Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-23
OLD AND NEW COUNCIL
MEET
Change in Officials of the City Took
Place Tuesday Evening.

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newly elected council. Mayor Lamont
called the meeting to order and IN a
short address thanked the members
of the old council for the. assistance
they had given him in attending to
the business affairs of the city during
the past two years. Before turning
over his seat and gayel to nayor John
Ringle, Mayor Lamont was presented
with a gold headed cane by City
Comptroller II. E. Marquardt on be-
half of the members of the council
and city officials, and resolution was
adopted in which the courteous and
treatment Mayor Lamont
had shown to all members OF the
council and city officials was commend
ed and their appreciation expressed.
the old council adjourned
sine die and Mayor Ringle and the
new council took their seats, and
Mayor Ringle read his inaugural adj
dress, in which he gave statement
of the financial condition of the city
and made recommendations for i'm
portant improvements, the imme-
diate carrying out of which he urged
upon the council. He said that con-
ditions in a financial way were not
very encouraging to undertake to ac-
complish very much, but the council
would have to find ways and means
to meet the existing conditions and
still keep the fact in mind, that
reduction in the tax rate is to be ac-
complished. He said further that the
available cash in the city treasury
amounted to S75, l44.16, but $4,000 OF
this belonged to the city hall fund
and the school fund and water debt
were oyerdrawn to the amount of
S37 ,682. 10; that the only income the
city could consider would be from
licenses and the water department
which would amount to about $50, 900.
The bonded Indebtedness of the city
amounted to S273,400.00 and under
the present assessed valuation the
city could yet borrow $65,000. The
principal improvements which he
recommended aside from building a
new city hall were the installing of
new pump at the water works station,
the paving of Washington and Scott
streets and putting in better condi-
ton the main thoroughfares leading
into the city. Besides these improve
ments provisions had to be made to
replace the main bridge over the river
with more adequate and permanent
struction. He recommended that
loans be made to pay for these i'm
proyements when the time came and
also to replace in the school funds the
amounts withdrawn from them to
cover deficiencies in the building
funds, so as to enable the school
authorities to complete the school
year without oyerdrawing the school
funds. In concluding his address
Mayor Ringle said: "We must always
remember that we are servants of the
people, and that every man is ex-
pected to perform the service he has
engaged to perform. Only by har-
monious action in the interest af good
government can we hope to reach the
expectation of the people,"
The council then took up the cleo
tion of the various city officers, with
the following results:
President of the Council-E. e.
Schulze.
City Clerk-C. G. Adams.
City Attorney-F. P. Regner.
City Engineer-B. G. Gowan.
City Physician-Dr. G. A. Thielke.
City Electrician-Pau Reiche.
Street Commissioner Smith.
Poor-F. E. Schneider.
The appointment of DIR. d. Sauer-
herring as health physician was con-
frmed by the council.
Mayor Ringle announced the ap-
pointment of the following standing
committees
Finance-Lull, Schulze, Flatter.
-Steidtman, Peters, Mohr.
Claims Weisbrod, Rifieman, Pierce.
Public Property Flatter, Wolf,
Gearhart.
Fire-Schulze, E. w Lemke, Steidt-
mann.
Police-Pierce. Leubner, Zillmann.
Water Works-Peters, Rifiemal, III.
A. Lemke.
Streets and Bridges-Marrow, Leub-
ner, Zillman.
Paving-Riieman, Mohr, Ronek.
Sewers-Wolf, II. A. Lemke, Holz-
man.
Lighting-E. W. Lemke, Marrow,
Schulze.
Salaries -Luebner, Wolf, Holman.
Poor-Gearhart, Weis5rod, Steidt-
mann.
-Mohr, Flatter, Gearhart.
Health-Ronek, LulI, Yeisbrod.
Industries H. 4. Lemke, Peters,
Lull.
The council adjourned until Friday,
April 10, at 7;30 p. m.
At the meeting held Friday even
ing the mayor announced the follow
ing appointments:
As members of the board of educa-
tion, f. 2. Stone, at large, w. A.
Paf, second ward, W. B. Scholfield,
5tn ward, Aug. T. Marquardt. 9Th
ward, E. c. Zimmerman, 1st ward.
Member of park board. B. FL. Conlin.
Members of library board, Jos. Rip
czinski, C. E. Turner and III. G. Fiieth.
Member of fire and police commits
sion. ]. r. Werle.