Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-10
CITY to ASSIST IN
CUTTING DOWN HILL
LUBER'S ''MOUNTAIN" WILL
DROP A FEW FEET.
So Said the C0unCilmen-Will Ad-
VGrtiSe For BidS-Severdl Storm
and Sanitary Sewers Ordered
To Pave Alley in Rear of Cole
BlOCk-Oth6r DOingS.
tFrom Wednesdays Dailyl

evening after the battle (uf oallots)
meeting of the city council WAS held
last evening and considerable bust
ness Of Importance transacted.
TIE matter of the cutting down OF
/ Luber $ hill was one of the important
features of last evenings meeting.
The following report to the council
from the committee on Streets Rnd
bridges was read and adopted:
The committee on streets and brid-
ges and the aldermen OF the Third
ward to whom was referred the petit
tion of property owners, esking that
the so called Lubcr's hill III the Third
ward be cut down for the convenience
Of the farmers in bringing their pro
duce into the city, report as follows:
That we had meetings with the
farmers Interested and have caused
profile to be made Of the proposed cut.
| We have made mutual agreement
that We would recommend tt at the
council UrCer the cutting down of said
hill, at the expense of the city, for
distance of about eco feet. cOmmenc-
| ing on the east slope and running to
point $50 feet east of the city limits,
and that the farmers would cut down
the remaining $50 feet within the
city limits and would also cause that
! part lying within the town of Water
town to be cut down, all IN accordance
with the profile The width of the
cut as contemplated is rwenty-four
fest and an average depth of three and
one half feet 1t was also agreed
that the tanners should have the use
! OF the earth excavated from the west
$50 feet of the cut inside of the city
limits for filing on their side of the
hill.
The estim ated cost to the city for
said work is the sum OF eight hundred
dollars.
The commute recommends that the
work be ordered and that the plans
and specification be drawn by the board
of public works and that said board
shall advertise Tor proposals and re-
port their findings.
The above report was followed by
resolution directing the board of pub
lie works tU prepare plans and specI-
ficati0ns for cutting down Luber's hill
and that said board advertise for pro-
posals for doing said work and report.
Several petitions for street lighting
were referred to the lighting commit
tee.
The matter of a new Main street
bridge was discussed at some length,
but no action was taken
The bill for bedding destroyed at
the Gerth boarding house on Second
street by reason of diphtheria, was
denied by the council.
The ordinance calling for the clos
ing of saloons at II o'clock was re-
pealed, with the understanding that
new one would be introduced at the
next meeting. for the reason that the
old one was illegal.
A resolution authorizing the >pen-
ing of Carr street was laid over.
A report was adopted favorable to
paving with vitrified brick the public
alley running east and west through
block No. II uf Cole, Bailey & Co.'s
original plat of the village (now city
| of WATERFOWL
A report favorable to the construc-
tton of a storm sewer in Wisconsin
street from Tenth to Eighth, was
adopted, also another report favorable
to the construction of storm sewer
in North Second street from Division
street to Emerald street.
The members Of the committee on
sew erage and aldermen of the Second
ward reported favorable on the petit
tiOn for the construction of a sanitary
sew er in Cole street between North
Sixth and North Eighth streets.
The committee on finance. aldermen
Of the second ward and sewer COM
II ittee reported fsvorabIy as to
the need of storm sewer on Dewey
avrnue in addition to the one already
ordered.
IL was resolved that an order for
the sum Of $685. Ga be authorized
against tire General Sewerage Fund,
payable to Edward L. Bartlett. to be
applied as payment for the city's part
of the cost of sanitary sewers, con-
structed by him in parts of MontgOm-
cry, West Cady and North Ninth
streets: also that, the bUard of public
works be directed to Issue certificates
Of special assessment against the lots
or parcels of land AUDITING on said
sewers, amounting in the aggregate
to the sum of 81, 524 81. as payment
for the balance OF the cost Of said
sewers.
A resolution authorizing the con-
struction Of 4 storm sewer in Wiscon-
sin street from Tenth street TO Eighth
street was adopted.
A resolution authorizing a sanitary
sewer to be constructed in Cole street
/ between North Sixth and North Eighth
streets was adopted.
The contract for sprinkling the
streets Of the city was awarded to +.
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