Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-12
MEETING OF THE CITY FATHERS.
Several Matters of Importance Came Up
at Last Regular Gathering.


held last Tuesday evening after the
Herald had gone to press. Aldermen
present were, Jas. Treloar, Carl Roth,
Delos Abrams, Henry Henkel, L. D.
Eastman, Will Lathrop, Geo. Goble
and F. P Barnett.
City Attorney Clementson pIesen-
ed milk ordinance which provided
for the collection of an annual license
from all engaged in the sale of milk.
The ordinance it passed would also
give the city certain power to compel
: the milk dealers to sell clean milk
and to keep their cattle free from
tuberculosis or other diseases. The
proposed ordinance was discussed by
the members of the city council but
no action was taken on it, and it was
laid over until some future meeting,
The regular donation of $50 was
made to the @. A, r. for defraying
the expenses of Memorial Day.
Director E. H. Hyde of the city
band appeared and asked that a sum
be appropriated this year to reimburse
the local mucisians for giving free
opens concerts throughout the
summer 1t was finally moved to
appropriate $3.50 on condition the
band give twenty or more out door
concerts with at least 90 men each
concert and that they furnish their
services free Of charge on memorial
day. These conditions were perfectly
satisfactory to Mr.. Hyde, and the
motion was seconded and passed with
out dissenting vote. 1t was evident
that the city fathers as we'll as the
rest of the Lancaster citizens APP
preciated the excellent music render
ed by the band every few evenings
last summer.
Chairman Barnett, of the board of
public works read to the council a
list of improvements on public
property contemplated. This list
which follows, will probably be
changed in many ways and no definite
faction in regard to any one of the
suggestions, was taken by the coun-
Icil at this meeting.
First ward-new cement sidewalk
las follows: one block north from
Angus corner on Adams street, 100
feet east from Angus corner on Elm
/ street; 60 to so feet along A. Cs
Howell property next to Searles
property aross street from north
school; one block on Madison street
along the Whitmore, Place, and
Klarman properties ); rs feet along
the McGonigal property on same street
80 feet along G. ]. Hyde property on
same street 80 TT. along Bass property.
Second ward-three blocks of
cement starting from the Gene Wood
house carpenter shop near the depot
and running north parallel with the
} railroad track; new walks on Madison
in front of the Hatch and Rowdon
and Smith residences; one block in
front of Fischer and Hickok resi- .
dences one half block north from
IT. E. orion corner; new walks in
front of BROKER, Lathrop Adams, and
RundeI properties one block on east
} side of q. H. Basford and Robert
BROKER residences; 800 feet of IS #.
macadam on Maple street in front of
the Trowbridge properties, from r.
b. Showaiter to Sandleback residences.
Third ward-one block cement
west from Budworth residence on
lBeetown road one block along Rich
ardson and Creamy properties; one
block along L. Weber. Treloar, and
Showalter residences; two blocks west
from Sandleback on Maple street,
then skip one block and lay two addi-
tional blocks, conditional on property
J owners cutting down all the trees in
the street, which are very close to
property line. The putting in of
$40 feet of macadam on the Beetown
road west of Willis residence, to con-
meet two stretches of m acadsm
J already installed.
Fourth ward-one block of cement
Ialong Monroe street from Barnett
corner south to connect with school
house walk two approaches at Oswald
corner one and onehalf blocks east
from Bendorf corner to Schmitt ice
house.
Owing to the fact that the city in
tends building many more cement
walks and macadamizing more streets
this year than it has for sevreal years,
it was decided after some discussion,
! to raise the road tax from one and
one.ha mills ON tine dollars to two
mills, which will amount to sum of
} approximately SO. 200 about 5000 more
than last year. The vote for this