Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-22
COMMON COUNCIL.

The Common Council met in regular
session at the City Hail Tuesday even
ing, Dec Is, ct 100 p. m, with the fol
lowing aldermen present Breed,
Fowler, Bark, Jones, Decker ana Lee.
Owing to the fact that the mayor and
president of the Council were both
absent the meeting was called to
ol5er by the clerk and Aid. Decker
was elected as presiding officer for the
evening.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting Of the Council were read and
approved.
A communication from members Of
the Twentieth Century Club setting
forth the fact that the said club is com
posed Of women, citizens of Wauwa-
tosa, organized for the purpose among
other things to secure improvement in
the sanitary conditions Of the city and
requesting that waste lands be proyid-
ed by the city as dumping ground for
rubbish and that the banks of the
Menomonee river be kept free from
waste paper, etc, was presented read
to the Council and referred TO the com
mittee on health.
A communication was presented
from Alvord and Shields, sewerage
engineers, calling attention to the
fact that since u considerable portion
of the land designated as a sewerage
disposal plant is in the river bed an
additional fifty foot strip along the
north side of the tract al
ready surveyed should be secured, 50
that sufficient ground may be available
The communication was referred to
the sewerage committee.
The finance committee reported back
the bills which had been referred to
them at the last regular meeting Of
the Council with the recommendation
that they be allowed and ordered paid
The bills were read. No separate
action being requested OH any Of the
bills they were allowed and ordered
paid by the Council.
A short recess was then taken and
the sewerage committee considered the
proposal of Alvord and Shields, report
ing back with Il resolution which was
recommended for adoption the resolu-
ton was adopted and is rs follows:
WHg,,EAs. The Common Connect of the city of
Nauwatosa did heretofore 90 tue 1th daS Of
December, 1900, by its resolution duly passed
upon said day, authorize aHd direct the officers
performing duties OF tue Board Of Public.
Works in aud for said city to employ an en-
Fineer, cause him TO make an accurate 7ursry
aad plat of certain premises in said resolution
mentioned as the premises recommended hy
AlVord a. Shields, sewerage engineers, for "A
location for the sewerage disposal plant in
and Tor the city OF WHuwatoSG aud to He said
survey and plat when so made with the clerk.
AND WHEREAS, Said survey and plat were
duly made and tled Ia the Office of the city
clerk, as directed on the 10th day OF December,
1900 from which il appears that considerable
portion of the premises covered by the said plat
ne within the river bed and along the souther.
~ bank of the MenOmonCe river.
Ann WHEREAS, The above named Alvord &
shieida having inspected the survey SO made
aud aioresai plat have reported TO this Com
mon Council that 10y reason OF the fact that
considerable portion Of said Land Is in the
river bed, that the remaining area Of land
described IN said plat and survey, is Insult
Cient for the purposes of sewerage GispoNul
plant for said city and have recommended that
the north line of the tract to be secured for she
said ety 81 Nauwatosa for the purposes of
said sewerage disposal plant he placed Hfiy
800 feet further north than the inc as indicut
ed on the aforesaid plat thereby adding to the
area OF property "a he secured by said city an
additional 1850 squHre feet of land.
Now rutREFolH, BE II resolved by the Com
mon Council % the city of WapWafos;t, Wis
consth, tHat the officers performing duties ot
the Board of PUh,io Worka in aud for said city
h" and they arc here1s authorized and directed
10 employ a competent engineer and cause