Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
MILK ORDINANCE:
TAKES new TURN
ALDERMAN RYAN OFFERS AN
ORDINANCE FOR REPEAL.
Third Reading Hung UP in Lack
of a TWO-Third Vote -Pdo,euri-
cation Amendment Ditto COun-
Gil Takes Initiative in SorFl and
Ready Dam Matter.

1t begins to look as if ne labor in
drafting a milk ordinance for the city
of Watertown, the expense in carry
ing out the same and the Lc 'rs of
discussion in favor of the sal, g, are
practically lost and that the lr~wa ard
steps are to be retarded, il fs"t the
city take backward step.
| The matter of the milk u uance
was preached last evening nr Alder
man Ryan IN the introduction : new
ordinance to repeal the orb. sance
governing the sale of milk sn0 cream
in the city and passed at lagular
meeting of the council held last Octo-
Der. Mr.. Ryan moved for tha sus-
pension of the rules calling tor the
third reaGlng. AS it required 8 two
third vote of the members present,
the motion was lost, the vot~ land
| ing eight to four. Therefcre e new
feature in the milk problem must
await the next regular mectn {; of
the council for it's third reading
Alderman Hahn Appeared gain
with an amendment to the o-iginal
ordinance, permitting the past elrlza
ton of milk and cream, all shI for
which has been made on several pre-
vious occasions, some of the aldermen
wishing to favor the Jahnke = cam
cry company, which concern would no
cry company, which concern woald no
doubt suffer a hardship if the prdin-
ance was enforced as it now sands.
The Hahn amendment reeeiv@,I the
same treatment as the Ryan ORD ance.
The motion was made tor the sus-
pension Of the rules, but the two
third majority was lacking, TT vote
being Just the same as the one pre-
viously taken, so the third reading of
the amendment must likewise await
the next regular meeting.
An amendment that came some
what in the nature of surprlra was
sprung by Alderman Lutovski. 1t
was in favor of exempting <>ocers
from paying a license, where they
purchased milk Or cream from q regu-
lar licensed milk dealer. This amend
meut was laid over till the next regu-
lar meeting to keep the others c. III any.
The Leader has coDtenGed fro.n the
start that the council was taxing a
wise move In the passage Of milk
ordinance, believing that the strict
enforcement Of the same was oene-
fetal to the public health. IT still
holds to the original belief and IS pre-
vlously said, believes a step bs ward
would be taken in the repeal If the
ordinance. However, the matter has
commenced to assume the natu,e Of
"kid play" and the advice - the
council would be to end the p.0 5ract-
ed spasms at the next meeting. '.ither
by proper amendments or REL saling
the ordinance in it's entirety.
The initiative was taken by the
council in the matter OF the bill be-
fore the legislature authorizing the
raising of Rough and Ready dam
in the adoption Of the following reso-
luton:
Whereas, It appears that bill has
been introduced in the Legislature of
this state to provide for che aising
of the Rough and Ready CAT L this
city.
And Whereas, 1t is possit that
the city may be subjected to heavy
expense by reason of the raising uf
said dam; that IS to say, the cost of
the contemplated bridge abCoe the
dam would be materially increased and
the filling up of the streets 'eao,ng to
the bridge made necessary teereby
would be expensive to the city,
Therefore, be it resovlec, T. t the
committees on judiciary, stre=;7 and
bridges and the board of publ. FORKS
be and the same are hereby directed
to investigate the matter ar.i take
such steps, if necessary, as viii effec-
tually safeguard the city's t. rests.
City Attorney Kading presented a
report in the matter of the case of
Edward MCGOWAN against the city of
WATERFOWL, in which the supreni :
court recently handed down decision
affirming the decision of the circuit
court in which the plaintiff secured a
verdict for $579.05 for the loss of a
horse on North Washington street vn
the night of May %, 1905 Mr. Kat
ing in his report stated that the costs
incurred in defending the action in the
two courts amounted to s175.5S. The
report further stated that it would be
necessary to authorize the payment of
1897. O5 to be paid the plaintiff and
the further sum of S$25. to re-im
burse the attorney for the amount in
excess of $3.50 previously advanced as
per resolution authorizing tina amount
to be applied on the costs anu dis
bursements. In the report at-enti IN
was also called TO the fact that the
Sc yer trench into which the plaintiff s
horse fell, was made by Dsris, and
Fred Kusel, licensed drain ayers.
MIR. Kading's report furrner shows
that according to the city ordnance,
tho iurv IN the trial fo,1ud hat all