Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-08
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room. Anril 6. l

Council met pursuant to adjournment,
| Mayor Baker presiding.
Aldermen present: GetslaH, Nilsson.
/ Martin, Nash, Abel, GaynOr, Shredder
and Wipperman.
Minutes Of last meeting read and APP
proved.
| The committee to whom was referred
| the petition Of John Z. DAILY, reported
as follows:
To the Mayor and Common Council of
city of Grand Rapids:
Gentlemen-Nour committee ap-
| pointed at last regular meeting TO iu-
vestigate the strip of land of l #. I H.,
! taken off the street adjacent to the J.
E. DAILY building, would recommend
! that if ali parties concerned in the
! block from south corner of the Wood
! County National Bank to the corner of
! the street of the J. E. DAILY building or
! lot, the above parties will sign petit
ton that they will quit claim the f.
and l in. back to each other and then
purchase from the city the fl and
| in. at a price, to be named by the COM
mon council and get same settled for
ever.
JOHN l.. NASH,
| LEWIS SCHROEDER,
&. II. Nilsson.
| Moved and carried that above report
! be accepted.
! The finance committee recommended
the following bills for payment as cor
rected:
g Io35as IGcic %
Central Electric Co. for Jan.............. &C q
" Feb......................~ 20 90
Bill Of j. L. Harvey was rejected:
| Report of night watch on street lights
was read and ordered filed.
Petition of Z. B. Brundage, asking
permission to lay Il few lengths of IS in
pipe in front Of his residence, was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Petition of John Z. DAILY, relative to
strip of land off stub end Of Oak street
herein before mentioned, was on mo-
| ton rejected.
Moved by Aid. WIpperman that the
above vote be re-cOnsidered. The ayes
and noes being taken the vote was as
! follows:
Ayes-Wipncrman, GetzIaf', Martin.
Nash and Schroeder.
NOes-Abel and Nilsson.
Aid. Wipperman then presented the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, John E. DAILY has petitiOned
the common council of the city of Grand
Rapids to authorize the mayor and
clerk of said city to make, execute and
deliver to said John E. DAILY, for the
consideration of one dollar, a proper
and sufficient deed of conveyance of a
strip Of land one o. foot and one o.
inch in width along the northerIy side
of lot one o. of block one q of Neeyes
first and second addition to the city of
Grand Rapids, such strip being off the
southerly side of the stub end of Oak
street on the westerly side of Front and
leading to the Wisconsin river; now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the mayor and
clerk of said city be and they are here
| by authorized, empowered and in
structed to make, execute and deliver
to the said John e. DAILY for the con-
sideration of fifty dollars a quit claim
deed of a strip of land one % foot and
one ~ inch in width along the north
erlv side Of lot one o. Of block one a.
of Neeves first and second addition to
the city of Grand Rapids, such strip
being off from the sOutherly side of the
stub end of Oak street on the westerly
side of Front street and leading to the
Wisconsin river, on condition that all
owners of lots in said block will quit
claim one to the other such parts of the
lots in said block as they now occupy
but which would not belong to them
according to a plat of said block one
| ~, recently made bv Mr.. GOWen, or
that they accept the survey of said
block one as made by said GoWen, and
thereby settle all disputes between the
owners of lots III said block one D.
The ayes and noes being taken the
vote was as follows:
Ayes-Wipperman, Getzlaf, Martin,
Nash and Gaynor.
Noes-Abel and Schroeder; Alderman
| Nilsson not voting.
Alderman GaynOr then presented the
following resolution, which, OH motion.
was adopted:
RESOLVED, That John e. DAILY be al
lowed to put in the sidewalk and stair
way asked for, to be used by him until
such time as the city may need it; pro-
| vided the same does not interfere with
drainage or other public easements.
Under the suspension of the rules
the following bills were allowed:
A. L. Fontaine, printing ...... .......S11 &c
Central Electric Co.. Jan. ights............ 66 81
! " Feb. - ............ 20 80
F. L. Steib & Co, erchandise............... 60
James Welsh, repairing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
| John Mccarthy ......................... l %
John Parrish, lumber 20
Report Of acting Police Justice W. \.
! Keves was presented and ordered filed
The city treasurer's report for the
month Of March was as follows:
March l. To balance on hand............S 9,393 SO
| Taxes cOIlected.................. DDS SO
Dog ta&................... 90
Interest on depOsit............... 20 81
c., . a. -,