Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-20
COMMON COUNCIL

The Common Council met in regular
session last Tuesday evening. Mayor
Chas. IL. Perry presiding. Present
alderman Kurtz, Taylor, Cnrrie, Chand'
Ter, Armstrong and De Swarte.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The financial report of the city
treasurer for the month of February
1908 certified as examined and checked
by the acting comptroller YVES pre-
scented read and ordered filed.
The proof of publication for two
weeks of the proposed bond ordinance
for $4,000 was presented by the city
clerk and referred to the committee on
rules and ordinances and finance.
The bills for February referred at
the last meeting were reported back
and allowed by the council as recon-
mended.
The resolution pertaining to use of
fire apparatus referred at the last
meeting was reported back for adop-
ton and adopted by the Council as
follows:
WHEREAS BY reason OF the arran gemen
for turning in nre alarms In the City of Wan.
watosa, 1t ts possible taat such alarms will
be given when the fire IL outside of the cor.
porate boundaries of the City of wanwatosa
and ~ points were no water.pipe line il laid
outside of said territory; and
WHEREAS the fire depast nent has at no
time heretofore been restricted IN responding
TO fire alarms or calls either within or without
the boundaries of the jity of wauwatosa
and,
WHEREAS the wauwatosa fire apparatus
may al any time needed in City Of Wap~n-
tosa for use la case Of fire existing In such
city; and,
WHEREAS the insurance companies and
agents writing Insurance 10 the City of Wan
watosa are required to pay n percentage of
all premiu ns collected for Insurance written
In said city which payments made are for
the support of the fire departments In the City
of Wauwatosa; ard,
WHEREAS the common Council of said city
Ia OF the orion that with our present fire ap.
paratns and hrs companies, the interests OF
the City OF Wauwatosa require that the fire
apparatus should not be taken outside the
Boundaries of said city;
NOW THEREFOR BE 1T RESOLVED that
for the infoi nation aud regulation of the Ore
department. In the of the fire apparatus
belonging to the City of wauwatosa does
hereby order and determine that the fire APP
paratus under the control of the fire depart
ment of the city of WHuwatoaa shall be used
only for practice purposes within the City OF
Wauwatosa or for responding to calls of fires
happening within the corporate boundaries
of said city aud In the event of responding to
calls upon which said apparatus shall have
been removed from the fire department build
ing, the same shall be forthwith returned to
the building upon discovery that said fire IL
outside the boundaries of the City of wauwa-
tcsa: and.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that u copy
Of this resolution, property certified, shall be
by the City Clerk, delivered 20 the Chief of
said fire department.
The officers performing duties of
board of public works submitted a res
olution providing for laying 0 inch
water mains on Smith Ave, Wells
Street east from 57th and west from
50th Street and on 5sth and 61st Street
the resolution was adopted.
Alderman Kurtz offered an ordinance
fixing sidewalk lines on Garfield Ave,
referred to committee on Streets.
The committees on rules and ordi-
nances and finance reported hack the
$4,000 bond ordinance with a proposed
amendment, the ordinance was amend
ed and the ordinance as amended adopt.
ed.