Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-08
COUNCIL SOUNDS
DEATH kNElL OF
MILK ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THE
ORIGINAL CARRIES.
Months of Labor and Lengthy
Discussions Come to Nduqht,
Unless Mayor Should Use His
Veto Prerogdtive Question of
Dangerous Railroad Crossings
Up Agdin-Resolution Adopted
Other important Matters.
(From Wednesdays Dailv.D


dinance was sounded at the regular
meeting of the council last evening
and the "boys play" that has charact-
erized this particular feature of our
body of municipal law makers for the
past few months, terminated, for the
present at least.
In way 1t died peacefully, at least
OH the surface, for there was All ex-
change of considerable good humor in
the discussions, although on few oc-
casions they were punctuated with
rising infections and just enough of
heat to make 1t interesting, not only
to the members, but to the spectators.
The Leader has been a champion of
the milk ordinance from the start and
objectionable mistake in the repeal OF
the ordinance last evening and the
killing of the measure, unless Mayor
Mulberger should use his veto prerog-
alive, which we believe he would be
justified in doing and for which he
would receive the thanks of ma jori-
ty OF the residents of Watertown.
| The stand for the ordinance was taken
with the interests of the public at
heart, believing that such an ordin
ance was necessity to protect the
public health.
The subject was preached when
Alderman hahn offered his amend
ment to the ordinance permitting the
pasteurizatIon of milk and cream, the
same having been given it's third
reading and put upon it's final pas
sage. The amendment was lost after
a lengthy discussion, the vote stand
ing as follows: Noes, Humphrey,
Kehr, Knlck, McAdams, Ryan. Sci
fert, Tetzlaff and Weber. Ayes,
Hahn, Hartwlg, Lutovsky, Russell
aid Werner.
The above was the straw which
told which way the wind was blowing.
Alderman Ryan was on his feet in
jiffy with his ordinance to repeal the
-
third reading and was adopted by a
vote of eight to five, the vote stand
ing as follows: Ayes. Hahn, Humph-
rey, Kehr, Knick, Ryan, Seifert,
Tetzlaff and Weber. Noes, Hartwig,
Lutovsky, Russell, Werner and Nc
Adams.
A resolution was introduced author
Izing the board of public works to adj
vertise for bids tor the erection of a
new bridge to take the place of the
old one south OF the Rough and
Ready dam. The action came through
resolution after considerable discus
sion.
Mayor Mulberger called attention
to the promise of the Out Door Art
association to furnish the city with
number of boxes for receiving waste
paper; the reason why the same had not
been supplied. He also called atten-
ton to the necessity of cooperation
on the part of the council with the
association.
The petition for sidewalks in the
Mecklenburger settlement again came
before the council in the form of
report from the committee on streets
end bridges The committee reported
that they had investigated the condi
lions named AMI find the same as
stated. The committee recommended
that sidewalks be ordered constructed
on the north side of West Division
street fom Ebla street to West Nam
street and on the north side of West
Main street to Fremont street, in all
case where the present sidewalks are
insufficient or defective.
Miss Martha Kruger and Mrs.
Henrietta Kruger petitioned the
council for the construction of a sani-
tary sewer on Madison street from
Seventh to Sixth street. The matter
was referred to.the committee on sew
ers.
A petition from property owners on
Tenth street between Dodge street
and Western avenue, was presented
asking the city to build, maintain and
keep in repair a sidewalk ON the west
side of said Tenth street, between
Dodge Street and Western avenue.
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and bridges.
True to the prediction of Mayor
Mulberger at the last regular meeting
of the council, petition was pre-
sented from farmers asking for better
roads leading into the aclty from the
country. The petition presented last
evening came from residents of the
town of Milford and Watertown asking
that some provision be made to put
that part of the socalled Milford
road, which is within the city limits,
! into a bette, condition for travel,
calling attention to the very bad
condition the road is in at the
present time. The petition was
signed by forty resident tax payers
along the above mentioned road. The
petition was referred to the COM
mittee On street and bridges.
After lull of several weeks, the
question of compelling the c., NJ.
& St. P Ry. Co. to safeguard against
the existing dangers at certain cross