Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-05-11
ROAD TAX IN CITY
TO Be PAID IN CASH
City Council So Orders and Has Voted
to Raise the Rate to
Two Mills


evening of last week the following
resolution was carried. Resolved: :
That there be and hereby is levied a
road tax of two mills on the dollar
upon the taxable property Of the city
of Lancaster based upon the assess
ment of A. D., 1909. such tax to be
paid in cash, also poll tax levied of
one dollar and fifty cents to be paid in
cash
Preceding the passing Of this
resolution an interesting discussion
took place in regard to the levying of
the road tax. Aid Treloar proposed
that the tax be raised from two mills
to two and one half He said that an
immense amount of work should be
done upon the roads this year and the
increase of one half a mill would be
fully warranted.
Other members of the council were
opposed to the increase and to get the
sense of the meeting two informal
tie and the second resulting 5 to 3
in favor of Aid. Treloar's suggestion.
Upon the introduction of the above
resolution, however, the aldermen
changed their minds again and Aid.
Abrams and Treloar were the only
ones to vote against it.
The members of the Waterworks
Committee had taken a trip to the
pumping station that day and reported
to the council that a new fence and
tie posts were badly needed at the
spring. They also recommended that
few more seats and tables be built
and reported that the suspension
bridge across Grant is t1o low at
present.
During the discussion the sugges-
tion that concrete walls and steps
should be built in aud about the out
let of the spring was again brought
before the council and it was decided
that the cost of doing this work be
ascertained before taking any further
steps.
A motion carried authorizing the
waterworks committee to build the
required fencing and hitching rail
and also to install additional benches
and tables
1t was moved and seconded that ten
more iron seats be purchased for the
courthouse park. This motion carried
unanimously.
This being the meeting that the
president of the council should be
elected for the coming year F. z.
Barnett was nominated and re elected
unanimously. .r
BY vote of the council the Grant
County Herald and The Weekly Teller
were named. as official city papers.
VIM. Galloway appeared before the
council with the request that new
crossing be built from the front of his
residence property IN the third ward
east to the walk on the opposite side
of the street. There is no public
walk leading directly to Mr.. Cal
loway's property and the crossing he
desires rebuilt is not on the corner of
the block.
1t was suggested that a crossing be
built east from the south east corner
of the lot and a walk be laid leading
to it from the front of Mr.. Galloway 8
property but as this did not meet with
the latter's approval and as the
council did not care to build new
crossing where the present one is
located, the matter was laid over to a
future meeting
An ordinance was introduced direct
ing the building of five foot concrete
walk On the east side of the North
western depot from Elm st. to Pine
st. A motion was also made that the
rule requiring an ordinance of this
nature to lay over until the next
meeting be suspended. Both the
ordinance and motion carried.
The laying of this walk will neces-
state the railroad company tearing
up a portion of the track near the
present freight platform and eventual
ly moving the platform itself.
The fact that it has been the custom
in the past not to charge regular sum
for the weighing of stock second
time on the city scales when the
previous owner has paid for weighing
it short time before, was brought
before the aldermen. A motion was
carried that the city weigh
master be instructed to charge the re-
gular price and make out ticket for
everything weighed on the scales.
Weigh Master Pearson has acted
honestly in this matter but
without a ruling from the council
has been unable to break custom
which has been in vogue for some
time.