Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-07

Gardner to Nick Wrinkle dated on the
same day and recorded in Y of Deeds
page Al. This deed conveys the piece
of ground where Mrs. Wrinkle now
/ lives. just south of the Court House,
and was given in exchange for the
Wrinkle lot which now forms a part of
! Center Street.
On page 157 of Volume One of the
Minutes of proceedings of the Common
! Council, l find this record. ''Mr. Geo.
r. Gardner and t. B. Scott being
present spoke in reference to opening
Center Street. Mr.. Gardner said that
the Common Council of 1882 promised
to open that street if he Mr.. Gardiner
would get the right of way at east end
Center Street was fully discussed by
mem bers of the Council ETC., and 1t
was decided TO advertise for bids. &
On Aug. 4th, 1884, the contract to
open the street at the soulherly end
WAS let TO Mr.. Parrish for Sl25 90, and
on July 9Th, 1885, the job was accepted
and payment made to Mr.. Parrish
1t Will be seen from recitation of
these facts that the object of purchasing
the northwest lot by Messrs Gardner
and Scott was TO secure the opening of
! this Center Street, and it was by them
dedicated for street purposes. | find
| no deed on record from GARNER and
Scott to the city, but that the city has
full title to whatever portion of this
Wrinkle lot is covered by Center Street
| have no doubt.
On the east side of Center Street was
a strip of land between it and Melvina
Gordon's lot. This strip was known as
!
ed by the city OF Mr.. John Parrish on
March I4th, 1892 The deed of this
strip is recorded in Volume - of Deeds
on page 172 The Nick Wrinkle lot
being fifty feet wide and this Rosen-
kranz strip being of about the same
width, 1t makes the width of this
Center Street where it unites with
Baker Street very nearly one hundred
feet wide.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEO. L. WILLIAMS,
Dated Feb. 4th, 1895. City ATTY.
Above report was on motion accepted.
Report of Geo. L. Williams, City
Atty, on Electric Light contract vas as
follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Gentlemen:
In obedience to your
instruction to report to you at this
meeting as TO what can be done by
Your Honorable Body regarding the
electric light furnished, [ beg leave to
report as follows: So
| find that there is no written contract
held by the city with regard to the
incandescent lights, the only contract
which the city has which is in writing.
relates to the furnishing of the arc
| lights which are used to light the
streets.
| find upon this line that the service
now being rendered is done by the
Central Electric Company, and that
this company has not accepted the
contract formerly held by the Nash
| Brothers, nor has the transfer of such
contract from the Nash Bros. to the
Central Electric Company been ratified
or approved. 1t is certainly advisable
that this should be done, and it is also
advisable that the Central Electric
! Light Company furnish a bond as
provided by the original contract, which
was first entered into with the WiscOn-
! sin Wood Pulp Company, and afterwards
! by approval of the Council assigned to
the Nash Bros. There is on Tile I, bond
! from the Nash Bros to the city date
May LIST, 1888
As / understand it, the Nash Bros.
and the Wisconsin Wood Pulp Company
nave both gone out of the electric
lighting business and the ordinances
| heretofore granting to them certain
privileges ought to be repealed The
Central Electric Company has no ordi
nance either in this cily or Centrala.
With regard to the arc lights, it is a
n foot fnp
two OF these lights nearly every evening
have not been i'll operation; and it is
also notorious fact that the lights
that are operated are not according to
the contract.
Some method should be adopted for
keeping a record of lights which are
not operated at all, or which are less
than tie contract power, and a reduc
ton In price should be made according
to Subdivision of the contract which
provides that "a pro rata reduction in
price of lights shall be made for all
times exceeding three nights in success
ion during which lights are not
furnished according to the terms of
this contract
With regard TO the incandescent
lights furnished, | know of no better
method than simply to instruct your
oIICCIo W ulSCOunt the DIS IOr al
evenings when sixteen candle power
lights are not furnished.
If the enforcement of the above
recommendations does not prove suth-
Gent, then [ apprehend some other
more stringent course Will become
necessary.
Dated Feb. 18th, 1895.
Yours respectfully,
GEO. L. WILLIAMS
On motion the above report was
accepted.
City Atty. Geo. L. Williams also
reported that Mr.. and Mrs. Codding
accepted 5000 as full settlement of
their claim against the city for which
receipt is filed
City Atty. G. L. Williams presented
the following petition and ordinance:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Grand Rapids.
Gentlemen
WHEREAS, 1t has been the
practice for many years for irrespon-
slble persons temporarily to come into
this city and engage in business as
vendors of goods, wares and merchan
disc, and by deceitful practices in
advertising and conducting business
traatlv To tho ipiurv and doDaUa NOT