Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
TO PUT IN MANY SEWERS
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED
City Council Also Extends Water System-The
Official Vote of Last Election by Wards
Other Matters of Importance.

COunclJ met pursuant to adjournment
Mayor Wheelan presiding. Alder
men present, Lutz, Arpin, Schuman,
Metzger, Gross. Kruger, Pratt, Otto,
Bossert, Jackson, Flewelling, Nc
Carthy and ROSSier.
On motion reading the minutes of
the previous meeting were dispensed
with. Moved and seconded the bill of
f. d. Kellner be diSallowed.
Ihe street committee reported on
| the bill Of Mrs. G.. Fl. Brown recon-
| mendlng that the same be referred to
| the city attorney.
On motion the bill was so referred.
The street committee reported on
the petition of the school board. pray
ing for the opening of the street from
blocks % and 26 to the Lincoln school
grounds recommending, the petition
be allowed, providing the right Of way
| can be secured at reasonable price.
On motion the report was accepted.
superintendent of waterwOrkS
| Cooper reported that the Badger Box
& Lumber Co., had made application
for the city to supply water for their
| new 200 horse power engine soon to be
installed in their plant as motive
power, and asks the city to continue
the water main west along Sumner
street from its present terminus across
the railroad tracks to convenient
place for said company to tap and get
water for the purpose above stated.
| Moved and carried that the water
main be extended to the Badger Box
q Lumber Co.'S. plant providing a
guarantee of SIS per year to the city.
| from said company can be obtained,
Any 1flrIta at,f1 H.
| Cooper reported that the Grand
Rapids Milling Co. had made applica-
| tiOn to tap the water main on French
street with 2 inch pipe for fire pro-
lection.
On motion their application was
| referred to the street committee.
On motion the claim of Mrs. Emma
Bandeline and A. D. Hill for illegal
tax was referred to the city attorney.
The petition for the construction of
a sewer OF. Main street from Franklin
street to Cranberry street Was granted
| by the following vote the clerk calling
| the roll AyeS-Lutz, Arpin, Schuman,
Metzger, Gross, Kruger, Pratt. Otto.
BoSsert, Jackson, Flewelling, Nc
Carthy and RoSsier Nayes-nOne and
the street committee ordered to put
| in the sewer at once.
On motion the petition of L. Lam
Ouette and Others for the sewer from
Mulberry street to Pine street was
granted.
On motion the petitions of n. Rel
land and others for the construction
of a sewer on Milwaukee street from
Oak street to Washington Avenue,
and the claying and grading of Mil
Waukee street from Washington
street south TO the south limits of the
| city was referred to the street COM
mittee,
On motion the petition of Chas.
| GOuger and others for the cOnStruc-
tion Of a sewer on High street from
Oak street to Vine street was referred
to the street committee.
The bill of LOWeth & Wolff for
1920 for extras for the supervision of
! the construction of the WaterWOrkS
was recOnsidered and allowed in full
by the following vote the Clerk calling
the roll. AyeS-Lutz, Arpin, Schu-
man, Metzger. Gross, Kruger, Pratt.
Otto, BoSSert, Jackson, Fleweling,
Mccarthy & Rossier Naves- none.
The citizens petitions praying your
honorable body to take the necessary
action to compel the railroad com
panies to lay their tracks across
| French street so as to conform to and
make their grade on a level with the
grade of the streets as established by
the city engineer was on motion
granted.
The petitions Of August Bankert
and others praying your honorable
body to have sewer constructed and
water main extended on Seward
lstreet was. on motion referred to the
street committee. 49,
The petition of j. Z. johnston and
others praying your honorable body to
have water main put in on south
Front street south to Mulberry street
was referred to the street committee.
The petition of c. II, Nilsson and
others praying your honorable body to
lay out and continue Sycamore street
to point where it interSeCtS with
First street was Oh motion referred
10 the street committee.
The petition of TT. Wipperman and
E0therS praying your honorable body to
EconStruCt sewer on Center street
east side was on motion referred to
the street committee.
The petition of G.. II. Webb and
others for the construction of a sewer
on Oak street from Milwaukee street
east to Lincoln street was on motion
referred to the street committee.
Engineer PhilleO made the follow
ing recommendations;