Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-16
CITY COUNCIL
Petition for Extension of Water
Mains.-AlsO for New Side
walk.

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A regular meeting of the common coun-
Gil held this day in the council cham
Der.
/ Called to order by mayor Brown.
Members present-Alderman Weld
enfeller, Crawford, Shepard, Biewett,,
Jeuck, Johnson, Frieden.. ssss
g Minutes of last regular andi special
meetings read and approved.
Treasurer report read and on motion
of Alderman Jeuck accepted and placed
on file.
The following bills were audited by
the finance committee and on motion of
Alderman Crawford were allowed and
ordered paid:
List of claims will appear next week.
This petition of Joseph Engels and
others read:
To the Common Council in the CITY of
Mineral Point:
The undersigned respectfully petition
your honorable body for leave to con-
struct sidewalk, pursuant to the ordi-
nance of said city of Mineral Point be-
ginning at the northwest corner of the
intersection of Ridge and Doty streets,
running thence west along the north
side of Doty street to the southwest
corner of Block 26 in Strong's Addition.
The property which will be affected
by the laying of such a sidewalk is as
follows:
Lot five (5), six co., seven (7), in
Block % and lots seven Cd, eight (S),
nine co., ten (10), eleven (11), and
twelve C12), in Block 26 in Strong's
Addition in the city of Mineral Point,
Wisconsin.
The undersigned constitute three
fourths of the resident lot owners
Dated this 4th day of June, A. d.
1910. JOSEPH ENGELs,
MRS. E. DUNBAR,
MRS. MARY MARI,
w. A. JONES,
j. B. LINDEN.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Alderman Jeuck:
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE LAYING OF
A SIDEWALK ALONG DoTY STREET.
Whereas, Joseph Engels, Mrs. E.
Dunbar, Mrs. Mary Mari, w. A. Jones,
and j. B. Linden, being three fourths
of the resident lot owners upon that
part of Dety street in the city of Mineral
Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
the intersection of Ridge and Doty
streets running thence west along the
north side of Doty street to the south
west corner of block 26 in Strong's ad
dition, have petitioned the common
council of the city of Mineral Point, in
writing on the 4th day of June, A. D.,
1910, for the construction of sidewalk
upon that part of said Doty street de-
scribed above, and said petition having
been presented to the common council
Of the city of Mineral Point, Wisconsin,
at this, the next meeting of said COM
mon council, held after the filing of
said petition on this 7th day of
June, A. D., 1910, and the said common
council having examined into the mat
tiers set forth in said petition and being
of the opinion that the said sidewalk
petitioned for would be of a general ad :
vantage, now therefore,
Be it, Resolved by the common
council of the city of Mineral Point,
Wisconsin, that a sidewalk is hereby
ordered to be constructed along the
following described property abutting
upon said proposed sidewalk, wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
the intersection of Ridge and Doty
streets running thence west along the
north side of Doty streets to the south
west corner of block 26 in Strong s
addition.
Said sidewalk to be constructed along
the north side of Doty street and in a
direct line between the points of begin
ming and ending of said sidewalk as
above set forth.
Said sidewalk shall be constructed of
cement in accordance with the ordi
nances of this city, shall be feet in
width and shall be constructed accord
ing to the specifications for standing
sidewalks on file in the office of the city
clerk of this city
1t is furthered ordered and resolved
that copy of this resolution shall be
served upon all the lot owners of premi
ses abutting upon said proposed sidewalk
in the manner prescribed by ordinances
No. 10 and SO of the city of Mineral
Point, Wisconsin.
It is further ordered that each of the
lot owners above named shall be given
Is days from June 10, 1910 within which
to construct his sidewalk as ordered
herein.
It is furthered ordered that in the
event of the failure of any lot owner to
construct sidewalk in front OF his
premises as herein ordered and directed,
that said sidewalk shall be constructed
by the city and the cost thereof charged
to said lot owners in the manner per-
scribed by law and the ordinances of
this city.
The property affected by the laying
of said sidewalk hereby ordered is as
follows:
Lots 5, 6, 7, in Block % and lots 7,
s, 9, 10, II, 10, in Block 26 in Strong S
Addition to the city of Mineral Point,
Wisconsin.
I hereby approve of the foregoing
resolution dated this 7th day of June
A. D. 1910. ED. BROWN, Mayor.
Attest, w. P. BLISS, City Clerk.
Moved by Alderman Shepard that
resolution be adopted.
| Carried by the following aye and nay