Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-04
NEW TERMS FOR CONSOLIDATION.
The Special Committee on Ordinance Has
Drafted Another Annexation Measure.

Drafted Another Annexation Measure.
| The Joint committee on conSolida-
tiOn. consisting of business men and
! members Of council chosen from the
cities of Centralia and Grand Rapids,
| held an adjourned meeting last Friday
/ evening. The subcommittee
| Wipperman, GaynOT. Vaughan, Lyon,
| GOgginS, COnway-appOinted to draft
a new consolidation ordinance, made
| its report. The report was adopted
| and upon motion it was recommended
/ that the proposed new ordinance be
| presented at the next meetings of the
common councils in both cities. TO be
| introduced as substitute amendment
| to take the place Of the annexation
ordinance recently adopted by these
| bodies. The new ordinance was up for
consideration in the Grand Rapids
council Tuesday evening. Action
taken thereon is printed in this issue
under head of council proceedings. 1t
| will be Introduced into the Centralia
council next Monday. The new paper
is said to include all the necessity
legal points for consolidation and all
| exact copy of the latest improved
ordinance follows herewith:
AN ORDINANCE
| TO annex the city of Centralia to
the city of Grand Rapids, i'll Wood
county, Wisconsin,, and fixing the
terms of such annexation.
The common council of the city of
| Centralia do oIdain as follows:
SECTION l. 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 said cities
when 50 consolidated shall constitute
| one municipal corporation, and shall be
| the legal successor to said cities OF
Grand Rapids and Centralia and en-
titled to all the rights and subject to
all the liabilities of said cities respec-
lively.
SECTION ,. 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 said consolidated city; all that
| territory which now constitutes the
Second ward of the present city of
Grand Rapids shall be known as and
constitute the Second ward of said
consolidated city; all that territory
which now constitutes the Third ward
of the present City of Grand Rapids
| shall be known as and constitute the
Third ward of said consolidated city;
| 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 said
consolidated city; all that territory of
! the present city of Centralia lying
north of d line beginning at the point
| where Fremont street of said city of
Centralia intersects the Wisconsin
| river. thence westerly along said
| Fremont street to where the Chicago,
| Milwaukee s. ST. Paul Railroad track
| crosses said street, thence sOutherly
along the central line of SAID railroad
track, to the point where said railroad
| track crosses High street, thence west
along High street, aid the continual
| ton thereof on the eighth line to the
west boundary line of said city of
| Ceutralia, shall constitute and be
known as the Fifth ward of said con-
sOl1dated city; all that part of said
city of Centralia lying south of said
! Fifth ward as above described and
north of Il line beginning at the
easterly end OF Franklin street of
said city Of CeutraIiL, running then ce
| west along Franklin street to where it
interseCts French street, thence south
westerly along French street to where
| 1t lnterseCts Cranberry street, thence
westerly along said Cranberry street
to the west boundary lin of said city of
| Centralia shall cOnsti tute the Sixth
ward of said consolidated city; all that
part of said city of Centralia lying
! u Of
Cribed and north of a certain line
beginning at a point where the east
end of Goggins street extended would
! intersect the Wisconsin river, thence
noTthwesterly on said Goggins
street to French street, thence
sou,herly along French street
to Giddings street, thence north along
said Giddings street to Chase street,
thence west on said Chase street and
a continuation thereof on the eighth
line to the west boundary line of said
cit of Centralia shall constitute the
Seventh ward of said consolidated city;
ali that part of the territory of said city
OF Centralja lying south of the south
| boundary line Of said Seventh ward
shall constitute the Eighth ward of
said consolidated city.
SECTION 5. Except as otherwise
herein provided the ordinances of the
present city of Grand Rapids, together
with such ordinances, rules and regu-
latiOns of the city Of Centralia as per-
tain to waterwOrkS and fire depart
ment now in force therein shall be the
ordinances of said consolidated city
and shall be and remain in force until
the same shall be changed or repea ed
as provided by law.
SECTION +. Until changed as pre-
scribed by law the present school sys-
tenn of the city of Grand Rapids shall
be in force in said consolidated city;
but the High school in said city Of
Centralia aud the High school in said
city of Grand Rapids shall continue
as separate and independent high
schools until changed according to
law.
SECTION 5. After the passage and
!, publication of this ordinance and its
ratification by the electors of the pres
ent city of Grand Rapids and Contra
liza, respectively, the present city clerk
of the city of Grand Rapids shall at
the time and in the manner provided
by law give due notice of the general
spring election, for the election of all
elective city officers for said consolida-
ted city, including two aldermen fot
the 5th ward, two aldermen for the 9th
ward, two aldermen for the 9TH ward
and two aldermen for the Sth ward OF
: said consolidated city; the aldermen
of the 5th. 9th, 9Th and Sth wards OF
said consolidated city who shall have
received the highest number of votes IN
his ward shall be elected and hold his
office tor two years, and until his sue