Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-09
CITY COUNCIL.

At the meeting of the city council
held last Tuesday evening the follow
ing petition was granted:
Lysander Cutler Post No. So De
partment of Wisconsin, Grand Army
of the Republic herewith makes ap-
plication for an appropriation of one
hundred, 100000 dollars to defray ex-
pense of Memorial day services on
May 30, 1911, with the understanding
that the unexpended balance, if any,
Will be returned to the city treasurer.
The following most excellent petit
ton was also passed:
Certain residents driving cattle to
and from pastures are negligent and
allow their cattle to run over lawns
and gardens, thereby destroying prop
erty. Therefore. we the undersigned
residents of the city of Wausau, do
petition your honorable body TO pass
an ordinance whereby people taking
cattle to and from pastures shall be
compelled to lead them. This was
signed by nineteen property owners
and the city attorney was ordered to
prepare an ordinance covering the
matter.
The following communication was
referred to the committee on finance:
We wish to call the attention of
your honorable body to the fact that
the business men of our city have al
ready subscribed an amount sufficient
for five (5) band concerts. These,
added to the ten (10) concerts pro-
yided for by the city would make
fifteen 15) band concerts, provided
your honorable body will allow said
band two hundred dollars, 5000 as
asked for in the petition heretofore
submitted toyou.
Hoping this will meet with your
approval, we remain,
Respectfully yours,
COLUMBIA BAND.
Applications for plumbers and
drainlayers' licenses with accompany
ing bonds of Hett & Molter, e. L.
Pine, Theo. Danielson, Max L. Tisch,
Wheeler & Son and A. III. Halder,
which had been received, were re-
ferred to the committee on license.
A. B. Wheeler & Son were the low
est bidders for laying service pipes.
The water commission submitted
the twenty-fifth annual report on the
water department. 1t showed the re-
ceipts to have been $50, 919.77 and the
expenditures $14, 107.31. The total
number of MIGRANTS in use is 240 and
there was pumped during the year
73l, 464 ,297 gallons of water.
The poor superintendents' annual
report showed that the net expedi-
lures of his department amounted to
81, 3O5. rs.
Five people decided their property
to the city during the year and 800
families of 1865 persons were cared
for. At present the city has six
charges in the county poor house.
Mayor Lamont made the following
appointments, which were upon mo-
ton confirmed:
Members of the school board
At large, full term, Mrs. Frank
Kelly.
Fifth ward, full term, Mrs. C. B.
Bird.
Eighth ward, full term. H. Pagen-
kopf.
Seventh ward, full term, H. J.
Johannes.
Library board:
Full term g years. Miss Susan
Underwood.
Full term g years. Mrs. Mary Dick
ems.
Fun term g years. Hon. W. W.
Albers.
Park board:
Full term, Is years. o. G. Lemke.
Fire and police commission:
Full term Is years. G. A. Barwig.
Weed commissioner without addi-
tional pay, and for the entire city
Albert Staege, street commissioner.
The mayor, in a message, recon-
mended that new city hall be erect
ed at a cost not to exceed $685. 900. 1t
is quite likely that work on the
building will be under way before
fall
The following was adopted
WHEREAS, The pumps as we all
know at the pumping station have
been in service good many years,
and now every short while one has to
be repaired, and that if fire should
happen at the time of such repairs
one engine would not be enough to
handle such an instance; therefore be
il
ResOlued, That the water commission
be and they are hereby instructed to
Inquire and get prices on new pump
ing engines, and report back to this
council at its next regular June meet
ing.
A committee of five was appointed
to secure plans for new city hall.
The committee or health, 10 whom
had been referred the petition TO
abate a nuisance, reported that the
city dumping ground had been so i'm
proved that it is not nuisance; that
it will be still more improved from
time to time, and recommended that
the petition be denied. The report
was on motion adopted.