Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Council Room, November Is. 1900
Council met perSuant to adjourn
ment, Mayor Goggins presiding.
Aldermen present Wood, Lutz,
Ireland, Parrish, Bundle, Otto,
AnthOfer, Kellogg, Oberbeck,
Schnabel and RoSSier.
The committee appointed to inveSti-
gate the title of the e. M. & st. P.
Ry. Co. to certain lands adjoining the
west side market square and to confer
with Ben Hansen in regard to his
building potato and ware house
thereon made following report:
| To the honorable the common coun-
Gil of the city of Grand Rapids, Wood
county, Wisconsin,
We the undersigned, the committee
appointed by your honorable body 10
| investigate the title of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railway Co.,
to certain lands adjoining the market
| square in the west side of the Wiscou-
sin river and to confer with Mr.. Ben
Hansen in regard to the construction
of potato ware house thereon, re-
spectfu1ly report as follows:
We find that the G. M. & St. P. R.
| W. Co., own a certain strip of land
about fifty (5O) feet in width on the
west end and about forty l4O) feet in
width on the east end adjoining the
said market square and we further
! find that they have granted the per-
mission to E. M. Cops & Co. to build
potato ware house thereon.
We further find that the said G. M.
& ST. P. r. r. Co.. have moved their
side track, commonly called "Garri-
sons spur" about ten feet farther
south and that the ware house intended
to be put up by the said E. M. Copps
& Co. will extend over and upon land
owned by the city of Grand Rapids,
composing said market square about
five feet on the east end and that it
will not extend to the northeriy side
of the land owned by the railway COM
pany on the west end but that there
will be a space between the building
and the south line of the land owned
by the city of Grand Rapids forming
the market square of about five feet
and your committee gave the said f.
M. Cops & Co. permission to erect
the said warehouse so that the same
would extend over on to the land
forming the said market square about
five feet on the east end in considera-
ton whereof the said G. M. & St. p.
r. r. Co., give the city of Grand Rap
| ids, permission to use the strip of land
on the west end about five feet in
| width and for city market purposes.
| Your committee authorized the city
| engineer to survey the land owned by
| the c. M. & St. P. r. r. Co.. and he
has advised us that the said railway
company owns nearly all the land
,r11 ,ol, 1nt IS
| now being constructed and that the
only portion thereof that is not
| owned by the railway company is a
strip of land on the northeast side of
| the said warehouse about five feet in
width on the east end and in the shape
of triangle, the southerly line of
which interseCts the northerly line Of
| the said warehouse about thirty feet
| westerly of the north east corner of
the said warehouse so that the city of
Grand Rapids acquires the use of more
land for the purpose of d cityimarket
than the amount of land owned by the
city of Grand Rapids upon which the
said warehouse is being constructed.
We have expressly instructed said
Ben Hansen, agent of the said E. M.
Cops & Co. that they must take all
the chances as to whether the said
railway com pany are the owners OF
the land upon which said pota ware
| house is being constructed and
have given them no permission TO q,
cupy any land owned by the city q
| Grand Rapids for the purpose of mar
ket square, only as above stated and
| with the express understanding that
we get the use of as much land owned
by the railway COMPANY for the CITY
market as the said potato warehouse
will occupy of land owned by the city
of Grand Rapids for the purpose of
said market square as above set forth.
Dated Nov 18th, A. D. 1900.
Signed w. E. WHEELAN,
c. F. KELLOGG,
Nonr,