Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
CITY COUNCIL.

1he IOllowlng are the most import
tant items of business acted upon at the
last meeting of the council held last
Tuesday evening:
The mayor announced the appoint
ment of Emil Reinecke to succeed VIM.
RGaedtke as alderman of the Eighth ward,
which appointment was confirmed. MIR.
Gaedtke lately moved out of the ward
and is, of course, ineligible to longer
service.
Mrs. F. Walworth, who has taken
charge of the Largsdorf property on
Third street, petitioned for and was
granted a saloon license.
VIM. Liljiqvist was appointed mem
ber of the public property committee to
succeed VIM. Gaedtke, resigned.
The proposition of Walter Alexander
to deed to the city for library site the
old McIndOe homestead on First street.
providing the city buy the three lots
adjoining on the south, was read and
submitted to the committee on public
property.
Three bills amounting to S2l0.S4 from
the village board of Birnamwood,
Shawano county, for the care of Mrs.
Alice Hunter, poor person claiming
residence in this county, was read and
referred to the city attorney and COM
mittee on care of poor.
The committee on fire recommended
that the salary of City Electrician, VIM.
Hussong be raised from $55 to $50 per
month. Report was accepted
A resolution providing for raising the
salary of Chas. Weik, assistant chief of
the fire department, from $50 to S65 per
month was referred to the committee
on fire.
Alderman Ewing offered resolution
providing for the appointment of park
commission of five members. Referred
to committee on judiciary
Two members of the public property
committee favored granting the peti-
ton of number of property holders
who asked that the Livingston Mercan-
tile Co. be compelled to remove side walk
instructions it has placed in front of
its store on Washington st. The
other member disapproved of such
plan and was supported by Atty M A.
Hurley, who appeared for the Living
stons. The matter was finally laid
over to the next meeting.
According to the report of the chief
of police there were locked up in the
city calaboose during the month of
September a total of fifty-three per-
sons.
The clerk was instructed to place the
sewer and street macadam tax on the
roll and turn the same over to the
treasurer for collection
The public property committee asked
for and was granted permission to
advertise for bids on certain. city
property.
The city attorney and Aldermen
Kickbusch, Krueger and Schmidt were
appointed a committee to draft a
resolution having the following pro-
visions: Any person building a new
structure, altering, improving or re-
pairing a structure, unless such altera-
tions, improvements or repairs are not
in excess of 800, shall report to and
file plans with an officer to be known
as the building commissioner and Sc
cure a permit, which shall cost soc, ;,
In other words man must pay for the
privilege of building on his own
property. The fees collected, it appears
to us would hardly be sufficient to pay
the officer salary large enough to
cover his bill for board and tobacco.
1t was voted to transfer 81 900 from
the special bridge fund to the general
fund, to be returned later
The finance committee submitted its
estimates of the receipts and running
expenses for the coming year.
The following amounts were recon-
mended by the finance committee to
be levied for expenses for the ensuing
year: