regarding the construction and
payment of railway tracks across the via
duct, but they were not signed as yet.
Mr.. Keefe's certified check, deposited
with bis uaduct bid, was ordered re-
turned to him.
Alderman jerks reported that the gal
leries Of the underground water system
had been thoroughly cleaned and a new
covering Of gravel placed over them.
Mayor Riner reported that there was
but little water in the creek owing to the
large amount taken out by bitches.
In the absence OF Water Commissioner
Pease, the mayor had sent a man to shut
off the ditohes and the city supply would
be sufficiently increased as soon as this was
accomplished.
Regarding a permanent and adequate
supply of water for the city, Engineer
Meade had been requested to furnish an
opinion. Upon his return to the city he
would, with City Engineer Bond. give the
matter a thorough investigation.
The street and alley bill was laid over
until its author could be present.
Alderman jerks reported hat some of
the soldiers of the Fort Russell garrison
were making a practice of bathing IN the
lakes that while cleanliness should not
be DISCOURAGED, it would be better that
the practice should be stopped. 1t was
recommended that Gen. Mizner be in
formed Of the trouble.
Mr.. Merrill introduced a resolution
which was adopted thanking the officers
and mon of the Seventeenth infantry for
their attendance upon the statehood cele-
bration ceremonies.
A number of bills were allowed. That
of MI. A. Peterson for caring for plants
and flowers belonging to the city during
the past winter was objected to by Messrs.
jerks and Hebard. 1t was stated by
Chairman Richardson and Mayor River
that a contract for this work was neces-
sarily made by the former chairman of
the park committee, Mr.. Altman. that
the service had been performed and the
city saved considerable expense by the
terms of the contract. Mr.. Hebard
thought that the city was not legally
bound by contract made BY the chair
man of a committee without the authority
of the council first being obtained and
introduced a resolution disallowipR the
the bill until the city attorney sends an
opinion in the matter. Mr.. Richardson
thought that the opinion of the attorney
could be obtained to tho general question
without keeping the man who had per-
formed the service faithfully out of his
money any longer.
This view was supported by Mr.. Rob-
ms and MIR. Hebard's resolution was de-
feated. Tho city attorney was then re-