Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
ADDITIONAL SEWERS
TO Be BUILT At ONCE
So the City Dads Decided at
Thursday Nights Meeting
Extension of Water Mains Will Not be
Undertaken Just Now For Lack of
Funds.


fol the purpose of considering several
proposed extensions of sewer and
water works. Aldermen present we're
Delos Abrams. Henry Henkel, Fred
Barnett Will Lathrop, Geo. P. Goble.
L. d. Eastman and Jas. Treloar.
The petition of the residents living
along and In the vicinity of Lincoln
Avenue, to have the sewer construct
ed along that street was considered.
henry Henkel one of the residents of
southeast portion of the city again ap-
peared in person and strongly urged
that this petition be granted, which
it was. after due consideration.
This extension has been estimated
10 include about /, 700 feet Or in the
neighbOrhood of six blocks and will
perhaps cost 5000. IT is to run from
the Judd property below Mr.. Henkel's
directly west TO L. Ats, where it
will extend north and northwest to
connect with the manhole near the
Jacob Drew house. Work will be
started on this line of sewer as soon
as possible.
There will be quite a number of
patrons along the route and the con-
struction of this line will bring
ample returns to the city.
1t was also decided to build the
500 foot line Of sewer east from the
J. T. Lane property. This short ex
tension will amount to about $500.
A petition from the residents of
the west portion of the city to extend
the water mains from the John Pink
corner on Elm Street west to the city
limits and then south two blocks,
the extension to include approximate
" /, 725 feet or nearly seven blocks,
was laid over indefinitely, it being
thought that with the other fixed ex-
penses the city can not we'll afford
it at this time.
A motion that the water main be
extended along the ''Beetown road
70 the Richard Willis residence was
lost; FIVE voting in favor and two
against, six being necessary to carry
such a motion.
A morton for 1913 #. sewerage
line to be constructed from the R.
Trentzsch property near the NJ. E.
church south to the next corner was
also lost
The petition of the stockbuyers
that the city scales be removed to a
position to better accommodate those
who do not own their own yards had
Deen Investigated last week by the
council as a whole and was discussed
at this meeting.
The situation is this: The two
lower yards, nearest the scales are
leased by one of the buyers. To get
their stock weighed and in the yards
the other buyers have to drive them
through these private yards, clear to
the upper end of the company's stock
yards. The lane at this end, into
which it is necessary to drive the
stock is open and therefore causes the
buyers no little annoyance.
To remedy the difficulty, other
than by moving the scales, which
would probably be in the end a very
expensive and unsatisfactory piece of
work, it was moved that the railroad
company be asked to put in a gate at
the end of the lane. This motion was
carried and the arrangement will
doubtless be satisfactory to those
concerned.
During the evening at different
times the sidewalk question was
mentioned and informally discussed
and as the sentiment of all the MEM
bers seemed to be that the work was
at the present time the most import
ant of any of the municipal improve
ments and should be carried on as
fast as the city could afford it; it was
finally decided to consider the con-
struction of more walks.
City Clark Stone was asked to
draw up an ordinance condemniug
those stretches of walk suggested by
the Board of Public Works and others
Of the aldermen.
This ordinance embodies the con-
domination of those walks which the
members felt it was almost i'm
peratiys to construct before the close
of the year. They are ali important
and very generally used. Their con-
struction will probably cost in the
neighborhood of $3.50.
No other business of much import
ance was transacted other than the
granting of a saloon license to Aug.
Wenzel. Bills were allowed to the
amount of $261. Sc for walks and