Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-13
CITY COUNCIL.

A meeting of the city council wa
held Tuesday evening.
A petition to have sidewalk con
strGcted O. the north side of E. Jack
son street to connect two other strip
was referred to a committee, as wa
also petition to have sewer con
structed on the same street.
Certain property owners on Plumel
street petitioned for sewer from tn,
intersection of Canal to Frenzel street
saying that two-thirds of the resi-
dents throw their dish water anc
other segage into the street.
Petitions for arc lights to be placed
at the corners of Forest and Sixth
SITS. and Harrison Blvd. and Portel
| ST., were referred to committee.
The Wausau Canning Co. and 23t
others petitioned the council to builC
an iron or steel bridge across the
Wisconsin river to connect Wausal
and Union Aves. 1t was stated thai
protest would be entered if an at
tempt is made to build bridge OF
the site of the Bridge street bridge
1t was reported that 81 per week i!
insufficient for the living expenses o.
G. Backhaus, city charge, and the
weekly allowance was raised to So pei
week.
The application of +. A. Kruger
for saloon license was rejected.
The salary of the assistant city
engineer was fixed at So per day.
A committee reported in favor Of
remitting the water tax of Mrs. Mary
Williams The matter has been
hanging fire for two years. The re-
port of the committee was adopted.
1t was ordered that a conveyance
of title to land occupied by the Wau-
sau Iron works be made to that com.
pany, the company having fulfilled
every obligation imposed upon it by
the city at the time the city gave il
the use of the land.
In the matter of the claim of Chas
Bronson against the city to recover
damages for personal injuries sus
tanned in falling on sidewalk, the
city attorney made report. He
found that the sidewalk was in good
condition az the time of the accident
and that the city is not liable. The
city attorney also made report on a
tax matter in which Conrad Bopf was
interested. 1t appears that Ml. Bop1
by mistake paid taxes on a lot he did
not own. The one he did own was
returned to the county treasurer as
delinquent and was sold, the certif-
cate being bought by w. R. Chellis,
Afterwards the county board ordered
that Mr.. Cheilis' money be paid back
to him and the certificate was can
celled. Mr. Manson held that the
board had made Mr.. Bopf pres
ent of the taxes.
1t was ordered that transfer OF
thirty feet of land be made to the
city from Mrs. Malena Trudeau, in
consideration of the payment of $lOC
and other considerations. The strip
is to be used for highway purposes
and is to be named LeMessurier
street. 1t was at one time owned by
John LeMessurier of whom Mrs
Trudeau is the only heir at law.
Saloon licenses were granted to Jos.
Peterson, 2l10 Sixth st. and Graunke
& Schmalze, 1906 Sixth ST.
A majority report of the street and
bridge committee was read. The
committee reported that nothing
short of an iron or steel bridge, tC
cost between 0,000 and $25, 900 would
do for the city to build in the north
ern section of the city. Also that
the site to be selected be that con
Meeting Wausau and Union Ages. as
most people living in that section
who use the bridge live north anc
west Of that site. Another reason
advanced for the selection of that site
is that most farmers living in the
towns of Maine and Berlin cross the
river over the falls bridge, because o1
the sawdust fill and railroad tracks al
the ends of the old bridge, and thai
if the structure is placed l,200 feet
north it will result in relieving mucf
of the congestion on the falls bridge
There is 1000 feet of sawdust I'LL a.
the west approach of the old bridge
This report was signed by Richard
Hoenisch and Ole n. Smith.
Jos. Reiser, the third member o
the committee, brought in minorit!
report in the way of a reso. .ation reaC
at previous meeting. This provided
for the rebuilding of pile bridge OF
the Bridge street site. A resolution
of Alderman Rifieman providing 70
advertising for bids, ETC., for buildin!
a bridge on the old site, was also re
read. On motion the minority repor
and Mr.. Rifieman's resolution wer
adopted.
A committee reported in favor o
building an engine house on lot tn
city owns at the corner of Fifth an
Bridge Sts., and to secure an optiol
on lots at the corner of ). Third Ave
and Thomas st. for the location o
another engine house. The latte
part of the report was adopted an
the fore part re-referred to the com
mittee.
Ut was voted to transfer $1,000
from the city hall TO the school funo
A communication was read inVltln
all city officials TO attend the elevent
annual convention of the League c