Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
COMMON COUNCIL

| The common council met in regular
! session at the city hall on Tuesday
evening, February 81, Mayor +. r. God
frey presiding. Present, Alderman
Clausen, Moss, De Swarte, Picker, Ken
nedy and Menninger.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The city clerk presented summons
in an action against the city of Wau-
watosa and +. Yehle, brought by the
Wauwatosa Stone Company, the object
of the action being settlement of the
claim of plaintiff for material used by
Yehle in 6lst street bridge abutments.
A communication was presented by
the Library Board with proposition
from Andrew Carnegie offering $4,000
for library building in case the city
will bind itself to expend 81 900 annu-
ally in maintaing the library. Refer
red 10 the finance committee.
Various city bills for January, refer
red at the last meeting, were reported
back for allowance and allowed as
recommended.
resolution providing for the pay
ment of taxes assessed against the
school lot and becoming charge after
the conveyance thereof, was adopted.
The committee having in charge the
matter of installing an electric light
at Eighth and Pabst avenues near the
residence of Arthur Koenig. reported
in favor of the same and resolution for
that purpose was adopted.
The Board of Public Works submit
ted a resolution for laying water mains
on State, Sixty-frst, Motor avenue,
Fifty-ninth and Wells street, work to
be under the direction of the officers
performing duties of board of public
works. The resolution was adopted
on roll call
SIMILAR resolution for extending the
water mains on Greenfield avenue to
Cleveland avenue, was submitted and
adopted
The finance committee reported an
ordinance fixing the salaries of city
officers for the ensuing year, with re-
commentator for passage. The ordin-
ance was read, the report adopted, and
ordinance passed.
The judiciary committee and city
attorney reported on the matter of the
Cameron Septic Tank Co. suit, with
resolutions providing for preliminary
search by Erwin s. Wheeler, patent
attorneys, at a cost of not TO exceed
$4,000. The resolution was adopted.
The following resolution was offered
and adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Coun-
ell of the City OF Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,
that the city clerk be and he is hereby
directed to advertise for separate pro-
posals for doing the mason work, cut
stone work, carpenter work, lathing
and plastering, cement work, struc-
tural iron work, electric work, sheet
metal work, composition roof work,
heating and ventilating, painting and
glazing for proposed new high school
west corner of Wauwatosa avenue and
| West Milwaukee avenue in the city of
| Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; such proposals
to be received at the Office of the city
clerk in the city hall building, on Wis.
consin avenue, in the Second ward of
| the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, until
1870 o'clock p. m, March 20, A. ID. 1905;
all proposals to be addressed to the
| u : a.
| Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,; each proposal
to be accompanied by a certified check
equal to ten per cent. of the bid, condi-
toned that the bidder whose proposal
is accepted will enter into contract
with the city of Wauwatosa. Wisconsin,
with good and sufficient sureties 30 the
approval of the mayor of said city. for
! the prompt performance of the work
mentioned in his bid and proposal, and
to be forfeited in case such bidder
whose proposal is accepted, should re
fuse to Sign contract with the city
therefor; said notice to provide that
plans and specifications will be on file
with the city clerk of Wauwatosa, Wis
cousiu. and Mt the Office of Leenhouts
Il Guthrie, architects, No. 102 Wiscou-
sin street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. on
and after the 7th day of March 1905.
and to further reserve to the city of
Wauwatosa the right to reject any and
all bids and proposals which may be
received under and pursuant to said
notice.
. MIR. VIM FAIRIES. supervisor, stated
that the extension of water mains to
the county buildings from Milwaukee
mains was under. consideration by the
Caunty Board, and that he would like
to know if permission could be obtained
from the city of Wauwatosa to lay
mains through Wauwatosa streets.
Referred to street committee.
There being no further business. the
Council then adjourned
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