The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-03-24
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

with expenses of street paving ana
suggested that as they would get the
benefit of this ultimately the utilities
ought in Justice pay for their share OF
the paving. 1t looked like clear
case to the council and they voted to
back up the attorney. There was a
disposition evident to not start any
more litigation until it was absolutely
necessary to enforce plainly evident
rights.
The city will pay for the street pay
inc all in excess of S4.OO per front foot
This will be about $l.56 per lineal foot
and will amount to about $4,000. The
81 90 will be borne by the owners OF a
butting property. This part is should
cred by the city on the theory that the
whole city benefits in some measure by
the paving.
Alderman PITT informed the council
that fire insurance rates could not be
reduced until the city had provided for
official, electrical and building inspect
ors and strictly enforced modern
building code.
The mayors veto of the councils
action giving the election notice to the
Herald was upheld by the council
Municipal street sprinkling will he
under the control of the Board of Pub
lie Works. Sprinkling on unpaved
streets will be ordered only upon petit
ton of the property owners. The
board may adopt the plan of Alderman
PITT to utilize one of the fire depart
ment teams. This will leave one team
in reserve at each station.
The council by unanimous vote vac
ated TOO short portions OF streets which
action was desired by the Rahr Son ;
Co. in order to permit them to begin
the erection of quarter million dol
lars addition to their plant.
The city treasurer was instructed to
make another attempt to collect the
personal property taxes. There Is now
unpaid Sl35 "a. owing mostly by people
who have left the city, and defunctcor-
porations and firms although some of
it is for taxes on things not owned by
the person assessed.
City Attorney A. l.. Hougen submit
ted the following report,
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND
BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANITOWoC.
The suit brought by the City of
Manitowoc against the Manitowoc
Nothern Traction Company to restrain
that company from charging fare eN-
ceeding ten cents for interurban service
between Manitowoc and Two Rivers
was tried before Judge Burnell at Osh-
kosh FEBRUARY 23rd to February 25th. On
March 10th last the Judge filed his de-
cision in the case sustaining the con-
tention of the City and ordering that
the temporary in JUNCTION in the case
be made permanent restraining the
Railway Company from charging dur
ing the life of its franchise more than
ten cents for interurban passenger ser
vice. The Court, however, in view of
the fact that an appeal from the decision
is likely to be taken, directs that the
city, within sixty days, furnish and file
bond in the sum of $1,000 to indem-
Nifty the Railway Company against loss
in case the Judgment be reversed on
appeal.
| would therefore recOmend that this
matter be referred to the appropriate
committee to later report to the coun-
Gil.
The report was referred to the COM
mittee on railroads.
The following resolution was adopt
ed:
Whereas plank curbs have hereto
fore been constructed upon most of the
streets of this city and most of these
curbs have decayed so that the side
walk of the street caves into the car
riage way and thus causes great ex-
pense in street cleaning, and
Whereas the building of stone or
cement curbs with cement cutters will
greatly improve the appearance of the
streets and at the same time lessen the
cost of street maintenance, and the cost
of constructing the curb should be
borne by the abutting property and the
cost OF constructing the cutters should
be paid out of the ward funds, and
Whereas the cost of constructing a
cement curb proper when made with
and at the same time as cement or
concrete gutter is twenty five cents
per lineal foot, Now Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Street
Commissioner is directed to construct
and lay cement curbs and cutters
along the carriage way of streets when
ever a petition for such work along
any block is fled with the City Clerk
by the owners of the real estate in front
of which such work is to be done.
RESOLVED FURTHER that the
cost OF doing such work shall be paid
as follows: Twenty five cents per lineal
foot of frontage upon such street shall
be charged to the real estate fronting
upon the part of the street where such
work is done and such charge shall be-
come due and payable at the City