Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

CITY COUNCIL Room,
April 6, 1896 !
Council met in regular session, Mayor
Baker presiding:
Aldermen present, Nilsson, Nash,
Gaynor, Gettsloff, Dessaint, Plenke,
DAILY and Abel.
Minutes Of last meeting read and
approved.
The Finance Committee reported
favorably on bill Of D. w. Compton for
Justice fees.
J. A. Gaynor then presented the
following ordinance:
ORDINANCE.
Relative to the establishment, maintenance
and operation Of a Telephone Exchange and
granting certain privileges to the Wood County
Telephone Company.
The Common Council of the city of Grand
Rapids do ordain as follows:
SECTION ]. Permission is hereby granted to
the Wood County Telephone Company, its
successors and assigns, to place, erect, maintain
and use all the necessary posts and poles ana
necessary wires, fixtures and appurtenances
successfully to operate and use system OF
telephones or a telephone exchange, in the
streets, alleys and public places of this city;
provided said telephone company, its successors
and assigns shall set said poles or posts and
place their wires thereon in such manner and in
such places not to interfere with travel on
the streets, sidewalks, alleys and public places
of said city.
SECrIoN2 The height and points of location
of poles to be set by said company shall be as
required or determined by the Common Council
or the Street Commissioners of this city; and
shall be changed from time to time in such
manner as the common council shall direct.
SECTION 3. The Wood County Telephone
Company, in consideration of the passage of
this ordinance and the privilege hereby granted
expressly release the city of Grand Rapids 1Om
any and all claims for damages which may arise
or be caused to its poles wires or other property
by the tiremen of the city during a fire, or by
mObS, riots or other civil cOmmOtiOn; and does
further expressly agree at all times to protect
said city from liability from accident or injury
to any person or property, public or private, and
shall save said city harmless from all Judgments
obtained against it by reason of the erection,
existence, or operation of said telephone poles,
wires and appUrtCnances.
SECTION l. Said city shall have the right at
any time to repeal, alter amend this Ordi-
nance and any provision thereof as it shall see
tit.
SECTION ;. This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
On motion above ordinance was
adopted by full affirmative vote.
Under the suspension of the rules the
following bills were allowed:
Central Electric Co, Lights. S75 So
Walter Smith, Saving 60
d. ", %
Bills of A. l.. Fontaine and John
Lindahl were referred to the finance
committee.
Geo. l.. Williams and Geo. r. Gardner
appeared before the Council represent
ing the Board of Education, and after
calling attention to the necessity of a
new school building, presented the
following resolution:
Whereas, the Board of Education of
this city at Il duly called special meeting
of said Board, held on the 4th dav of
April A. d. 1896, authorized its Pres-
dent and Clerk to make application for
and to borrow from the Trust Funds Of
the State OF Wisconsin, the sum of Nine
Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars
(S9500), with which to build and equip
one or more school buildings; now
therefore be it
RESOLVED, that such application be,
and the same hereby is authorized and
approved by the Common Council of
the city of Grand Rapids, in regular
meeting assembled; and further be it
RESOLVED, that there shall be raised,
and there is hereby levied upon the
piopcllNj CdI anu pGlSOHdl, NIIulu lne
city of Grand Rapids, county of Wood,
direct annual tax, sufficient to paw the
interest upon such debt as it falls due,
and also to pay and discharge the prin-
cipal thereof as such principal falls due,
within twenty (20) years Of the time Of
contracting said debt, III accordance
with the amendment to Article NJ of
Section ;, Of the Constitution of Wis
consin.
Above resolution was adopted by full
affirmative vote.
DR.. G. F. Witter, health officer, read
his annual report which was accepted
by full affirmative vote and placed on
file.
John Daily then presented the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, there was levied and
assessed against the property of the
following named persons in the last tax
roll Of this city taxes as follows tO-Wit:
Mrs. s. Young $40
Mrs. Bean 80