Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
WOULD ISSUE BONDS
IN SUM OF $4,000
TO PAY PRESENT WATERFOWL
WATER WORKS BONDS.
Matter Brought Up at Last Nights
Council Meeting Ordinance is
Adopted Giving DOrnfeld-Kunert
Company Right to Lay Tracks
Other Matters.

A regular meeting OF the city
council was held last evening. In the
absence of Mayor Mulberger, who left
yesterday for Ashland to attend the
annual gathering of the Wisconsin
League of Municipalities, Alderman
John Ryan presided over the meeting
with the dignity and ability of one
who is by no means novice at the
task of performing the duties of q
presiding officer The meeting was a
brief one, adjourning at precisely {
o'clock
A report from the committee on fire
department was read and placed on
file 1t was followed later in the
meeting by the adoption of a resolu-
ton covering the points set forth in
the report. The report of the COM
mittee was as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council.
Gentleman The undersigned COM
mittee on fire department, to whom
was referred the petition of owners
of property in the SO called Meckle-
buerger Settlement, asking for a
cistern for fire protection in that To-
cailty, report that they have been in
communication with julius Schoechert
who owns the property on the south
side of Division Street about $50
feet west of the st. Paul Railroad
crossing and have received assurances
from HIM that IN the event of els
tern being constructed in front
of his said property on the street, he
will fill and keep said clstern filled
with water from his we'll, said we'll
being connected with a wind-m mill.
Said julius SchOechert further prom
Uses that he will enter into contract
with the city, for nominal considera-
ton, giving the city the right to lay
and maintain pipes from said we'll to
the cIstern, about 225 feet distant
therefrom. He further agrees to keep
the cover of the cistern tree from ice
and snow in Winter. 1t is the opinion
of the committee that the cost of
keeping the cistern filled with water
and keeping the same free from ice
and snow as aforesaid, will be about
$40. 90 per year.
The committee therefore recon-
mends the construction of such cistern
at said location on condition that
the above arrangements can be made
with said julius Schoecher and that
said cistern can be constructed at a
price. The said committee
further recommends that proposals
for the construction of such cistern be
advertised for.
Dated August q, 1906.
John L. Kehr,
E. j. Seifert.
G. j. Russell.
The macadam street scraper, re-
Gently orderd on approval, was accept
ed by the council and an order for the
payment of the same authorized
A petition asking for sanitary sewer
in North Eighth street, in the Second
Ward, was referred to the committee
on sewerage.
The ordinance granting to the Dorm
field kunert company the right to
construct a narrow guage railroad
track across certain streets was given
it's third reading and put upon its final
passage, the same being adopted I'M
anImously.
An ordinance was introduced auth
orizing the issuing of city bonds in
the sum of $75, 900 for the purpose of
paying the present water works bonds,
the same to carry four per cent inter-
est. The matter was laid over for
publication and reference to the COM
mittees on finance ad judiciary.
A resolution was introduced auth
orizing the proper officials to install
one indicating and recording guage to
keep record on the water pressure.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on water works.
A resolution was adopted instructing
notice to be given to the Gas and
Electric company to give an all night
service of gas lights on North Fourth
street.
Alderman Kessler paid a compliment
to Mayor Mulberger for his interest
in the city, shown in his trip to Ash
land at his own expense to attend the
annual meeting of the Wisconsin
League of Municipalities, which holds
its session there this week. Mr..
Kessler laid special stress on the I'M
portance of these gatherings and said
he hoped that next year Watertown
would send larger representation,
adding that the gathering was not a
blow out, but a means of education to
those in attendance.
Good Man Called