Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

There was presented the petition
oF Peter Seheutz, praying for the
City Treasurer to be authorized to
accept the sum of s3.71 in full set
tiement Of the taxes on Lot 3, Blk.
Is, Woods Addition, instead of s22
%, as assessed, as improvements
were assessed, On the lot at $3.50. 90,
and alleging that there are no i'm
provements on said lot.
On motion, by unanimous vote, the
Clerk calling the roll, the Mayor and
Clerk were authorized to execute an
order to Peter Scheutz for 1882 for
correction on taxes, upon presentation
TO the Clerk, of the Treasurer's re-
ceipt showing full amount of taxes
paid as assessed.
The following resolution relative to
the condemnation of the Harvey
Gee and Saul Preston properties, was
presented, and adopted by unanimous
vote, the Clerk calling the roll.
WHEREAS, the Common Council
has heretofore by resolution direct
ed that proceedings be commenced
for the condemnation of lands owned
by Harvey Gee and by Saul Preston
between First Avenue South and the
Wisconsin River for public grounds
and park purposes, and,
WHEREAS, pursuant thereto there
has been made by the city engineer
and filed with the city clerk an &C
curate survey and plat of the grounds
proposed to b taken, and
WHEREAS, purchase of such
grounds as are needed cannot be made
by agreement with the owners,
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to
proceedings had and petition filed,
it is hereby
RESOLVED, that said survey and
plat on file with the city clerk be,
and the same hereby is, approved;
that it is hereby declared to be the
purpose of this Council and the city
VI III anu .INdpluo " tdht lOI pop1iS
grounds and park purposes the fol
| lowing described lands, to-wit:
First: A tract owned by Harvey
| Gee, formerly occupied by him for
saloon purposes, lying between Front
| Street now called First Avenue South
and the Wisconsin River, and being a
part of Government Lot Three CD
Section Seventeen 90 and a part
of Government Lot One ~, Section
Eighteen QS), Township twenty-five
| (22) North of Range Six co East,
and bounded as follows:-Commenc-
| ing at point on the Easterly line
of Front Street, now known as First
Avenue South, Thirty-three (33) feet
Southwesterly from point where
the Southerly line of Cranberry Street
now called Grand Avenue, intersects
the Easterly line of said First Avenue
| South, thence southwesterly along
the Easterly line of said First Ave
nue. South Thirty-three (33) feet,
thence at right angles to said street
about Eighty-nine (89) feet to the
Wisconsin River, thence up along
said river to a point at right angles
to the point of commencement on
First Avenue South, and thence Nortl
westerly Ninety+three (93) feet, more
or less, along the Southerly line of
land now owned by the city, form
erly LaMadlin property, to said point
of commencement on First Avenue
South.
Second: A tract of land owned by
Saul Preston and now occupied in part
by B. F. Mason, tenant, also lying be-
tween Front Street, now called First
Avenue South, and the Wisconsin
River and being a part of Govern
ment Lot Three CD Section Seven
teen 90, and part of Government
Lot One %, Section Eighteen 18)
Township twenty-five (22) North of
Range Six CO East, and bounded as
follows: Commencing at point on
the Easterly line of said First Avenu
South One Hundred Thirty-two Q32)
feet Southwesterly from point
where the Southerly line of Cranber4
ry Street, now called Grand Avenue,
intersects the Easterly line of said
First Avenue South, thence South
westerly along the Easterly line of
said First Avenue South, One Hun
| OBS 7-10) feet to a point at right
angles to said Avenue and thence
Easterly about Fifty (50) feet to the
Wisconsin River, thence up and a.
long the Wisconsin River to point
at right angles to the place of COM
mencement, and thence Northwesterly
on the Southerly line of land now
owned by the city. formerly owned
by Ed Wheelan, ito the place of be-
ginning on the Easterly side of said
First Avenue South.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that each
of said described tracts of land be
taken for public purposes and for
park and be added to the lands ad-
joining same, now owned by the city
of Grand Rapids, for park and pub
lie purposes; and that the public
park when completed by the addition
of the lands above described will in
clude all the lands South of Grand
Avenue and East of First Avenue
East by the Wisconsin River.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that on the
10th day of March, 1910, at Ten o.
clock in the forenoon of said day,
this Council, by its authorized repre-
sentatiyes, to-wit, the Mayor of said