Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-23

day haul away free all rubbish and
garbage that the citizens would plspc3
in barrels or boxes on the street in
front of their homes or places OF bUsi-
ness. Several aldermen objected to
the latter part of the resolution, on
the ground that the city cannot afford
to spend any money for such purpose
at present, and further that every
citizen should take pride in helping
along the spirit of "Wausau Beauti-
ful' and haul away his garbage and
rubbish at his own expense. On mo-
tion to adopt the majority voted
against the resolution.
The complaint OF Rev. f. I'll. Brig
ham, asking for the revocation of the
saloon license of M. Croft, 103 Scott
street, was presented to the council
for action. City Attorney f. e. Bump,
brought the case before the council,
he calling Municipal Judge Louis
Marchetti to testify that M. Croft
had on the 25th day of January, 1912,
plead guilty in his court to charge
of having sold intoxicating liquor to a
minor, ore Paul Schoepke, the offense
having been committed on the 23rd
day of the same month, and that he
paid fine of $50 and $3.45 costs. He
explained that the pleading of guilty
on such a charge in any court was
held by the statutes as conclusive
evidence for a council to revoke a
| license, and further that the law
made it compulsory for council to
do so, on a complaint being brought
before that body Attorney T. 2.
Regner appeared for Mr.. Croft and
had him give testimony in his behalf.
He admitted having plead guilty to
the charge and of paying a tine, but
said that he did so because he consid-
cred that the least expensive, and
| less troublesome than to refute the
charge by trial in court. He de-
MED having sold or given liquor to
Schoepke or any other minor. Mr..
Regner explained to the council that
the law regarding the reyoking of a
license by a council was very plain:
that it distinctly says that for selling
or giving Intoxicating liquor to a
minor without the consent or writ
ten order of parents or guardian a
license must be revoked; that the
complaint and warrant for the arrest
| of Mr.. Croft did not contain that
clause nor did it appear on the records
of the court: that the complainant
| failed to prove by evidence or witness
that such was the case, and conse-
quently the council would not have
to revoke the license. Several alder
men asked the city attorney for an
opinion on the matter, as to whether
| the statute was mandatory under ex-
isting conditions, but he declined TO
make a definite statement, further
| than to say that the failure of said
clause to appear on record altered the
case considerably, and that he had
not been aware of that fact before
then. On motion of Adm. Weisbrod
the matter was laid over until the
next meeting of the council.
| The report of the water commission,
which had been referred by the old to
the new council, and in which the
commission recommended, that the
council take immediate action on the
installing of a new six million gallon
capacity pump, was discussed at
length and finally adopted. The
commission was also authorized to
enter into contract with The Snow
Steam Pump Co. of Buffalo, n. Y,
for the installment of such pump as
per their offer, namely for the sum OF
| S14, $50, the city to build the founda-
tion and make all connections.
Before the adoption of the report a
communication of the Wausau Street
Railroad company, was presented in
which the company offered to build a
new pump house 24x32 feet in size to
be constructed OF concrete and brick
properly reinforced and water proof,
and equip the same with three centri.
fugal pumps, one of which to be OF
four and two of three million gallons
oapacity per day, all connected with
direct electric motor power, the
/ pumps to be connected with the main
service pipe and all to be completed
ready for operation, for sum not tc
exceed sl6,S0000. The company
further proposed to furnish power
to operate the pumps on the basis oi
$3.50 for each million gallons of water
pumped and guaranteed that for a
two year period the total cost of power
would not exceed $1,000 per year. The
estimated cost of operating the pro
posed plant fot one year was given al
S44eS, besides The cost of power. Com
pared with the cost of operating the
present plant for the year May 1st
| 19l1-19l2, which was given in the
communication at s12,275.1S, the
company's offer at first glance ap
peared very acceptable. The members
of the water commission had, how
ever, looked into the matter very
thoroughly and reported to the coun
Gil that centrifugal pumping system
was q very economic one for cities
lying on level surface, but for this
| city, with its grades and hills il
would prove very expensive. NJ. C
Ewing ofthe Street Railroad company
Albert j. KraatZ of the water com
mission, Alderman A. v. Gearhart
Mayor Ringle and others took part il
the discussions of this Important
lqueStion, which lasted until neal