Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
Board Of Street Commissioners

Board Of Street Commissioners.
Regular meeting of the Board of
Street Commissioners Monday evening.
Petition read, signed by VIM. Buch-
heit Mailing Co., j. JOSH, [. Prentiss
and ten others, asking the Board to
look into the ACCESSIBILITY of building a
public cistern upon Eighth street, be-
tween Station street and the g., NJ. q
St. p R'y., in the First ward.
Referred to committee on Fire de-
partment.
Permit granted to Leo Polzin for sale
of liquor in drug store.
Bids were opened for supplying coal
to the city as follows: VIM. Gorder,
hard coal $500 per ton, Hooking Val
lev, $40; Theo Huber, hard coal,
S692, Hooking Valley, $3.50; Giraffe 4
Nimm, hard coal, $6,95, Hooking Val
ley, $500.
Accounts against the city general
fund were allowed as follows:
Phoenix Supply Co., for washing
boots, ETC., 81; d. Emerson, washing
hose, 81; S. NJ Eaton & Son, hauling
hose cart, S.; H. Behling. hauling hose
to fires, S2.75; Guetzlaff Bros, repair
ing Silver Creek bridge, $3.50.
1fODOSGlS were ISdti IOI painting dlIll
kalsomining City Hall and Phoenix en-
CINE house The bids for the City Hall
were as follows: Carl Krebs, 5000;
Straw & Murphy, 600; VIM. {. Raue,
$4,000.
The following were the bids for kali
somining and painting Phoenix engine
house: Carl Krebs, $50. So Straw &
Murphy, 5000; VIM. G. Raue, $65. 90.
The proposals of VIM. G. Raue were
accepted.
The following report was submitted
on the wate1-works question:
To the Honorable Board Of Street Com
n9issiOnerS:
GENTLEMEN: = Your committee to
whom was referred the petition for
water-works, with 244 signatures at our
last regular meeting, offer the following
report:
We find the above signers represent
1S4 Of our business men, including by
far the majority OF the largest taxpayers
of our city, giving employment to over
700 people.
There seems to be a difference OF
opinion about the proposed ownership
of the plant, some advocating to bond
the city for a sufficient amount to build
and own the plant; in that case the
work could not be undertaken for two
or three years to come, 1t being neces-
sary to have the legislature pass a law,
authOring us to issue said bonds.
There are others who favor giving a
franchise, preferring to know with a
certainty how much the water service
would cost the city annually, than to
speculate on an uncertain revenue to
be d rived from private consumers,
which might reduce the rental Of fran
chise hydrants.
This is about the status of affairs, and
we therefore recommend the Board to
appoint a time for a public meeting,
secure speakers, men who have had
practical experience in constructing
water-Works, to inform the audience In
English and German languages how
much water-works, suitable for our
city would cost. the yearly expense in
running the same, and prospective re-
venue to be derived from private con-
sumers of water.
By having these questions fully de-
monstrated, the public will be able to
judge more intelligently, whether it is
advisable for the city to construct the
Water-w works on borrowed capital and
undertake to operate them, OF grant 8
franchise. EDWARD RACK,
S. NJ EATON,
Com. on Streets and Bridges
Rejected by the following vote:
Ayes-Racek, Eaton and Dunnigan.
Noes = Schultz, Wertheimer, Neu.
mann and Habhegger.