Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-08
CITY COUNCIL.

The first meeting of the new year
being scheduled for New Years night,
the city council met the following even
ing.
The Mems club of the Presbyterian
church extended an invitation to the
members of the council to attend the
next meeting of the club at which time
Prof S. B. Toby will make an address
on the topic, ''The Ideal SCHOOL, The
invitation was accepted.
The committee on claims recon-
mended that the claim of JOS. Stadler
of twenty odd dollars be allowed and
that of Mrs Clara Boetcher for $50 be
dlsallowed and the report was adopted.
The former claim was peculiar one.
Stadler was engaged to plaster house
for resident of the city of the name of
Markofski (called by his neighbors
McCloskey). He had slaked lime in
preparation for the work and on the
morning of Oct 80 sent some men to
the house to commence the work.
Markofski's daughter appeared at the
window with her face covered with
smallpox blotches and scabs and fright
ened the men away. They reported
the matter to the health officer and the
house was quarantined and the
was allowed to 60 to waste. Stadier
then brought claim against the city
for the value of the lime.
A bill of G. S. Cone for summer con-
certs given by his band was ordered
paid. The bill had been in dispute.
In reply to request by the city upon
the st Paul R'y. Co. to do less switch
ing across Washington street, the COM
pany's agent, M. T. Golden, presented
communication. 1t stated that trains
cross that street on an average of four
times each day at present and that less
switching would give some of the city
business enterprises poorer service.
The public property committee was
instructed to have the city's street
sprinklers re-painted and re-calked.
The resignation of Frank Genrich as
street commissioner was accepted. The
vacancy was filled by the appointment
of VIM. Gaedtke, who will assume his
duties May 1st.
Several petitions for sewers were
read and referred to the committee on
sewers.
A resolution was introduced by AL
derman Hecker instructing the city at
torney to determine whether the city
can hold the railroad companies re-
sponsible for a share of the cost of
lighting their crossings. In the event
it can, he said, $500 would be saved the
city annually. The resolution was
adopted
At an informal session the matter of
repairing the block paving on Third
street was taken up and discussed. The
city engineer recommended that the
block paving be replaced with tar macad-
am and the idea appeared to meet the
favor of the majority of the council
members present. The points in favor
OF tar macadam are said to be that it
makes solid, clean, waterproof, dustless
road and is cheaper than vitrified brick,
asphalt and some other paving. That
portion of Third street now paved is in
miserable condition and as it will be
torn up next season, when the street
railway company lays its rails, it is i'm
peratiye that something must be done
with it. A resolution was offered pro-
viding that the mayor appoint COM
mittee of three to act jointly with the
public property committee and ascer-
tain the cost of such macadam and re-
port at the next meeting. The mayor
appointed as such committee aldermen
Ewing, Fiatter and Wolf.