Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Rossier, Lyon and Payne, IA. Absent
Aldermen Bamberg and G. NJ. Hill.
2.
On motion, the reading of the min
utes of the previous meeting was dis
pensed with.
Mr. Theo. w. Brazeau addressed
the Council, outlining the park work
accomplished by the Grand Rapids
Improvement Association, and indi.
eating to some extent what work the
Association plans to accomplish in
the future. Mr.. Brazeau explained
that the property already acquired
by the Association, and by the AS
ISOLATION decided to the City and &C
cepted by the City has cost approx
mately s20,800.00, instead of much
larger sum as has been reported.
Mr.. Brazeau requested the authority
Of the Common Council for the con-
demnation of the Harvey Gee and
Saul Preston properties on the west
bank of the Wisconsin River, and
also requested the Council to au-
thorize the payment of $624.00, being
the semi-annual interest to March 1,
1909 on $20,800.00 on park bonds. Mr..
BraZeau also explained that the AS
ISOLATION has in it's treasury ap-
proximately $548.00 which belongs to
the city and which was derived from
rent of the laundry building to Nor
mington Brothers accrued interest
and sale of buildings.
The following resolution was offer
ed by alderman Ellis and seconded
by Alderman Steib and adopted by
unanimous vote, the clerk calling the
roll.
'RESOLVED, that there be and
hereby is appropriated out of the
General Fund the sum of six hun
dred twenty-four and no cents Dol
lars to pay the interest on the Park
Bonds for the past six months, due
March 1st, 1909, known as Grand
Rapids improvement Association
Bonds.
Be 1t Further Resolved, that the
City Clerk draw an order upon the
treasury for said sum payable to the
Trustee of said bonds.''
The following resolution was offer
ed by Alderman Rossier, seconded by
Alderman Ellis and adopted by unani-
nous vote, the Clerk calling the roll.
''RESOLVED, by the Common Cour
Gil of the City of Grand Rapids that
it is hereby declared to be the pur-
pose of this Council to take the fol
lowing described lands to-wit:-
All that part of lot No. One %
in Section No. Eighteen Q8) of Town
ship Twenty-Five (22) North of range
No. Six CO. East, described
as follows: Commencing at a point
One hundred Ninety eight Q9S) feet
southerly from the south line of
Cranberry Street on the east margin
al line of Front or River Street of
the City of Centralia, now Grand Ra-
pids, Wisconsin. Run thence souther.
ly along the said east line of Front
Street to the north line of a tract
of land conveyed by deed recorded in
Volume U of Deeds at page 274, said
Wood County Records, thence east
erly to the Wisconsin River, thence
northerlv along said river to lands
owned by Saul Preston or Preston
Brothers, on the 10Th day of May,
1898, (now owned by Saul Preston
opposite Lot 3, Block 10 of Original
Plat of the city of Centrally, thence
westerly at right angles to the start
ing point, being the same premises
described in Land Contract from B. G
Chandos to Saul Preston dated May
10, 1898, and recorded on the Goth
day of May, 1898, in Volume Al of
Miscellaneous Records on pages 324,
1926, 326, Wood County Records; also
being the same land described in
deed from B. G. Chandos and wife
to Ed. M. Hayes dated January 9th,
1900, and recorded on the 9th day
of January, 1900, in Volume Fifty-one
of Deeds 3S7, now occupied by Nor
mington Brothers for laundry pur-
poses and now owned by the City
of Grand Rapids.
| Also a piece of land described as
| follows:
All that part of lot No. One Q)
in Section No. Eighteen 1S) of
Township Twenty-Five (22) North of
Range No. Six CO. East, described
as follows: Commencing at a point
One hundred Thirty-two Q32) feet
southerly on the south line of Front
Street, now First Avenue South, from
point where the southerly side of
Cranberry Street or Grand Avenue
intersects the southerly line of said
Front Street of First Avenue South;
thence at right angles to said First
Avenue South to the Wisconsin River
thence along the Wisconsin River to
the southerly line of the Harvey Gee
Lot described in rs of Deeds page
| 2SS; thence in a northerly direction
at right angles to said First Avenue
South to the southerly line of said
First Avenue South; thence south
erly along the southerly line of said
First Avenue South to the place of
beginning. Said last two descriptions
of land being owned by Saul Preston
and now occupied by Bert Mason
and Wallace Demeroe.
Also the following described lands:
A part of Government Lot Three
90 Sec. Seventeen Q7) and part of
Coy. Lot One Cd Sec. Eighteen QS),
Township Twenty-Five (22) North of
Range Six Co East, commencing at
point As feet east from the south
eaSt CORNER of LOT Ono ~ R1ock