Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-12
CITY COUNCIL.


following report and recommendation
was made.
At a meeting held at the city hall
Feb. 2lst it was deemed advisable by
the committee to send two of its mem
bers on a tour of inspection and in ac-
cordance with motion duly made and
seconded City Engineer c. A. Nutter,
and Comptroller II. E. Marquardt,
were instructed to make such trip and
investigate and furnish detailed report
to this committee
In accordance with the detailed re-
port of investigation submitted to this
committee, we respectfully recommend
that the board of public works be
directed to advertise for bids for three
paving materials, as follows: Vitrified
brick, bithulithic and creosoted wood
blocks.
As soon as the bids are received and
opened your committee will submit a
4 full and detailed report, with rec
concentrations based upon the thorough
Investigation made. We further beg
10 recommend that the Wausau Street
Railway Co. be granted the petition
filed with the city clerk asking for the
adoption OF brick for paving materials
so FAR as II applies to the space between
the ldiiS GUY
Under date Of March 9Th the Wausau
Street Railway Go asked for the priv
iege Of using vitritied brick as paw
ing material for that portion of the
street, which it must, under the terms
Of Its franchise, keep in repair. 1t was
stated hat the company engineer had
a vised the use of this material as well
as competent authorities, for the reason
| that ,rlck is easily removed when it is
necessary 70 tear mp the track for re-
pairs and because cI.cosote blocks are
fHprheticable hesause they swell and
/ force the track out of alignment 1t
WAS ;tiso stated that there would be
very little travel by teams on that por-
'ion OF the street and consequently very
little noise from the brick pavement.
1t was further said in the petition that
| the company has all materials on hand
and desires to begin the work of build
| ing tracks on that street at the earliest
| possible date in the spring. The COM
lpany therefore wanted the paving
matter settled so it could go ahead
with its work.
Alderman Wolf, of the special
committee, refused to sign the report
| He gave as his reasons for SO doing
that he is opposed to paving the street
with anything, but one material. If it
| is to be creosoted blocks or brick for
the sides OF the streets, he disires to see
the railway company use the same
material. He gives as a further reason,
that he was opposed to sending Messrs.
Nutter and Marquardt off on trip of
Investigation at city expense, without
authority from the council. 1t appears
that at a meeting of the board of public
works and special committee, held on
the evening of Feb. 21st, Messrs Nutter
and Marquardt were instructed to
make the tour of investigation.
| The communication from ST. Louis
firm requesting permission to place
number of advertising waste paper
boxes on car streets free of chegage avass
rejected.
The recommendation of the police
and fire commission that the salaries of
police and iremen be raised to the
| figures given recently in the PILoT, was
considered and it was agreed that
resolution, embodying the commissions
suggestions, should be passed in Febru-
ary, 1908.
An invitation from the library board
to the council, to attend the dedicatory
exercises of the free public library
April Sd, was accepted 1t was stated
that seats would be reserved for the
city officials.
The petition of the Y NJ G. A., ask
ing for refund of taxes paid upon its
property on Third street, was refused.
| The reason given for such action was
that at the time the assessment was
made there were no buildings on the
grounds and that therefore under the
law and ordinance governing such
matters the refund could not be made
The petition of the Christian Science
congregation, asking for a refund of
taxes paid on its church property on
Mcclellan street, was granted.
| In the matter of establishing title to
the Sc ne of section /, town 2S, range Z,
the city attorney was given permission
to engage other counsel to assist him.
City Attorney Rosenberg filed com
plant against Ernst Pagel charging
him with having been convicted of
selling liquor to minor. Byresolution
adopted, fagel was cited to appear
before the council Thursday evening,
March IA, to show cause why his license
| should not be revoked. Three alder
men, Flatter, Ellenbecker and Wolf,
voted against the resolution.
Mrs. Sarah Mess, whose license was
recently revoked, asked for refund of
license money, which would equal that
part paid for the time from the revo-
cation down to the expiration, about
| four months, which would amount to
S66. As one of the extenuating causes
for making such request she stated that
she is Il poor woman and had already
paid a fine of s25.
| An agreement will be entered into
with Martin Krumerie, whereby he
deeds his property in Kiefer, Ringle
and Miller's addition, to the city of
Wausau in consideration that he be
given s4 per month cash. fuel, medical
attendance and christian burial at his
death. He is now past sixty years of
age.
A report was made which closes the
copper wire incident. Sufficient evil
dence could not be secured to attach
any blame to anyone for the disappear
ance of the wire from the east side
engine house.
Chief Malone reported that during
the month of February a total of sixty
three people had been sheltered in the
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