The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-27


reading of the. minutes of last meeting
was dispensed with and the council got
promptly to business.
The Finance committee reported the
following bills from the last meeting:
Fred Crandall, work on cemetery
survey ...'.. pf'O o.
Clyde Crandall, work on cemetery
survey. ................... '4'o1
C. Sax, wood for Waterworks ...... 90
John Diamond, surveying cemetery 15.O 90
A. Hebard, care Of Clark. ........ .2.25
Robert Staats, labor. ....8.26
City Dray Line. Observation-Disclosures. so
George B. Goocher, bill of R. S. Reaves
as election clerk, negotiated -. 500
N. w. Stamp works, seal for city 800
A. NJ. Crandall, work on cemetery
sl1rvev '''.'' 4. 81
Menasha Woodenware Co., lumber
and lime. ...... ~
Another bill left over was one for
the care Of Mr.. Sprague. Chairman
Hayes of the Finance con1mitte re-
ported that he had investigated that
statements made by Mr.. Sprague at the
last meeting and had found them in
correct and that he had been cared for
two weeks instead of one week as Mr..
Sprague had stated. Mr.. Sprague's
son who was in the city this week from
the army, service had refused to pay
the bills for care Of his father, giving
as the reason that he was receiving
only $13 per month. The report Of the
committee was accepted and bills allow
ed.
The Bridges and Streets committee
reported through Alderman Nelson
that the proposed drainage in the west
end where H. L. Clark is grading lots
had been investigated and that the com
mittee thoughtit it ought to be done now.
It would require 200 feet OF tiling and
the committee had ordered 400 feet.
The petition presented at the last
meeting asking for a sidewalk on the
south side Of Worden avenue was
granted.
TheWaterworks and Electric Lights
committee, by Alderman Speidel, re-
ported that the report Of the water
works superintendent had been conI-
pared with the city treasurer's books
and found to be correct, and that the
superintendent now had On hand an
additional $685. The report was ac-
cepted and fled.
For the Cemetery committee, Alder
man Gordon reported that the COM
mittee had called for new bids last
Saturday and getting an offer of $500
per acre less than before for clearing,
had awarded the contract to Mr.. Wood
at $1,000 per acre.
The following new bills werereceived
and read:
Electric Light Company ........ .$98.58
H. G. Razall Co., books ... IA Is
B. j. Brown, excess tax on lot of
The matter of selecting an official
paper was taken up. The Journal of
fered to do the printing at the following
rates:
Ordinances, per folio. ............. ..4
Council minutes per folio. .02
The Ladysmith News made the fol-
lowing figures:
Ordinances and notices, first insertion,
per folio. Observation-Disclosures. ..35
Same, subsequent insertion. ..o.... 173
Council proceedings. ................10 10
The legal rate is 60c per folio and SOC
rate paid the Journal during the past
year. The Journals offer being dis
count of 60 per cent from it's former
charges on ordinances and 96 per cent
on council proceedings, the council
proceeded at once to make it the off
cial city paper.
Judge Manning offered for consider
alton of the council petition asking
for closing Of Hemlock street at the
crossing of the Owen & Northern tracks
and requested the passage of a resol-
ution fixing date for hearing on the
petition. AS the resolution could not
be acted upon at the same meeting
when offered it was decided that when
the meeting adjourned it would be for
one day.
A petition was received asking for
the grading af Jefferson avenue and
referred to the Bridges and Streets
committee. A petition was received
asking for the construction of side
walk on the south side of Miner avenue
past lots 9, 10, IL and II to First street.
Referred to street committee.
The mayor said that after due delib-
GRAFTON he had decided to nominate DR..
w. L. Stephenson for city physician.