Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-18
PLANS FOR new CITY
STORAGE BUILDING
CALLED FOR BY COUNCIL AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
Preliminary Step Toward Needed
Public ImprOvements-Mdyor
Compliments Chief of Police
and SubOrdindteS. But Scores
Present SyStem-Junk Dealers
Present New Petition.
(From Wednesdays Daily)

| (From Wednesdays Daiy.)
The regular meeting Of the cit,
council last evening was one of the
shortest sessions in many month s,
having adjourned at 9:l5 o'clock. All
of the members were present with the
exception of Alderman Kn1ck of the
Seventh ward.
The session was void of any discus
sions and everything moved along with
clock like Regularity notwithstand-
ing the fact that several important
matters were brought up.
The meeting opened with some re-
Communications from the mayor
urging change in the praise
police system. The chief executive
was not personal in the suggestions
offered aside from paying high prices
to Chief Block, the head Vt the
department. and the efficiency of
his subordinates. He complimented the
service very highly, but was decided
in his stand in opposition to the
system in vogue which permitted
the chief to be absent from the city
to ssthe detriment Of the depart
ment, permissible by reason of the
serving of papers. He called attention
to the fact that the citizens were
DESTROYS of strict adherence to duties.
One of the suggestive points of the
mayors argument was that the salary
of the chief should be in proportion
to the Importance of the office and
which would not call for the per-
Torrance of duties foreign to those
expected. The mayor also took
occasion to take rap at the county
system through the powers of the
sheriff's office which made it almost
compulsory for the local chief of
police to absent himself from the
city to quite All extent IN the serving
Of civil documents.
The junk dealers of the city were
In evidence at the meetig last even
ing in opposition to the ordinance
recently adopted exacting a license
from them for carrying ON their bust
ness. The dealers were seen and not
heard, however, as no invitation was
EXTENDED to them to take the floor TO
present their case. They voiced their
desires, however. IN remodled
petition asking the council to except
them from the license which the
provisions of the ordinance recently
adopted Will exact. The phrasolugy
of the new petition was more compact
and of tone that met with more
favor than its predecessor. The petit
tion alsu asked for the "cutting out"
of the bond provision, also for re-
cording sales. The matter was tenn
porarily disposed of by being refer
red to the committees on judiciary
and licenses.
A petition from residents on Second
street was presented asking that the
gas light at the intersection of JEFF
ferson and Dodge streets be dispens-
I'd with and 1000 candle power
arc light be installed at the inter-
section of Second and Dodge streets.
The ordinance providing for the
keeping OF dogs was given it's third
reading and adopted with a minor
change, that of eliminating the pro-
vision for the muzzIing of CANNES
during certain months of the year.
According to the provisions of the
ordinance, it provides for certain
district in the city, u description Of
which is too bunglesome to attempt
to describe this morning and too much
of task for the readers of The Lead
er to attempt to ferret out before
breakfast.
A resolution was adopted providing
for a public hearing before the
council in the matter of the petition
asking for the vacating of Carr street,
a matter which has been hanging fire
for the past few months. The hear
ing will be before the council at its
regular meeting on Tuesday evening,
Nov. 9Th.
The following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, E. l.. Bartlett has COM
pleted certain sanitary sewers and
storm sewers under his contract with
in the city dated August 9Th, 1905,
and said sewers have been approved
and accepted by the Board of Public
Works in their report of Oct. 18th,
adopted at this meeting of the Com
mon Council.
| Be it resolved, That an order be