Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-10-18
Common Council.
Regular meeting of Common Counci

Monday evening:
Communication from Col. G. w.
Bird to the Mayor, dated Oct ID, was
read in which Mr.. Bird stated that
having returned from Washington,
and that the Senate having failed to
confirm the appointment of Judge
Hornblower and the vacancy on the
bench remaining untitled, the Medcalf
case could not be brought to argument
Mr.. Bird, however, succeeded in hav-
ing an order entered to the effect that as
soon as full bench is secured the
parties may stipulate fixing day for
the argument. 1t is expected that
under this arrangement the city may
be able to secure argument of the case
along in November. But this, even,
is problematical, as there is no know
ing what the Senate may do, when, as
has been already demonstrated, it is
impossible, as long as one senator OBJ
jects, to get to vote.
Communication read from Thos.
Brooks, referring to the bad condition
of the cutters on the northeast corner
West Main and Washington streets,
causing the flooding of his cellar and
the destruction of building property.
Referred to the aldermen of the
Fourth ward.
Petition was presented of VIM. Bitt-
ner, H. Wertheimer, L. Schempf and
fifty other taxpayers, calling attention
to the darkness at the intersection of
North Fifth and Cady streets, Second
ward, and asking that gas lamp be
placed at the southeast corner of said
North Fifth and Cady streets. Petition
granted.
The following accounts against the
city general fund were allowed: Tray
cling expenses in connection with the
sewerage system as follows: H. CRUDE,
$11.36; S. M. Eaton, 50 90; VIM. F. Voss,
1915; A. Bauman, $.2S; F. Kruger,
$1.50; work on Boughton bridge, So. 81;
s. Kusel, sand, 1925; G. B. Smith, fire
department work, $7.S5; The Gazette,
sewer contracts, $5; Telephone Co. s1S.
A petition was presented of major
ity of owners of lots fronting on north
side of West Milwaukee street from
Church street to Milwaukee street
bridge, directing the construction of
a sidewalk on said part of West Mil
waukee street. An ordinance was
passed according to the petition.
The ordinance adopting portion of
the provisions of an act of the legisla-
ture of the state of Wisconsin, entitled
can act dividing cities into classes and
providing for their incorporation and
government" as amended by chapter
312 of the laws Of the state of Wiscon-
sin, passed at the biennial session of
legislature of 1898, was unanimously
passed by the council.
Resolutions were passed giving con-
sent to the mode of plating streets and
alleys used on Dufy's addition, No. 1,
to the city of Watertown, as surveyed
by w. K. Means, the land so plated
being part Of out lot 26, Second ward ;
dispensing with the Office of comp
troller and the board of public works,
the duties of the same to be performed
by the Sewerage Committee until
otherwise directed; giving permission
to August Kopfer to dig up North
Third street from his building to the
center of the same for the purpose of
repairing his sewer; that the owner of
the building situated on lot block rs,
First ward, be and is hereby requested
to remove said building or else put it
in repair and prevent it's being nu g.
ance
The application of August Wegeman
to keep saloon was granted and bond
accepted.