Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-01
TPEY ALL HAVE A SHOW.
Public Buildings for Cities OF 5000
and Over.
List of Cities in Wisconsin and the
Upper Michigan Peninsula En-
titled to New Buildings
Under the New Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The house COM
mittee on postoffices and postroads on
Friday reported to the house faVorably a
bill which has been looked upon as an en-
tering wedge for systematic reform IN
the matter of the erection of public build
ings. and which is calculated to place the
whole matter OF governmental expenditure
for this purpose upon basis that will not
only be economical, but just and tar.
The bill provides for the erection of
public building in every town of 5000
population and over, to be used for post
office and other federal business. The
provisions of the bill are numerous, and
are intended to guard against ex-
trayagance ard injudicious expenditure
of the public funds. 1t provides
for the erection of buildings to cost from
SIS 200 to S25, ZOO, to be based upon the
gross income of the Office, and provisions
are made for an annual appropriation
of 100000 to be expended under the
direction of the secretary of the treas
ury. The towns in Wisconsin that
would come under the provisions of this
bill and the amounts of their average gross
income yearly for several years back are
as follows, running from the highest, a
$25 900 building, to the middle or 500, 900
grade, and then to the SIS, 900 grade: An
tigo, "a ,909; Appleton, S12, $50; Ashland,
$14 POI; Baraboo, S., 1898; Beaver Dam,
s5, 255; Belolt, s11 ,095: Berlin, 5000;
Black River Falls, 81 ,31O; Chippewa Falls,
$9,178; Columbus, IS ,574; Darlington. 3d.
O23; Delavan, s., 257; Depere, $3,C45, Eau
Claire, $4,000; Evansville, $3,05l; Fond
du Lac $l4,558; Fl. Atkinson, s., 491,
Green Bay, 81 1865; Hudson, 81, 1876; Hur-
ley, So, 535; GAINESVILLE, 81, 1857; Jefferson,
$3,O23; Kenosha, s7,0l8; Lake Geneva,
4,411; Manitowoc, $9,055; Marinette,
1860; Marshfeld, $3,011; Mansion, 49,,
sos; Menasha, 81, 147 ;,Menomonie, S., 227;
Merrill, $6,339; Mineral Point, S3,063;
Monroe, S., 553; Neenah, S6.463; Neills-
vile, 1854; New Richmond, 1867;
Oconomowoc, So, 738; Oconto, $4,489;
Platteville, s4,68O; Portage, $5,808; Ra-
cine, $8,046; Rhinelander, So, 1874; Ripon,
S. ,224; River Falls, S3,418; Sheboygan,
s1l ,431; Sparta $3.50; Stevens Point,
s7,126; Stoughton. So, 621; Tomah, So, 257;
Watertown, s., 658; Waukesha, SO, 24S;
Waupaca, So, 444; Waupun, So, 755; Wau-
sau, S10,194; West Superior, 1854;
Whitewater, 81, 842.
Of the towns in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan which come under the opera
tions of the proposed bill may be mention
ed the following: Bessemer, So, 844; Calu
met, 81, $50, Escanaba, S, 562; Houghton,
$4,248; Iron Mountain, Sc OBS; Ishpeming,
81 ,0l3;''Lake Linden, $3,O0l Menomonee,
Gil Sol, Neganee, $5,205; Sault Ste.
Marie, $500.
A number of the cities mentioned are in
cities above the classes provided for in the
bill, anG some have bills now pending for
federal buildings to cost from 1886, 600 to
100000, in fair prospect of passage.
The bill is quite popular on all sides in
congress- as if offers an easy and safe So
luton of the vexed question of expendit-
ures for federal buildings, and fixes limits
for such expenditure upon just and SEEM
ingly fair grounds