Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
CITY COUNCIL.

An adjourned m setting of the city
council was held Thursday evening
Alderman Ed. Schulze, who moved
from the Fifth TO the Third ward, pre-
sented his resignation, which was ac-
cepted. At the same time Alderman
Carl Haase of the Third ward resigned,
because of private business affairs, and
his resignation also was accepted. The
mayor announced the appointment of
Mr.. Schulze to succeed Mr.. Haase and
the appointment was confirmed. He
also appointed j. H. Reiser to sue
coed Mr.. SchuIze as alderman of
the Fifth ward and that appointment
was confirmed. In re-arranging the
committees to tit the new appointments
the mayor announced that he had re-
appointed Mr. Schulze to his old COM
mittees. He was formerly on the
finance committee, chairman of the
committee on water works and mem
Der of the water commission. Mr..
Reiser was appointed to the same COM
mittees on which his predecessor
served-on the committee on licenses
and chairman of the committee on
streets and bridges.
The following communication from
L. G. Ryan, was read and referred to
the committee on streets and bridges:
To the Mayor and Comm on Council Of III
City of Wausau:
AS citizen of Wausau and one who
has always taken an especial interest
| in our streets, beg leave to call your
| attention to the unscientific method
| followed by the gentlemen who run the
street wagons. They have fallen into
the error of sprinkling the crossings.
This practice is now being abandoned
in many cities. 1t ought to be aban-
doned everywhere, for it operates
directly contrary to the intention.
Sprinkling street crossing, as you
will readily see, keeps the dirt upon
the crossing, changing it into mud
when sprinkled and making the cross
ing worse for ooting. The effect of
stopping the sprinkler as the wagon
approaches the crossing, and keeping
it stopped until after it has passed the
crossing, is to keep the same free from
both mud and dust, for the dust being
dry, and being the only dry dust on the
street is blown off by the wind and set
ties into the muddy parts of the street
between the different crossings, and
those parts of the street being wet, fur
nish no dust to take the place of that
which the wind blows from the cross
ing. 1t is very simple to see through
when persons attention is once called
to it, but like many other simple mat
tiers it was not seen at once, but had TO
be learned by experience. | have
travelled through fairly deep mud across
our best streets for good maLy months,
knowing that if the crossings had not
been kept sprinkled they would be dry,
and swept clean of dust by the wind
but have said nothing about this be-
cause | expected it would be corrected.
However, this error in street sprinkling
has lasted so persistently that l think
you will excuse me for making kick in
behalf of those who travel on foot.
Respectfully yours,
T. G. RYAN. X
The city comptroller recommended
that a telephone be installed in the
Office of City Treasurer Henry Juers,
ind Of no in a fJfVr
hall. The recommendation was re-
ferred to the committee on public prop
erty.
The city comptroller also recommend
ed that some improved service be placed
in the east side engine house for drying
hose. The present system, he said, is
not serviceable, especially in cold
weather. His recommendation was re-
ferred to the COMMITTEE on fire, what
ever that may be.
1t was voted to allow Chief of
Police Thos Malone S25 as ex-
pense money in attending meeting of
the chiefs of police of the state, which
has been called for Nov. 6.
F. E. Bump, acting as city attorney
in the absense of H. E. Manson, reported
that after due investigation he found
that the city had complied with every
provision of the statutes in reference to
issuing bonds for 500, 900 for fire service
improvements. 1t appears that there
| are two conflicting statutes and the city
has taken advantage of one in which
case, bearing on it, has been decided in
the supreme court On this court decis-
| ion special election is ordered.
There being a vacancy on the water
commission, occasioned by the resigna-
ton of Fred Genrich. vote was taken
on choice. On the first ballot q. A.
Oswald received an overwhelming
number and was declared elected.
The finance committee made its re-
port of the estimated receipts and ex-
penditures for the following year, and
the same was adopted as here given:
| To the Honorable Common Council
GENTLEMEN
Your committee on finance in submit
ting the estimates of expenses and our
recommendation for the tax levy for
the coming year, desire to make gen.
eral statement as to the financial condi-
ton of the city.
You will recall that when we went
| into office there was owing at the banks
s14 900 borrowed for the general fund
and that this fund was overdrawn
something over $1,000, and that aft er
we went into Office we borrowed from
the city hall fund of $4,000 and paid
up out of that loan what was owing to
the banks and the over draft on the
general fund. This left Us something
| like 600 to carry this years expenses,