The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

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sent.
A large grist of bills were read and
referred and those referred at the last
meeting, under suspension of the rules,
were ordered paid.
The report of the library board was
filed but no action was taken on the
recommendations of the board.
The report of City Treasurer Muel-
Ter for the month of July was read and
on motion placed on file. Receipts for
the month were over $4,000 of which
$4,000 was for saloon licenses. The re-
port showed that there is about $50, 600
in the treasury.
The resignation of Reinhardt Rahr
as member of the park conn ission
was read and referred to The committee
on parks.
A report from City Sexton Schroeder
was read, showing that during the last
quarter there were % burials twenty
two males and sixteen females. On
motion the report was placed on file.
A communication from the Gas COM
pany pertaining to the action started
by the company against the city to
compel the docking of city lots adjoin-
ing the Gas company's property was
read and referred to the commit tee on
harbors. Following is the communica-
tion:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen of the City of Manito-
voc.
Gentlemen: After the summons was
served on the city in the action we
started last Friday certain aldermen
informed us that if we had not gone in
to court they were of the opinion the
matters in issue would have been ar
ranged satisfactorily. We are not
looking for litigation with the city,
with whom we have always had friend
ly relations. This prompts US to ad-
dress your honorable body communi-
cation:
The condi tion of the two city lots on
the river is bad. That condition, in
our opinion, constitutes nuisance.
1t is continuous injury to our adjoin-
ing river property. We have made
two or three offers to the city looking
to the docking and filing of its lots,
but after waiting several weeks have
had no intimaticn that the city would
meet us on a reasonable basis. In the
meantime the damage to our retaining
wall and the filling up of the river OPP
posite our property goes on. We are
advised that we can have court order
compelling the city to maintain its
property so that it will not injure our
property.
If we win and are thereby relieved
OF the damage and expense we are
now subjected to- we can reduce gas to
81.
If we lose and are compelled to spend
money on retaining WALL dredging
and other repairs which we will have
to do i, the city's property stays as it
is, then we think it proper to charge
CLOS for gas until such time as the ex-
ira 5 cents has fairly compensated US
for the outlay.
This seems no more than fair TO US
as it is through the city's failure to
keep its property in good repair that
the expense will be incurred by us.
We might add that we have figured
out one other solution of the matter
which we could accept. If the city
will dock and fill it's lots we will lease
them fer thirty-five years at a rental
of per cent per annum of actual cost
after the improvements plus cost of
real estate, and will further keep the
dock in repair at our expense during
the term.
Manitowoc Gas Company,
BY r. C. DOUGLAS.
A. L. Nash was present in the inter-
est of the Gas company and addressed
the council on the subject. After some
discussion the matter was referred to
the committee on harbors.
A resolution providing for an appeal
TO the railroad commission to reduce
the gas rates was offered. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on Light and
Gas.
Several petitions for sprinkling, ce-
ment curb and gutter, sewers, etc.
were read and referred. Sprinkling
is wanted by Fifth street residents,
Park to State street, Hancock from
7th to 9Th, Park from 4th to 9th street.
Hamilton from 7th to Sth. Ninth from
Hamilton to Marshal, Sixteenth, near
Washington street and Western Ave.
from 18th to 10Th, want cement curb
and cutters. w. Aumann and others
on Twenty-Third, Washington toFrank-
lin want the street graded and improv-
ed and Jas. Richards and Others asked
that the Sixth street sewer, Chicago to
State be fixed before fall. A remon-
STRANGE against the petition for sew
er on Madison, 14th to 18th, was filed
and the report of the committee grant
ing the sewer was recalled.
A resolution was introduced provid-
ing for the paving of Washington street
from 18th to 10Th, South 10th street
from Washington to Madison, York