The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-06-09

| poSsl bic to tell until the annual report
of the board in August He stated how
ever that the board would not have
money enough out of the appropriation
I of f25OO to pay for the sidewalk. He
urged the building of the sidewalk as a
public necessity. A rather sharp de-
! bate ensued between himself and Mr.
Stolze in which the latter became
rather excited. The matter was finally
put TO vote and the board decided that
the bid Of the Schlater Company should
be accepted and that the cost should be
met out Of the library fund So intense
was the feeling over the matter that
even after the vote it was rehashed for
some little time Mr. Plumb emphatic
| ally declared that the decision of the
council simply meant that the sidewalk
would not be built rs the library board
had so many extra expenses that it
would use all of the appropriation, as it
was.
City engineer in n report on the
breakwater which j. H. Keith and
Company has been constructing recon-
mended that the city offer Mr. Keith
$lOO4 46 for his tontract Of $l096 II, the
difference being the city engineers
estimate Of what it would cost the city
to complete the work The report WAS
adopted after some discussion in which
Contractor Keith came in for severe
scoring.
In regard to Wisconsin, Central
Railway Company petition for refund
of taxes, Alderman Plumb, vt the re-
quest IF the city attorney and of II. l..
Markham attorney for the Company,
introduced resolution that certain
matters connected with it which were
not done when The subject came up last
| fall, be attended to. The resolution
was passed.
Street Commissioner Vollendorf, who
was present. then addressed the council
on the matter of the digging up of the
street by citizens without permit. He
was informed by the city attorney that
he might make complaint and have
the parties arrested Mr.. Vollendorf
remarked that something ought to be
done regarding people who dig up the
streets and fail to fill them in properly
again. City Engineer PITT also spoke on
this subject, and, at Alderman Loren
zen = suggestion that forfeit ought to
be put up by those securing permits
the city attorney was instructed to
draft an ordinance to tina: effect.
Mr. Plumb then reptroduced the
subject of the library sidewalk. He
asked that the council reconsider it.
There was considerable more discussion
about the matter but nothing more was
done.
The veto of the mayor to the or1i-
nance for the building of u bridge
across the river at State Street was then
read. Alderman Mulholland arose and
addressing the council urged that the
veto of the mayor be not concurred in.
He made n motion, which was seconded,
to that effect. He stated that the
people had by direct vote expressed
their desire to have the bridge built and
that the council had no right to 90 con-
trary to the wishes Of the people. Over
one hundred people nre accustomed to
cross the dangerous railroad bridge at
that point twice a day. Mr.. Null
holland rather dramatically remarked
that il any were killed their blood
would be upon the heads of whoever
should obstrnct the building OF foot
bridge. One valuable life he said had
already been sacrificed and several had
been jeopardized. He scored the propo-
sition to establish hand ferry there m
ridiculous, and said that the men who
cross the river would invariably prefer
to run the risk of the railroad bridge
than take the time to cross by the ferry
On a vote however on the motion not to
concur in the mayors veto the motion
was lost, Aldermen Schmitz, Schoch,
Wenndorf Mueller, Reuther, Tom,
check and BURY voting against
When the question Of the Fond du
Lac ordinance was brought mp the hour
was late and it was finally decided to
hold special meeting for that alone.
The meeting was set for Monday pro-
vided the company should in the mean
time pay $Gs dollars for typewriting the
copies of the ordinance.
Property owners were requested to
build fence around the property mt
Sixteenth and Hamilton Streets. The
board of review was then elected ~
follows First Ward, Schmitz; Second
Ward, Plumb Third Ward, Schoch;
Fourth Ward. Mnlholand; Fifth ward,
Mueller; Sixth Ward, Stolze, Seventh