Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
WILL BOND CITY.

A special meeting of the city council
was held yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of taking action upon the
matter of bonding the city in thesum of
$40, 900, such money to be used for fire
lighting apparatus and maintenance of
same, as is mentioned elsewhere in this
paper. The original resolution was
passed but it was necessary that some
provision should be made to have the
people vote on the proposition of issuing
bonds in the sum of $4,000 for fire pro-
lection. The resolution was amended
so as to include this feature and again
offered. Alderman Flatter wanted the
resolution-amended so as to provide for
the building of two engine houses, but
when vote was taken on it the amend
ment was lost. The resolution was then
put to vote and carried and so, there
fore, the matter will be voted upon at
the general election, Nov. 8.
At the special meeting held last night
the following message from the mayor
was read and ordered to be fled
To the Common Council.
GENTLEMEN
The council has taken action looking
toward an extensive improvement in
the fire department of the city and an
extension of the water works through a
bond issue
| desire to say that the law requires
that every dollar which is used from
moneys raised for bond issue must be
expended for the purposes designated
In the resolutions and ordinances
call your attention to this at this time
that there may be no mistake as to the |
use of this money should the bond |
issue be consummated. Every dollar
must, and during my term of office |
Will be kept entirely separate from any |
other funds of the city, and the money
so used shall be used exactly as desig |
mated in the resolutions and ordinances |
raising the money. Feeling that this
matter is the important one that will |
come before us during our term of |
office. | call upon you and upon all |
good citizens to. lay aside all thoughts |
OF politics in this matter and work SOLE |
~ for the 9est interests of the city. Any |
delay or any action tending to obstruct
the legal and expeditions raising of the
money may be disasterous to the best !
interests of the city. In case of big
fire we will surely be blamed if great |
loss results from delay on our part. | |
believe that the people want this i'm
prOvement to the water works system
an d the additional fire protection and | |
hope that we will be able to get to-
gether on reasonable basis in secur-
ing what this city needs. There is an
old proverb that, 1T is too late to lock
the stable after the horse is stolen"
and | think this sentiment applies in
this instance.
The Wisconsin Telephone Co. offered
a pole license covering eleven poles of
hat company on the Town Line road
used by the city to carry fire alarm
wires. The company asks S. so for the
use of the poles. The license was re-
.erred to the committee on lighting.
petition for an arc light to be
placed at the corner of Porter street
and Fifth Ave was referred to the COM
nlttee on lighting.
Fred Genrich presented his resigna.
ion as a member of the water commits
sion. The same was accepted. His
will be appointed at the next
meeting.
The committee on streets and bridges
a communication referring to the I'M
safe condition of the Bridge street
bridge, recommended that signs be
placed at each end of the bridge warn
ng transfers not to haul heavy loads
'ver the bridge. Tho recommendation
vas accepted and signs were ordered
placed. Alderman Rifeman urged that
immediate steps be taken to either place
he bridge in good state of repair or
Else build a new one
The council adjourned to Oct. %, at
which time the finance committee will
make its report on the estimated ex-
'enditures for the coming year.