Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-07
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
COUNCIL Rooms, February ), 1901.

IRELAND, FarrlSh, Kruger, PrdUU, bun
de, Otto, Anthofer, Oberbeck. Selma,
bel, Rossier, Hill and Boles. ~.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The street committee together with
Alderman Pratt reported that the
wagon bridge across the river was IN
poor and dangerous condition. The
committee was then authorized to
have the bridge repaired at once.
The city engineer reported as to the
water flow from the northwest part OF
the city to Rademacher and Young's
creeks The matter of draining that
part of the city together with the city
engineers report was on motion re-
ferred to the alderman from the fifth
ward.
The committee appointed to recon-
mend the amount Of salaries to be
paid to the several city officers, report
such amounts as follows:
Mayor, 800 per year.
City Clerk, $3.50 per year.
City Treasurer, $500 per year.
City Attorney, $3.50 per year.
Assessor, So per day for actual work.
Day Police, 1920 per year.
Night Police, $3.50 per year.
Moved and carried that the report
be amended so that the day police
shall receive $3.50 per year, and the
night police receive 1920 per year.
Report as amended was adopted.
The commit to whom was refer
red the petitions of the Princeton &
Northwestern Railway Co., asking
the vacation Of certain portions of
Franklin and Wisconsin streets, west
side, made the following reports:
To the Honorable, the Common
Council of the said city of Grand
Rapids: We, the undersigned com
,n1ttee, to whom was referred a petit
ton, praying for the vacating of d
certain portion of Franklin street,
beg to report as follows:
We find the above petition to be
signed by the requisite number of
signers as required by statute.
We further report that notice was
duly posted in three public places in
the said city of Grand Rapids, that
said petition would be acted upon by
the common council of the said city OF
Grand Rapids on this 5th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1901.
We recommend that ordinance No.
II, yacating all that portion of Frank
lin street prayed for, be passed by
your honorable body.
Dated February 5th, A. d. 1901.
JOHN SCHNABEL,
N. IRELAND,
G.. M. HILL,
DAVID L.UTZ, JR.
To the Honorable, the Common
Council of the said city of Grand
Rapids: We, the undersigned COM
nlttee, to whom was referred petition,
praying for the vacat;ng of a certain
portion of Wisconsin street, beg to
report as follows:
We find the said petition to be signed
by the requisite number of signers, as
required by statute.
We further report that notice was
duly posted in three public places in
the said city of Grand Rapids, that
said petition would be acted upon by
the common council of the said city
of Grand Rapids on this 5th day of
February, a. d. 1901.
We recommend that ordinance No.
u, vacating all that portion Of Wis
consin street prayed for, be passed by
your honorable body.
Dated February 5th, a. d. 1901
JOHN SCHNABEL,
n. IRELAND,
q. M. HILL,
DAVID LUTZ, JR.
Reports accepted and ordinances
unanimously adopted (may be seen in
legal form
We, The committee to whom was
referred the question of disputed title
t. lot Is, block 81, Nerves addition to
the city OF Grand Rapids, report that
we entered into an agreement with
the parties claiming title, and recon-
mend That same be approved and that
the mayor and clerk be authorized to
execute the deed as stipulated and
agreed upon. Signed.
n. IRELAND,
II. S. BoLEs,
w. b. WHEELAN,
Committee.
(Ine above agreements on file.
Mrs Geo. Il. Gardner, Clark Lyon,
Martin Scar, James McDonough and
Grand Rapids Lumber Co. asked for
rebate on tax on account of error in
assessment, The same was referred
TO the finance committee to report at
the next meeting.
The West Side Fire Company S
bowling alley tax was on motion au-
UuOllZeu TeDdIeQ.
The following petition of the Con
solidated Water Power Company,
signed by from 250 to 275 tax payers,
was presented to the council:
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Common Council of the City of Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin,: We, the under.
signed, residents and taxpayers OF
said city, respectfully represent and
petition as follows:
WHEREAS, The Consolidated Water
Power company, corporation, the
business and purposes of which is the
purchase and Improvement of water
powers and lands on the Wisconsin
river, and the renting and sale of the
same, and the renting and sale of al
such mills, machinery, fixtures ant
tools. If any, that may be or have
been acquired by said corporation in
the purchase of water power aut
lands, is the owner of the greater por
ton of the shores, water power anC
riparian rights and privileges thereto
appurtenant, of the Wisconsin river
within the limits of the city of Crane
Rapids, Wisconsin, as it now runs
through said city, and
WHEREAS, The said Consolidated
Water Power company contemplate
the further development and improve
ment of the water power of said Wis
consin river within the corporate linn
its of this city in order that the same
may be more fully utilized and to thi:
end propose to build, construct anc
maintain dam in said river at thi:
point, capable of furnishing at leas
five thousand 5000 horsepower, a:
soon as and as rapidly as the same