Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-14
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS


ment Mayor Goggins presiding.
Aldermen present Wood. Lutz,
IRELAND, Parrish. Kruger, Pratt,
Bundy, Otto, Anthofer, kellogg,
Oberbeck, Schnabel, RosSier, Hill and
BOleS.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of the Consolidated
Water Power company and others
asking the exemption of taxes from
their dam and other Improvements
made the following report:
To the Honorable. the Mayor and
the common council of the city of
Grand Rapids. Wisconsin,:
We, the undersigned committee to
whom was referred the petition of the
Consolidated Water Power Company
and two hundred and sixty-six other
tax payers of the said city of Grand
Rapids, praying that the common
council of the said city, by resolution
remit II taxes that may be assessed
on Certain real estate, within the cor
porate limits of said city, owned by
the said Consolidated Water Power
Company, and certain proposed cor
poration to be organized by Nels
Johnson, J. D. W1tter and others, for
the purpose of using the water power
owned by the Consolidated Water
Power Company, that may be in eX-
cess of what the taxes would have been
on SAID real estate if the same was
assessed at the valuation placed on
said real estate for the year 1900, for
a period of five years commencing with
the year 1902; Beg leave to report as
fo1lows:-
On Saturday, February 9th, A. D
1901, we held a public meeting at the
council rooms in the said city of Grand
Rapids between the hours of 8 O'Clock
and 1880 o'clock P. M. for the purpose
of giving tax payers of said city OF
Grand Rapids an opportunity to ex
press their opinions on such a remis
sion of taxes.
That the meeting was fairly we'll at
tended by representative tax payers
and the matter was quite fully dis
cussed by 7. E. Nash, L. M. Nash, J
A. Gaynor, +. MacKinnon, e. P
Arpin, B. M. Vaughn, Nels Johnson
and F. ]. Wood.
From the discuss1Cn, and from oul
own inquiries the committee arrived
at the conclusion, that a majority Oh
the tax payers in the city of Crane
Rapids were in favor of granting some
concession by the way of a remission
of taxes to the said Consolidated
Water Power Company, and the pro
posed corporation to be organized b.
Nels johnson, ]. D. Witter and others
but not to the extent prayed for in the
petition.
And in recommending a certain re
mission of taxes on the proposed i'm
provements to be made by the sale
| Consolidated Water Power Com pany
and the proposed corporation IL at il
to be organized by Nels Johnson, ]
D. Witter and others, your committee
has been guided by the following
| reaSOnS:-
First, That a majority Of the tag
PAYERS of the city of Grand Rapids
| favor it.
Second, That in the past a certain
remission of taxes on new industrie:
has been granted with good results t.
our city.
Third, That it will have a GOOD
effect in causing capital to seek in
vestment within our city.
Fourth, That our city will be.bene
fitted thereby to such an extent as t
amply repay us for such a remission
of taxes.
In our opinion, proposed improve
ments and new industries to be carried
out on d large scale, should be Ell
outraged. But such fncourag e,nen
should cease as soon as the new in
dustry is fairly launched and should
commence to produce some profit.
We therefore, recommend the re
mission of all taxes that may be leviet
and assessed on all construction ma
terial ano other personal propert,
used or intended to be used, by TIL
said Consolidated Water Power Com
pany, and the proposed corporation il
building their dam in the Wisconsin
river and developing their water powe
and in making all other Improvement
in the way of buildings etc, connecte,
with the said dam or water power TO
the year 1901.
We further recommend the remis
sion of ali taxes in excess of what thu
taxes would have been if based upo1
the assessed valuation OF 1900, on al
real estate owned by the said ConsOli
dated Water Power Company and TIL
proposed corporation, i'll building sait
dam, developing said water power ant
other improvements such as pape
mill, pulp mill, pumping station an'
power house, together with all rea
estate hereafter acquired by either o
the said corporations and necessary t.
be used in binding said dam, develop
ing said water power or IN building
said paper mill, pulp mill, pumping
station or power house for the year
1901, 1902 and 1908.
Dated this 18th day of February, A
D. 1901.
T.. C. RossIER,
N. IRELAND,
H. S. BOLES.
Committee.
Moved by Alderman Schnabel an,
seconded by Alderman Anthofer tina
the report be adopted and placed OF
file carried by the following vote
For adoption Lutz, Reiland, Bundy
Otto. Anthofer, Kellogg. Oberbeck
Rossier, Hill and Boles. Agains
adoption Wood, Parrish Kruger
Pratt and Schnabel.
Alderman Hill offered the followin!
resolution:
Resolved, That all taxes which ma
be levied and assessed for the yea
1901 on all construction material an,
personal property of every kind an
description, used, and intended to b
used, by the Consolidated Water Powe
Company and the proposed corpora
ton 20 be organized by Nels Johnson
J. D. Witter and others in ard abou
the building of the dam and the devel
opment of the water power in TIL
Wisconsin river, and the building an
erection of the paper mill. DulD mill