Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-05
UP AGAINST THE REAL THING.
Councils of Twin Cities Asked to Submit
Consolidation Question for Ratification.

an ordinance was presented by Alder
man c. Edmonde LaNigne which is
published herewith in full. The
same ordinance was placed before the
council in Grand Rapids at the regular
session Tuesday evening by Alderman
George W. Baker. The instrument is
not considered to be SO complete in all
its details that every section will at
once meet the approval of all residents
on both sides of the river, but it rep
resentS the result of much cOnsidera-
tiOn and thought by committees of
prominent gentlemen from Centralia
and Grand Rapids. Material amend
mentS will doubtless be made to the
measure before it is finally acted upon
by the councils at theirneXt meetings
! in the second week of November.
The question of consolidation has
been renewed at the present time as
the beginning of an end to the much
moOted and long drawn out agitation
which has hampered and still hampers
the business interests of these two
communities, and it is intended tC
push the matter to a final solution.
one way or the other.
The ordinance, as presented. reads
as follows:
An ordinance to annex the CITY of
Centralia to the city of Grand Rapids.
in Wood county, Wisconsin, and fixing
| the terms of such annexation.
The common council of the city OF
| Centralia do Ordain as follows:
Section 1:-All that territory stu
ated in the county of Wood and state
| of Wisconsin, within the corporate
limits of the city of Centralia shall be
and the same is hereby annexed to the
city of Grand Rapids, and the people
now inhabiting and who may inhabit
the said territory of the present city
of Grand Rapids, shall be a munciDal
corporation by the name of Central
Rapids, and said municipal corporation
shall have the general powers possessed
by municipal corporation at common
law and in addition thereto shall have
and possess all the powers and rights
INV DoooSooSu tluIt CllJOlcu dIlIl
exercised by said city of Grand RAPIDS
under the general charter law of the
state of Wisconsin.
Section 2:-All that territory which
| now constitutes the First ward of the
present city of Grand Rapids shall be
known as and constitute the First
ward OF the consolidated city of Cen
tral Rapids: all that territory which
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the present city of Grand Rapids shall
be known as and constitute the Second
ward of said city of Central Rapids:
all that territory which now cOnSti-
tuteS the Third ward of the present
city of, Grand Rapids shall be known
as and constitute the Third ward of
said city of Central Rapids: all that
territory which now constitutes the
Fourth ward of the present city of
Grand Rapids shall be known as and
constitute the Fourth ward of the
consolidated city of Central Rapids:
all that territory of the present city
Of Centralia lying north of Fremont
street and north of line which would
be continuation of said Fremont
street to the west limits of said city
of Centralia, shall be known as and
Ul1C Ul1 WdIu vi Sdlu COII-
SOlidated city of Central Rapids: all of
that certain territory bounded as
follows to wit:
On the north by Fremont street and
line which would be continuation
OF said Fremont street to the west
limits of said city of Centralia; on the
last by the main channel of the Wis
cOnSin river: on the south side by
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MarcOtt'S addition to said city of Cen
tralia, and Franklin street, shall be
known as and constitute the Sixth
Ward of said consolidated city of
Central Rapids: all that certain terri
tory bounded as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner
of the NV quarter of the NV quarter of
Section No.13 in Township twenty-five
(22), North of Range five (5) east, being
a point on the west boundary line of
the present city of Centralia, running
east to the Northeast corner of Gov
ernment Lot No. in Section No. Is
of Township No. %, Range East:
thence south on the east line of said
Lot No. ? to the Main channel of the
Wisconsin river: thence in a north
westerly direction meandering the
main channel of said river to point
where an eaSterly extension of Frank
lin street in said city of Centralia
would interSect the main channel of
said river; thence west along said
Franklin street, the north line of
MarcOtt'S addition to the city of Cen
tralia and along Cranberry street to
the west limits of said present city of
Centralia: thence south to point of
beginning, shall be known as and con-
Stitute the Seventh ward of said
consolidated city Of Central Rapids:
all that territory of the present city of
Centralia not included in any Of the
three wards hereinbefOre described
and bounded shall be known as and
constitute the Eighth ward of said con-
solidated city of Central Rapids.
Section 3:-EXcept as otherwise
herein provided the ordinances of the
present city Of Grand Rapids now in
force therein shall be the ordinances
of said consolidated city Of Central
Rapids and shall be in force through
out said city of Central Rapids until
the same shall be changed as provided
by law.
Section 4--There shall be main
tanned by said consolidated city of
central hdplQe One ~ hlgu SClOOI
which shall be located in new build
ing on the present Centralia or west
side Of the Wisconsin river, but all
schools of said consolidated city shall
be under one supervision, under the
system now in force in the present
city of Grand Rapids, until changed by
vote Of the legal voters Of said city
of Central Rapids.
Section 5:-All contracts. liabilities.
debts and obligations contracted.
made or incurred by both the present
citr of Canfralia and the nrcSanf cifV