Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-20

ness and is not deriving any revenue
or employment, as was expected. on
account OF the delay in the com p1etiou
OF our waterworks system
Ihird-because the rate charged
the city is in proportion to the rates
charged for other service and until
the cost of construction is paid for,
out OF the earnings and the sale of
stock. it will not be advisable to re-
duce the earnings of the company,
and the committee was requested TO
report this 10 the honorable council.
Your directors caused letters to be
sent 10 four cities of about the same
population as our city, asking them
what they were paying for their street
lamps nd the candle power furnished.
Following is schedule of the amount
these four cities are paying and the
candle power:
Washburn, $4,000 candle power, s:4 per VT.
Menomlnee, $4,000 " 80. loo. -" 81
BaTaDO0, 100000 ~ s.
On basis of 1000 candle power
Menasha would pay about $50 per
year at the rate she now pays. The
city of Merrill is paying SIS for 200
candle power lights. equal to about
S92 for 1000 candle power lights.
1t is quite evident from the numer-
Gus petitions that are being presented
for more lights, that the petitioners
have not stopped 10 consider what our
street lighting costs the city. and
again, in behalf of the Electric s.
Water Co., they do not realize that it
oct n
so that it takes nearly two years for
the company to get back the cost OF
| their lamp.
The Electric Light company promi-
ses reduction in prices as soon as
the present indebtedness is fully paid
and it is the judgement of your direc-
| tors that we had better "let we'll
enough alone" for the present.
Respectfully submitted,
| T. ]. WOOD,
| w. GROSS,
Board of Directors.
On motion the report was ordered tC
be placed on file and spread upon the
minutes. A petition of J. F. Moore
and others Was presented praying
your honorable body to place an arc
light at the crossing Of Jackson and
| Main streets. On motion the petition
was referred to the special committee
petition of r. A Mcdonald and
others was presented praying your
| honorable body to build and construct
sewer on Sycamore street from Oak
street southwesterly to the block in
which Jacob Wlnger resides accord
ing to the plans of sewerage for said
| city. On motion the petition was re
ferred to the street committee.
| A petition of Jno. Schnab1e and
others was presented praying your
| honorable body to build and construct
| a sewer from Milwaukee street to the
| Wisconsin river and on Court house
street extending from the intersection
OF Oak street by Peach street to the
| sewer above described. On motion
| the petition was referred to the street
| committee.
| A petition of Kruger & Cameron
and others was presented praying
| your honorable body to clean the
streets i'll front of the business places
at the expense of the city. On motion
| the prayer of the petitioners was
| granted to take effect April 1st, 1902
! A petition of J. O. Winger anC
others was presented praying your
| honorable body to replace the wooden
| sewer on Elm street with sewer pipe
and to allow said petitioners to con
meet with said sewer at reasonable
| price. On motion the petition was re
| ferred to the street committee.
| The council then proceeded to take
up ordinance No 81 entitled an ordin
ance to issue bonds for new stee
| bridge being the ordinance presented
| to the council at its regular meeting
March 4, 1902. And it appearing thai
| said proposed ordinance was duly
| published in the WOOD COUNTY
REPORTER on the 9th day of Marcel
A. D. 1902, and due proof of the publ
cation of said proposed ordinance
| having been filed with the city CLERK
this day, and it appearing that
! Section 925, Sub, division 1873 WiscOn
sin statutes for the year 1898 has beer
in all things complied with.
| Moved by Alderman Jackson anC
seconded by Alderman Wood that the
ordinance be adopted.
| The ordinance was adopted by the
following vote the clerk calling the
roll. Ayes-WOod, Lutz, IRELAND
Schuman, Gross, Pratt, Lubbock, Otto
Bossert, Kellogg. Jackson, Rossier anC
BoleS. Nayes-none.
This ordinance being adopted by 6
vote of more than three-fourthS of the
| common council, the ordinance was
duly declared adopted.
! Ordinance No. SO was then taken uI
entltled an ordinance to issue bonds
| to purchase property of Centralia
Water Company being the ordinance
presented to the council at it's regular
meeting March 4, 1902. And il
appearing that said proposed ordinance