Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
CITY IMPROVEMENT
Wauwatosa Is Moving Along Fast. Water
and Sewer Pipe Laid. Number OF
Residences Built.


in induiging backward glances over
the year 80 soon to be ended in SO far
as it has brought activity to this COM
munity
Early IN 1910 a number of citizens
meeting were held at the City Hall, to
considerdesirable public improvements
and the method Of providing for the
public cost of making the same, as a
resultof which, there appeared To be
prevailing a hearty sentiment, in favor
of undertaking the work of improving +
some OF tile main thoroughfares lead
ing to Milwaukee, as well as other
streets intersecting the same, together
with the construction of additional I
sewer ard water mains in different |
parts of the city. With the disposition
on the part of our people, to stand by |
their officials in raising money by bond |
issues, inanifested at the meetings thus !
held, the Common Council authorized |
the isstse Of $4,000 sewer, $1,000 water /
and $4,000 street improvement bonds |
to obtaia means with which TO pay the |
public portion of the cost os improve
nent work The money thus derived |
however did not become available. un- |
til too late To attempt the work of grad !
ing, on either State or East Milwaukee
Avenue and consequently only $1,000
of street Improvement bonds were sold
by the city, leaving $4,000 still avail
able when desired. Ii is expected that
the work on each of those thorough
fares will be ready for contract in the
early spring, and pushed to completion
during the coming year. A new Case
steam road roller for heavy street
work has been purchased, paid for and
put in operation where OF benefit
Lincoln Place and Park Street have
been completed excepting sidewalks
and the work on Second Avenue from
Center Street to Windsor Avenue and
Wauwatosa Avenue north to the city
limits will be finished with the opening
of spring.
Quite a considerable amount of water
and sewer mains have been laid and
the deep sewer designed both for
service sewer on West Milwaukee Ave
nue., and for a main for the northwest
part Of the city has been conpleted;
eontlnets for laying water mains in
pabst huedivision, north OF Washington
and south of North Avenue, have beeu
let, and the work will be pushed to
completion as early as possible in 1911
AS 1910 closes we find ourselves, with
about %, 600 feet or more than = miles
of permanently improved streets; about
Ga 600 feet or over - miles of water
tnan s miles of main and service sewers
with ii considerable increase certain
/ for the new year, rather ii fiattering
showing of improvements which in
construction work extends back about
IL years and have cost to taxpayers
and individual property holders more
than $3.50, 900.
! And while these improvements have
/ been in course of construction. and
particularly during the past year, many
new homes have been constructed
/ in desirable places among US, giving
almost certain promise of what seems
sure to continue in that line in the
I
building expenditures in the city in
1910 for private homes and including
one factory and one stone crushing
plant, the new Lutheran Home on
North Avenue and the Martha Wash
iugton Home on Cedar Street, figures
close to $500, 900, perhaps the banner
year of Wauwatosa thus far.
During the past few months there
has been formed here Civic AssociH-
tion, the purpose of which is to consi-
der questions of interest aud general
welfare to our citizens, many of whom
already have, and all of whom should,
hasten to become part of the mem
bership, and through it aid in endeav-
oring to make Wauwatosa still more
desirable as home community
During the year the ventilation sys-
TENS have been installed in our public
schools, which largely attended, are
prospering, while our public library,
with increasing patronage, is being
more widely appreciated.
Surely Wauwatosa has had much to
rejoice over in 1910 Here is hoping
that we "all join hands in a circle
round for even more of it in 1911.
December 81. 1910.
CHARLES B PERRY, Mayor
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