Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Do YOU WANT ANOTHER CITY
HALL.

The Daily Record, seemingly, did
not dare to enter into controversy
with me upon the charges made by that
paper In reference to the building of a
new city hall, fearing, no doubt, that
the "schemers'' might be found in its
own republican city council rather
than las it was pleased to. view the
matter) being coterie of leading dem
ocrats. But now comes a writer in the
Wausau Herald who is afraid that the
Record and PLoT will make politics"
out OF the city hall question, and there
by defeat the project. If it is the burn
ing oesire of every citizen TO have a
beautiful city hall, it will be built,
polltlcs or no politics, remember that
Mr.. Herald writer. If it is not the
wish OF the. taxpayer to have S75, 900
city hall, it will not be built and this is
another thing it would be well to
remember.
The Herald says: mo one will deny
that the city of Wausau needs a new
city hall, and should have one as soon
as possible. The only question is as to
the clty's ability to construct a suitable
building at this time or in the i'm
mediate future, without placing too
heavy a burden upon the tax payers"
Ii the voters of Wausau are given the
chance to decide this question land
they certainly should be given that
chance) it will be found after counting
the ballots, that more than three quar-
tiers of them will vote against this
proposition of throwing the old city hall
away and building a new one. They
will emphatically place themselves on
record to wait ten or twelve years until
the city is able to make this important
$4,000 move, without entailing last
ing and burdensome tax.
Wausau is now in very good shape
so far as city hall is concerned. The
present one was built twenty years ago.
Enough money was put into it's con-
struction to have made it first class in
every respect. 1t is now out of repair.
| think it has been purposely allowed
to get into this condition Some say
it is infested with cockroaches and bed
bugs. If this is so it is certainly not
very complimentary to those having it
in charge. There is not a house in
which persons are allowed to sleep that
wouldhnot become so infested, if not
taken proper care of. A taxpayer in
my hearing, the other day, said that
there was no excuse for the city hall
building being filled with vermin for
more than twenty-four hours if there
was an intelligent and determined eff
fort made TO rid it of the same.
There are many cities in Wisconsin
that have no city halls, and one of
which the writer knows, that is twice
as large as Wausau, and that they all
have the good sense to get along until
perfectly able to build one that will be
a credit to them, is very commendable.
There is not citizen but would like
to see city hall as beautiful as that
possessed by the city of Milwaukee, built
in Wausau, but at this time for few to
vote for the building of another one,
will prove piece of folly that its pro-
motors will long regret.
Is the city able to construct another
city hall at this time without placing
too heavy burden upon the tax
payers ? AS taxpayer, | emphatically
say that it is not.
What will be the cost of city hall
such as the promoters ask for-a "beau-
tifuE5,se one that will be a credit to the
city, Will at be- less than $75, 600 90 I?
Not one cent less.
Are there any available funds in the
city treasury now for this purpose {?
Not one cent
To say that our people should be
taxed out of their homes. and out of
their various kinds of business to keep
up, what some are pleased to term, a
progressive city, is rank nonsense.
A city needs good schools and school
buildings; good and adequate water
supply for all purposes; good streets
and sewers and several parks centrally
located. and all this at us low rate of
taxation as that of any city in the coun-
try. This will bring in plenty of manu-
factories; good people who will build
beautiful homes and in fact build up a
handsome, progressive, up-to-date city
Wausau is trying its level best, with
good men at its head to bring about
this very thing. With close economy
and the same progressive spirit dis
played for the next ten years, Wausau
will have all these and it will then be
time to talk of building another city
halls We can build it then and do it in
a creditable manner. Now, it will be
an imposition on the taxpayer.
AS | have stated before, the city of
Wausau has use for all the money it can
raise for the next ten years for purely
necessary purposes, without reaching
out after those that are unnecessary.
When we have the streets all macad-
amized; Third, Washington and Scott
streets paved with brick or asphalt;
the city water works put in condition
to properly supply our people with pure
water, and made to give first class fire
protection to all, and meters placed on
every supply pipe; adequate sewers to
take care of every part of the city; a
few handsome parks; school houses
enough to accommodate all of the
children. When this is accomplished,
then, and not till then, should our peo-
pie be called on to build another city
hall.
The city council meets tonight to talk
this matter over. Watch the outcome
CITIZEN.
HAVE YOU SEEN HERR