The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-04
MANITOWOC, WIS, THURSDAY. MAY a, 1871.
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.


growth of the conviction of Williar
Hoyer, a Washington Street saloo
keeper, of having sold liquor to minors
which was up in municipal Cour
recently, was brought to the attention
Of the council informally at its meetin,
Monday evening. Rev, Sheppley an,
Rev. Espeseth, pastors of two n. sid
churches, were in attendance at TIN
meeting and Mr.. Sheppley requisite,
that he be allowed to adress the coun
ell in the matter and this request wa
refused. He then requested permis
sion to ask the city attorney question
which request was also refused. Tn,
refusals were based upon the groun(
that the matter was not formally be
fore the council as no sworn complaint
had been filed against Hoyer. 1t il
probable that formal complaint viii
be made before the next meeting ant
the council will be called upon to take
the matterup.
The Council does not plan to do any
paving during the coming summer but
will have preliminary work such as
| laying the sewers and setting of later
ais done. This plan was outlined by
Alderman Schiller, chairman of the
street committee, when he requested
property owners who desire paving
done in the near future to have petit
tions presented to the council so the
work mentioned may be completed
during this summer.
The council by a vote of ii to ,
authorized the city attorney to prepare
a resolution for bond issue, form of
bond to he issued in anticipation of the
taking over of the Water Works plant
10y the city. The amount of the issue
is 1920, 900. The work is being done at
this time in order that no delay may
be experienced in taking over the plant
after the rate commission fixes its final
valuation on the property.
The Roiss Coal Company, through its
officers requested the city to furnish
the company with some means of gett-
ing water up to its upper river dock.
The company asks permission
to tap the water pipe run
ing to the sections house
and agrees to bear the expense
of installing the pipes and connections.
The matter was taken under consid-
GRAFTON and will he acted upon later.
Mayor Stole, in pursuance to a COM
munication to the Board of health, ask
ing that an investigation of the river
intake with view to abolishing it be
made, submitted a recommendation to
that effect. The matter was referred
to a committee with instructions to
take the matter up with the engineers
when they come here to test the plant.
a total of So. 81 unpaid taxes on per-
SOnal property was reported by the city
treasurer and the council ordered city
attorney Kelley to take the necessary
steps to enforce the collection of this
tax. This is the first time the council
has proceeded in matters of this char
actcr and the action is taken upon the
recommendation of the finance comm
ittee,
a resolution was introduced provid-
ing that eX-City Attorney Hougen be
authorized to take charge of the coll
ection Of the judgment for cost in the
case Of the city against the Traction
Company. The case was tried in the
Circuit court of Winnebago Co more
than year ago and the city recently
won in the supreme Court on appeal.
The resolution provided that Mr..
Hougcn should not be paid any com
pensation for his services but should be
allowed TO retain the taxable attorneys
fees in the matter in payment for his
work. The fact that Mr.. Hougen con
Quoted the litigation to the present
time and the closing is all that is left
to he done pr rJmptcd the introduction
of the resolution.
ON the recommendation of the poor
committee Walter Joyce was re-elc.
ctcd poor commissioner 10y a vote that
was almost unanimous. The honor is
we'll deserved. Mr. Joyce has made
n first class commissioner.
On motion Of Alderman Anderson
Mrs. Hall, widow of the fireman who
lost his life fighting a fire n few years
ago, will continue to receive pension
of S25 month the ensuing year.
The report of City Treasurer Bruno
Mueller showed that receipts from
March q to May / amounted to 1888,
OF which sum $266.80 was interest on
deposits.