Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room. Sept. ), 1889.


Council met in regular session,
mayor and president being absent.
Alderman Davis was elected preSi
dent pro TEN who called tie meeting
to order.
Aldermen present Hickman, Bunde,
Brazeau. Lutz and Schroeder.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The Twin City Electric Co. made
the city the following proposition
being what they now asked for fur
niShing 2000 C power street lights
under five year contract:
For all night current, 5000 per
lamp per year: for moonlight Sched-
ule, $4,000 per lamp per year; for
midnight schedule, $4,000 per lamp per
year.
The company also states in their
proposition that they would prefer to
leave the matter Of charges open, and
make the rates as reasonable as
possible.
The above matter was laid over
until the adjourned meeting OF this
council.
Under suspension of the rules the
following bills were allowed:
Gus. schuman, hauling engine to Mullen
fire.. UD
H. Hannimau, 26A days labor "a sl.5O...... SO So
Fred Henry 25L DAYS labor a ST. ...... 3S 60
r. Parrish 4 Bro, cement and spikes. II 90
A. l.. FOntainc, printing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
Chas Demitz, ~ DAYS mason work a
Centralia Lumber Co.. lumber ........... 81 O8
Gitchell d Lubbock, mdse for cTufher and
city ~ bO
Central Electric Co., Aug. light $83.15
allowed - %
The bill OF Wood County Telephone
Co. of $6.75 for 3 months phone was
referred to finance committee.
John A. Gaynor clerk pro tenn Of
the board of education Of the city Of
Grand Rapids, certified that the
school board has estimated the funds
required for the ensuing year at s., 800.
and $500 additional for the mainte-
nance of kindergarten school.
Certificate was accepted and ordered
filed
The following resolutions were pre-
scented to the council and were each
adopted by a full vote the ayes and
noes being taken.
BE 1t Resolved, BY the common COun-
Gil of the city of Grand Rapids, that
the part Of the fractional Lot l. Sec.
IT, Twp. %, N. Rye 8 east on the
West side thereof, heretofore pur-
chased by the city Of Grand Rapids
from John Parrish, by Warranty Deed
in 1892, together with the public
street running north and south on the
West side thereof and adjacent to said
ira It, be and the same hereby are
declared to'bc public grounds and pub
lie market for said city to be used for
all purposes for which like pupliC
grounds and public markets in other
cities are used.
Passed by the common council Sept.
5, 1899 at the regular monthly meet
ing thereof.
BE II ReSoIrcd, BY the common coun-
Gil Of the city of Grand Rapids, Wood
county. Wisconsin, that it is necessary
to take the lands hereinafter deS-
cribcd for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned.
BE 1t Fu,1h,n' RcSolrod, BY the said
common council, that it is, and is
hereby declared to be the purposes
and intention of this council to take
said lands toWit:
A strip bounded as follows: Begin
ming on the east line Of the lot pur-
chased by the city Of Grand Rapids,
from John Parrish in 1892 being APP
proXimately lot 10 of block of Sar-
gents subdivision of fractional lot l.
at southwest corner of lot of said
block of subdivision of fractional lot
l, section II, township % north, range
east, according to Sargent's plat of
the city Of Grand Rapids, (said lot 8
being known as the NJ. Gordon lott
run thence from said southwest corner
Of said NJ Gordon lot eaSterly along
the south line Of said NJ Gordon lot
and along the south line Of the lot
occupied by d. NJ. Huntington with a
store and shop being lot 8 of said
block A to a point so feet east of said
point of beginning, thence run south
parallel with the west line of said
fractional lot l to the south line of
the lands formerly occupied by \. B.