Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-17

| W. biiSs CltTht ulb' Hdihi 10 ~
Jas. Thrasher, marshal mo. salary. 40
Electric Light Co. light and pumping. 220 40
E.Wiesen, street foreman, mo. salary 40
Richard VennIng days. .. ...... -. 3 30
| Frank Bliss, moving drilling machine. l 30
Samuel LanyOn, water wOrks.......... 30
Jas. Thrasher, 2 tramps. ................ 90
Jno. McMurrough, burying dog....... 80
M. j. Burns, janitor =. .....,...... ...... 10 90
| Robt James, freight and drayage...-.. 30
| Dr. Gratiot, disenfeCting schools. II rs
j. O. Martin & Co. gasoline minimum. 3 80
M. =. telephone Co, July |, to jan l.. O 90
Il. j. Penhallegon, resetting water box 90
| NJ. 7. Fire Co.. fire at S. Ross, Dec. H. 80 90
Linden Il Branger, coal less rock. 2 90
N. T. Martin closets schools........... 607 10
The application and bond of Joe.
Gerlach received and on motion of
Aid. Potter order placed on file and
clerk to issue license.
The following petition was pre-
sented:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council of the city Of Mineral
Point, Wis:
We, the undersigned, being the own
ers of all the lots and all the lands
abutting upon, touching or in anywise
appertaining to certain alley run
ming from Church to Madison street
through block Is of Strong's addition
to the village now city, of Mineral
Point, Wisconsin, do hereby petition
your Honorable Body to vacate said
alley. We show 10 your Honorable
! Body that said alley has never been
opened or in anywise used as public
thoroughfare and that it is of no pub
lie service whatever.
The alley which we ask you to va
cate Is described as follows Com
mencing at the S. W. corner of lot II,
running thence due north to the n. W.
corner OF lot ., thence west to the n. Q.
corner of lot 4, thence south to the s.
@. corner OF lot 8, thence east to the
place of beginning. All in block Is
Of Strong's addition to the village
(now city, Of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wisconsin. There are no
north or south continuation of said
alley. JOHN STRACHAN,
Owner OF lots number OLE and all these
parts OF lots and that touch or abutt
upon said alley and also owner of the 8. 20
| feet of lot IL.
LAVANIA STRACHAN,
Owner OF the balance of lot II and lot 10
Dated, Dec. 2S, 1906.
On motion of Alderman Horn the
following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, Mrs. Lavinia Strachan and
John Strachan, owners of all the lots
and land abutting on a certain alley de-
scribed as follows hereafter, have filed
with this common council petition ask
ing for the vacation of said alley, it is
ordered that the prayer of said petition
be heard and acted upon at regular
meeting of this common council to be
held in the council chamber of the city
of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on the 9Th
day of February A. d. 1907 at o'clock
p. M.
The city clerk shall cause printed
or written notice of such hearing to
be posted in three public places in this
city at least seven days before the hear
ing stating when the petition will be
acted upon, and what street or alley or
part thereof is proposed to be vacated.
The description of the alley proposed to
he vacated is as follows: Commencing
at the southwest corner of lot u. thence
north to the northwest corner of lot 9,
thence west to the northeast corner of
lot 4, thence south to the southeast
corner of lot 8, thence east to the place
of beginning, all in block Is of Strong s
addition to the village NOW city, of Min
eral Point, Wisconsin.
Dated January 9th, 1907. .
Mr.. j. w. HutchisOn addressed the
council regarding the taxation on
their bank building.
ON motion of Aid, Horn, council to
remit taxes on building, 81 900.
Mr., Il. c. Fielder addressed the
council presenting an amended fran
chise for the Artificial Ice and Stean
Heating Co., and asking for special
meeting to consider such franchise.
On motion of Aid, Engels, council
adjourned to Tuesday, Jan. Is.
j, Il. OSAoRNE, Mryor.
w. =. BLISS, City Clerk.
Mineral Point, Wis, Jan. Is. 1907. -
Pursuant to the meeting of Jan. 9,
the adjourned meeting of common coun-
Gil was this day held in the council
chamber; called to order by Mayor Os-
! borne.
Present. Mayor Osborne. Aldermen
Weidenfeller. Horn, Ross, Terrill, Pot
ter, Blewett, Burns. Engels,
Messrs. Ludden, (. c. Fielder and
w. A. Jones addressed the council in
, regard to the granting of an ordinance
to the Artificial Ice 4 Steam Heating
Co, on motion council took short recess.
Called to order by Mayor Osborne;
the questlon-Shall we grant the ordin-
ance IN favor of the Artificial Ice &
steam Heating Co. was lost by the fol-
lowing aye and nay vote. Aye-No