Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-31
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The town of Watertown's popula
ton is given at 1,623-848 males anc
! IT'S females.
The fraudulent company are put
ting in system for the manufacture o
nick ell plated ware at their brass works
Beginning next Sunday morning
Rev. G. C. Weiss will conduct series
of tent meetings at Pipersville. The
tent will be located in f. V. Plper's
grove.
Alfred Brown took part in the
Madison-Sun Prairie road race Satur-
day, his time being among the best OF
those riding. He finished in 80 minutes
and Is seconds, and he had 3-minute
handicap.
-Eaton's ice wagon team ran away
yesterday afternoon on North Water
street. In front Of Woodland & Stones
the heavy wagon collided with tele-
phone pole with such great force as to
snap the pole in two about twelve feet
from the top.
Many applications are being re-
ceived by the common conncil water
works committee from engineers de-
sirous of being consulted as to plans
for the proposed system here. G. w.
Sturtevant, Jr., of Chicago, and j. ii.
Howe. of Madison, experts in this line,
were in town yesterday looking over
the ground.
While going to Milwaukee last Fri
day on handcar our townsman, Will
liam Lester, who is employed as car
penter by the st. Paul Railway COM
pany, had the misfortune to break his
leg, the car jumping the track and Mr..
Lester being thrown from it. Mr.. Les
ter was taken to the Emergency hospi-
tai in Milwaukee, where he received
surgical attention.
To abate as much as possible the
tramp nuisance in our city, which has
become quite unbearable, the common
council, at special meeting Saturday
evening, took steps to build ''stock
ade" in which to work the tramps. 1t
is to be erected at the foot of Clyman
street, First ward, and will be twenty
five feet square and twelve feet high,
made of heavy planks. Here the fell
lows will be taken and made to pound
stone awaiting their examination after
arrest Refusing to work, thew will be
remanded to a dingy lock-np to be
fixed up in the basement of the city
hall, and kept on bread and water.
The "stockade" system is proving sue
cessfuI in other places, and 1T is very
probable that tramps will be scarcer
hereabouts when these ideas are fully
carried out The cost Of the structure
is estimated at less than 500, and the
committee on public buildings is en-
powered to provide all necessary ma
terial, tools, etc, for the work.
"A squabble has been raised in the
common council over the matter of the
special sewerage assessments under
the Gorder contract The board of
public works recommended that the
same charge be made to lot owners as
was made under the first contract
that is, 80 cents per linear foot on each
side of the street. Inasmuch as Mr..
Gorder is doing his work at a much
lower rate than Mccain & Mcclellan
received for the same class of work, a
number of the aldermen, especially
those representing the wards directly
affected, think the assessments should
be as low as practicable and are in favor
of fixing the charge per foot to lot
owners at % cents On the other hand,
several aldermen are in favor of up
holding the boards recommendation,
and thus the fight has waxed warm.
The board claims that 35 cents is about
as low as circumstances will permit.
Two special meetings Of the council
have been held, but nothing defnite
done towards accepting the boards re-
port The fact is, the council has no
power to alter the assessments, as
their amount is fixed solely by the
board, and unless the latter sees fit no
Oh anges can be made.