Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-08
Council PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room, May 9th, 1902.

Council Room, May 9th, 1902.
Council met III regular session,
Mayor Wheelan presiding.
Aldermen present, Arpiu, Lutz.
Schuman, Metzger, Gross, Kruger,
Pratt, Lubbock, Otto, Jackson, Flew
cling, Mccarthy, Hill and Boles.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
City Attorney Gaynor reported on
the petition of John Hickman and
others. recommending that same be
left,t to city engines and city attorney.
On motion the report was accepted
and petition SO referred.
The street committee reported on
the petition of Chds. Fritz and Others
praying for an extension of Wisconsin
street, recommending that the prayer
OF the petitioners be granted.
The street committee reported Oh
the petition of N. Johnson and others,
recommending that the prayer of the
petitioners be granted, providing the
title to right-of-waY is secured without
cost to the city.
On motion, the reports of the street
committee were adopted.
The street committee made the fol-
lowing recommendations:
To the Mayor and Common Council
Of the City Of Grand Rapids, Wis -
Gentlemen: Your committee on
streets and sidewalks begs leave to
recommend as follows:
That e. |. PhIlleo be employed for
one year from May l, 1902, as street
commissioners and city engineer at Il
salary of 81, 900. That I. J. Cooper
be employed , his present salary as
superintendent OF waterworlIS from
May /, 1902, until such time as the
city may deem it unnecessary to con-
tinue him iii the service. That Mike
SeiriCk be emp|OYcd one year from
May l, 1902, H. city teamster west
side) Al salary OF $685. per month,
and John Henry be employed on east
side at the same salary.
That the present and all future
superiutcndeutn Of WaterwOrkS be
required to Tile with the city clerk a
bond of SIS ,0CO, same to be approved
by the mayor.
That the finance committee be i'll
structed To cherk over the books of
the uper1uteuoeut OF wdterworks for
the past year aud report at the next
meeting OF the Council.
That the purchasing Committee be
instructed to pure h1Se and install in
the room to be occupied by the CITY
teamster (we>t side) one single iron
bedstead, mattress aud springs. That
the purchasing committee be in
structed to order three carloads of
CurbStOue.
We further recommend that the
Sigel road be repaired a. follows:
That the corduroy be torn out and
road graded up and rolled and bitches
widened; that the 800 cords of rock
now on hand be crushed and put on
said road to cover a surface Of at Least
s feet wide; that the purchasing COM
mittee purchase sufficient rock to
finish SAID road at d cost not to exceed
= 90 per cord, macadam to be placed
on south and west side.
On motion, the recommendations
were adopted and the street committee
and purchasing committee were auth
orized to do all things necessary &c
carry the same into effect.
Moved aud carried that the street
committee be instructed to open ur
street in Wickhan's addition north to
Crist Hagen's place.
\ petition was presented prdyiug
for the placing in Il passable condi-
ton and grading down the hill on
Baker street to the established grade.
On motion, the street committee
was authorized and directed to pro-
coed with the work at once.
On motion, the petition Of the
Badger Box & Lumber Co. aud others
praying for an extension of the water
main on Chase street IN a westerly
direction to the crossing of the c., M.
& St. p. r. r. distance Of about 500
feet, was referred to the street com