Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-05-08

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tain occasions the time limited for
/ keeping open saloons may be extended
by special permit or grant of the
honorable mayor or the honorable
common council.
Carl Otto, F. Meyer,
John Lange, w. A. Beurhaus,
j. p Herzog, II. J Strauss
Albert Friedrich asked permission to
erect a shed on the river bank at the
foot of Market street The commun-
ication was referred to the committee
on streets and bridges
The following communication from
City Attorney Harlow Pease was read:
TO the Common Council of the City
| Of Watertown-G Gentlemen: On the
oath day of April last, l was notified
by the city clerk that at common
council meeting held on the 18th day
of April, 1900, | was elected city at
torney Of the city of Watertown.
After such election it came to my
knowledge that on the 18th day of
April last, an ordinance was passed
by the council making 1t the official
duty of the city attorney to codify and
com lie all the ordinances of the city.
Tie civy of Watertown was incor-
porated .5arch 3. 1858
The work of revising and compil-
ing all the ordinances of the city thus
covers d period of over forty-seven
years. 1t also makes it necessary to
give critical examination to over
5000 folios of manuscript.
All the ordinances passed during
the twenty years that the city had no
mayor will have to be remodeled and
repassed as they do not conform to the
present city charter Moreover, all
ordinances in force must be trans
cribed, logically arranged and indeXed.
After that the printed copy must be
carefully compared with the manu-
script, to the end that there may be
absolute certainty that the revision is
in all respects correct.
A proper performance of this work
requires the utmost care and must of
necessity involve q great deal of labor
and occupy d great deal Of time.
1t is impossible for any one to state
exactly, or with any degree of certain
ty, how much it will be worth to pro-
perly perform that. labor, until the
work is completed. But it is certain
that no person who is competent to
do the work can afford to do it, in ad
dition to the other duties of city
attorney, for the salary attached to
that Office.
At all events, / cannot, in justice to
myself, accept the Office with this
extraordinary burden attached to it,
in addition to the other duties which
are prescribed by the charter.
In consideration of the facts as
above stated, feel compelled to, and
do hereby respectfully decline to ac-
cept the Office Of city attorney for the
ensuing year.
Thanking you for the compliment
which the unsolicited election implies,
subscribe myself,
Respectfully yours,
Harlow Pease
In relation to the purchase of a
street sweeper by the city, the mayor
| informed the council Of the contents
of letter from the Austen & Weston
company, of Chicago, in which pro-
position was made, after which he
read the following report, which was
adopted:
Your committee appointed under
the resolution passed February 26,
1900, authorizing and directing said
committee to procure information as
to the most approved kind of street
sweeper and its cost, would now re-
port that they have complied with
your request, and have had commun-
ication with different manufacturers
of street machines. Your committee
finds the cost Of street swerpero naag-
ing in price from 1925 to $4,000 each.
Alderman Wertheimer and [ went to
Chicago and looked at street sweepers,
and have bargained for an Austen &
Weston sweeper, $3.50 especial
sweeper" for 1882. so f. o. b. Chicago,
and a machine for making brooms at
$25 We think this the most suitable
machine for our streets. The above
prices are given us subject TO the con-