Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room, Oct. ,, 1900.
1ci1 met in rpUular session

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room, Oct. ,, 1900.
council met in regular session
Mayor GogginS presiding.
Aldermen present Wood, Lutz,
Reiland. Bundle, Pratt, Kellogg,
Anthofer, Oberbeck, Schnabel and
BoleS.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved with the following cor
rectionS:
Nick Reiland was appointed an
election inspector and James Miller a
ballot clerk in Second Ward and Fred
Giesler as inspector in place of E. V.
Baldwin for the Eighth Ward.
The committee appointed to report
locations for additional arc lights
made following report.
We the committee on street lights
would recommend that arc lamps be
placed at the following named places:
One at corner of Peach and Milwau-
kee st.
One al corner of East street and
Milwaukee st. S. E. corner Fair
Grounds.
One at corner of Saratoga and Court
House st.
One at corner of Saratoga and Mil
waukee ST.
One on First Ave. half way between
Peach and the cross street leading to
High street. (All on East Side.)
One at corner of NelS JOhnSOn'S
residence.
One between Maple street and ST.
Paul depot on Cranberry street. (On
West Side
Signed NJ. S. PRATT,
JOHN SCHNABEL,
Com.
On motion one arc lamp on Water
street at the corner Of McRaith resi-
dence was added to the above report.
Report then adopted. On motion the
arc lamp at corner of DAILY and Ere
mont street, West Side, was ordered
moved one block east to the corner of
Factory and Fremont street.
The street committee reported on
the petition asking the building OF 1t
culvert across French and Fremont
street recommending that the prayer
of the petition be granted. Report
adopted.
The petition of Fred Schuman ask
ing council to allow him some amount
for the loss of two fingers while
handling curb stone, was presented.
The prayer of above petitioner was
denied.
Ben Hansen in behalf of e. n. Cops
& Co. presented petition asking the
city to exchange certain piece of
ground with the st. Paul Ry. co. near
West Side market square or in lieu
thereof to be given permission to
occupy in part a small parcel of land
on East Side of switch track as the
above Cops & Co: desire to build a
potato and ware house near the track
and market square.
Moved and carried that mayor
appoint a committee of three including
city attorney, to look up the above
matter and that they have power to
make such arrangements in th
behalf as will be to the city'S best
interests.
Alderman Wood and Kellogg were
appointed as such committee to act
with city attorney.
EAThe Clerk informed the Council
that Hon. John A. GaynOr, county
Judge of Wood County, has filed with
city clerk on the first day of October
A., D., 1900 all the original papers
including verdicts and minutes, with
a proper certificate attached thereto
in the Condemnation proceedings to
widen East Street and further
certificate that no appeal had been
taken from the verdictS and that
more than ten days had elapsed since
the rendition of said verdicts.
Whereupon the following ordinance
was presented and unanimously adopt
ed.
Ordinance 6S.
An ordinance relating to the widen
ing of go street public street in the
city of Grand Rapids, Wood County
Wisconsin,:
The common council of the city of
Grand Rapids, do ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, upon application to the
Hon. John A. Gaynor county judge of
Wood County, Wisconsin, due proceed
ings having been h ad for that purpose,
jury composed of twelve competent
Jurors found it necessary to take the
lands hereinafter described for the
purpose of laying out and widening
sc" street, public street in the city
of Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wis
consin and assessed the damages of
the private owner of said described
lands, VIM. Corcoran, of said city of
Grand Rapids by reason of such TAX
ing by said city of Grand Rapids at
the sum of two hundred and fifteen
dollars, it is therefore ordained by the
common council of the said City of
Grand Rapids that the following des-
cribed lands, to wit: Commencing at
the northwest corner of subdivision
of the southwest quarter of the south
east quarter of section No. seventeen
az, of township No. twenty-five (22)
north, of range six (6) east in said city
of Grand Rapids, according to Sar-
gents plat of the city of Grand Rapids,
running thence east along the north
ern boundary line of said subdivision
to the eastern boundary line of Mil
waukee street for place of beginning;
running thence east along the north
ern boundary line of said subdivision
about eighty rods to the northeast
corner of said subdivision thence
south along the eastern boundary line
of said subdivision thirty feet thence
west on line parallel with the north
eru boundary line of said subdivision
about eighty rods to the eastern
| boundary line of said Milwaukee street
thence north on the eastern boundary
| line of said Milwaukee street thirty
feet to the starting point or place of
beginning; intending hereby to des-
cribe a piece of land thirty feet in
width OH the north side of lot No. four
| az of said subdivision according to
Sargents plat of said city of Grand
Rapids, now the private property of
| William Corcoran of the said city of