Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-03

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Special meeting Of the Board of Supervisors
of said town, held at the village of Eagle River
in said town, at the town hall, in said village,
on the Ord day Of April 1905, at 3 O'Clock ~
the afternoon.
WHEREAS, the said town OF Eagle River
contains and has contained since January fSt,
1895, an Incorporated village having popu-
lation OF more than 1000 Inhabitants, being the
village of Eagle River in said town and
WHEREAS, the annual town me sting of said
town held on the first tuesday Of April, 1897
duly passed d resolution, comforting upon said
town all powers relating to villages which are
conferred upon village boards by Chapter
Forty (40) OF the Wisconsin StatuteS sxcept-
ing these the exercise of which would conflict
with the STATUTES relating TO Town and Town
Boards and said resolution has heen duly re-
corded in the records OF said town. and was
duly passed and adopted by the electors and
legal voters OF Shutdown; and
WHEREAS, there is conferred upon said
town by virtue of subdivision Thirteen Obj OF
Section 776, Subdivisions Ten 1ol, Twenty
two 1927 and Twenty-Six 1861 of Section 1913
and Section 942 and 943 Of the wisconsin
Statutes for 1855 and by Chapter 312 Of the
General Laws of Wisconsin for 1903 and the act
arlendatory thereof@nd the General Laws of
the State OF iSconSin; the power to install
water works for ire protection, and further
ito purchase all necessary apparatus for the
eXtinguiShnent OF fires, the erection OF engine
houses for the protection from fire. and to
erect lamp posts and lamps and provide for the
lighting OF any portion of the village OF streets
thereof oy gas OF otherwise and to issue the
bonds Of said town for the purpose of meeting
rne expense thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Eagle River Light & Water
Company Is the owner OF an electriCt Ign6
pldnL, consisting of one and two story solid
brick building, with boilers. engines and
dynamos and a system of poles and wires for
lighting the streets of the said village OF Eagle
RIVER by electricity, and also machinery tor
generating power to pump water through the
mains OF said village of Eagle River for fire
protection and has entered into q contract
with said Town OF Eagle River for lighting by
electricity the streets Of said village Of Eagle
River and pumping water through mains in the
streets of the said village of Eagle River for
fire protection; and
WHEREAS. the said Eagle River Light &
Water Company has submitted to the Town
with the Town Clerk OF said town. a PROPOSE
ton in writiLg of the following tenor, to-wit:
To the Town Board Of Supervisors of the
Town of Eagle River, Villas County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen: The undersigned EAGLE RIVER
LIGHT AND WATER COMPANY, a corporation duly
organized under the laws of the State of Wis
consin, ana the owner of an electric light fran
cI1se Tor the planting OF poles and stretching
thereon wires IN the village OF Eagle River In
said town Of Eagle River. and the owner of all
electric light plant in the said village OF Eagle
tract with the said town OF Eagle River for
the furnishing OF electric lights for lighting I'll
streets in the said village of Eagle River and al
SOWlth the permission OF the said tOWnOf Eagle
River furnishing electric light for private use.
said contract being entered into and said fran
chlse granted by the said town of Eagle River,
pursuant to authority vested in said town by
a resolution duly passed and adopted at an an
nual town meeting by the electors Of said
town of Eagle River, comforting upon the said
town OF Eagle River and the Town Board of
said town pursuant to Subdivision Thirteen
(l3) OF Section no OF the Wisconsin Statutes for
1888, all OF the powers OF the village boards as
contained in Chapter Forty 401 of said Stat
utes. does hereby. pursuant to a requesS OF
many OF the Taxpayers OF said town OF Eagle
River submit the following proposition: First,
to sell and convey by good and sufficient deed
OF conveyance with covenants OF warranty and
against membranes, with abstract showing
title in fee simple in the undersigned, Eagle
ing described piece or parcels of land, situat I'd
in said town OF Eagle River, described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
The uegfain piece OF parcel Of land bounded
as follows Commencing at the Northwest
corner of Lot numbered -Four az Ill Block num-
bered Two ~ of Fingers Addition to t99 vii
lage of Eagle River, Villas County, Wisconsin;
running thence North along the west lire or
SAID lot umbered four ~ in said block extend
ed to the south bank of The Eagle River: run
ming thence nor5neaSterly along the south
bank of said Eagle River to the right of Way OF
the Chicago & Northwestern hallway Com-
pany; running thence southerly along che west
boundary line OF said right OF way OF the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway Company TO the
point where the norrh line of lot four a. in
block seven q OF Dickinson, Cook and Fam
bling's Addition to the village OF Eagle River
said Chicago & Northwestern LalIway Com
pany right of way; thence westerly along said
extension of said north boundary line OF said
lot four ~ in said block seven ~ to the
northwest corner of said lot four AZ block
seven "a; thence south along the west line
of lot one IL in block two C1 oftingers
Addition aforesaid to the northeast corner
of lot numbered two LII in said block
numbered two LII in said Fingers Addition;
thence west along the north line OF
lots numbered two [2l,- three III, and four al
Addition to the place Of beginning, together
with the one two-story solid brick building used
as a power house and electric light plant stu
ated thereon; also,
The certain piece or parcel of land bounded
as follows: Commencing at the northwest cor
ner of lot numbered four [4 in block numbered
two ca of Fingers Addition to the village of
Ea gle River: running thence north along the
west line Of said lot numbered four a. in said
block extended to the southern bank OF the
Eagle river running thence southWeSterly
along the south bank Of siad river to the point
where the north line of said lot numbered four
al in said block numb ered two ~ of Fir ger,s
Addition to the village of Eanle River extend
ed west, crosses said south bank Of said Eagle
river: thence east along said extension OF SAID
north boundary line of said lot four az to the
place of beginning.
Gent conveyance all of the boilers, dynamos.
engines and all machinery and equipment OF
emery name and nature situated in the solid
brick building here1nbefOre described ana
used in connections with the operation OF the
electric light and water plant operated in said
building and not owned by the said town OF
Eagle River.
Third, to sell and convey by good and sutfi-
Gent conveyance with covenants of warranty
and against membranes, the electric poles
and wires stretched thereon throughout the
streets of tho village of Eagle River in said
tawn of Eagle River and used by the under
signed, Eagle River Light & Water Company,
in lighting the streets of said village of Eagle
River ana in furnishing lights to private per-
sons in said village
Fourth to cancel and surrender up to said
town of Eagle 3iker all franchises held by said
Eagle River Light q Water Company, for the
operation Of an electric light plant in said vii
lage of Eagle River, and to cancel and surrend-
er up all contracts for the lighting of streets
in said village Of Eagle River now existing be-
tween said Eagle River Light g Water Com
pany and the Gown of Eagle River, and also to
up and cancel all contracts existing
said town of Eagle River and the said
Eagle River Light and Water Company for
the pumping OF water for fire protection in
said village of Eagle River.
Fifth in consideration of the foregoing, the
said town of Eagle River is to pay to the said
Eagle River Light and Water Company the
SUM of nineteen thousand dollars (Sl9.OOO) on or
before the firsg day of May, 1895, or issue and
deliver to the said Eagle River Light & Water
Company on or before said date, the negotiable
corporate bonds of said town of Eagle River
for the said sum of nineteen thousand dollars
with interest at per cent. per annum. pay