Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-12
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FURTHER BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED.
The City Fathers Had Much to Occu-
py Their Attention on Friday
Evening.

The City Fathers Had Much to Occu.
py Their Attention on Friday
Evening.
The city council met on Friday even
ing, pursuant to adjournment, anC
transacted considerable business.
The report of the committee on street,
and bridges was not favorable to the
twenty-foot macadamizing of Crane
avenue and Forest street, and the peti
ton of the residents along those streets
was not granted. This leaves GranG
avenue in the same condition that il
has been in for the past several months
with no immediate prospects of the
council coming to some agreement with
property owners whereby the excavateC
portion can even be transformed into q
state of decency. The petition for the
macadamizing of Clinton street met q
like fate, at the hands of the city law
givers, and residents and members OF
business concerns situated on that
street viii have to scratch their heads
and think up some new plan to entice
the council to lend listening ear.
The report of the same committee, in
regard to the right-of- way on the north
end of Clarke's island, was received,
and the answer was favorable for the
building of bridge across the slough
to connect with the Barker & Stewart
island. The H. E. McEachron Co. has
made and executed quit claim deed OF
a right-of-way west and north of the
high bridge, sixteen feet wide, across
the land in question, which deed was
rendered the city and is now in the
hands of the chairman of the street and
bridge committee Messrs. Barker 4
Stewart have made written offer to
enter into contract with the city to do
all the filling at the north end of such
bridge, and to maintain road twenty
feet in width to the site of their present
mill. The way as surveyed was laid
out by the city engineer, Chas. Nutter,
and the committee believes it to be a
suitable way for the purposes for which
it is to be used. The committee recon-
mended that the deed of the H. K.
McEachcon Co. and the offer of Barker
q Stewart to do the filling and to main
tain the way, be accepted, and the
council acted in accordance with the
wishes of the street and bridge commit
tee The sum of 81 $50 was appropri-
ated for the building of the bridge, and
work upon the structure will soon begin.
A petition for a sewer on Clarke
street was acted upon favorably, as
were also petitions for arc lights at the
corner of Second and Scott streets, and
on Harrison boulevard, but the location
for the latter has not as yet been de-
cided upon. The petition for an arc
light at the corner of Mcclellan and
Fifth streets was not granted.
The report of the committee on fire,
to whom was referred the matter of
building and equipping north side
engine house, and removing the west
side engine house to a point farther
south, estimated the cost of such build
ing and removal as follows: For the
north side engine house, dimensions
24x70, estimated at 81, 700; cost of new
west side engine house, dimensions
36x70, estimated at 81, 7,950, after deduct
ing 81 900 which can be realized for the
sale of the old engine house and site.
The committee recommended that the
north side engine house be built this
year, but that the west side engine
house be left where it is for the present
and equipped with combination hook
and ladder and hose wagon, the esti-
mated cost of which will be $3.50. The
council instructed the committee to
purchase site for new engine house
to be known as the "North Side,'
which will probably be located on
Bridge street.
An ordinance requiring railway COM
panies to construct and maintain gates
in the city at crossings named, was
made law, and the companies must
have the gates n place within sixty
days after the publication of such ordin-
ance in the official city paper. The ST
Paul company must place gates at the
crossing at west Washington street,
near the City Hall, at crossing on
Bridge street, Third street, Fifth, Sixth
Seventh and Franklin streets. The
Northwestern company must place
gates at the crossings on Fifth avenue
south and on Third avenue south. Any
railroad company failing to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance
shall forfeit the sum Of $25 for each anG
every day it shall allow such failure tc
continue
Sidewalks were ordered to be bull
in front of certain lots in the ninth
ward, and the failure of residents tC
comply with the order will necessitate
the city going ahead and building then
and charging same against the different
properties involved
The monthly report of the chief o.
police for May showed that there hac
been thirty-eight persons in the city
lookup during that time.
The report of the city treasurer foi
the month of May showed balance Oh
! hand in the general fund of $lS75.6l
school fund, s2O29.l l6; coupun fund
/ s3sl25 bond fund, $500; sinking
fund, $4,000.
The next regular meeting of the
council will be held on the evening o.
July I'd.