Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
CITY COUNCIL KEPT BUSY.
Holds Two Meetings Last Week, Tues
day and Friday.

The city council had an immense
amount of work brought before 1T al
its regular monthly meeting helc
last Tuesday, principal of which were
petitions and resolutions praying fol
and ordering sewers, street improve
ments, etc. There were petitions fol
a sewer on Grand Ave-, to extend tC
Ruder street; extension of water maiI
on Arthur street; adoption of plat Of
J. M. Sullivan's addition on Sturgeon
Eddy road; appropriation of 5000 fol
open air concerts to be furnished by
Cones band; granting a recount o1
votes cast in ninth ward for alderman
as John Braash, who had been a can
didate at this spring election, alleges
that the ballot clerks failed to count
votes that were cast for him; liquor
license to be issued to Mrs. NJ. Parent
and Mrs. M. Saindon; adoption of HI
B. Huntington plat, to allow record.
ing; street light at intersection OF
Plumer street and Prospect avenue;
adoption of plat of Jos. Ripcinski adj
ditiop; paving Stewart avenue from
First avenue to Fair Grounds; sewer
| leading from foot of East hill along
Sixth street to Mcintosh street and
thence to river; appropriation of $500
to Agricultural society to help keep
up park and grounds; appointment of
plumbing inspector; sewer on Elm
street; catch basins on Jefferson
street; repairing Burek avenue. All
of these petitions were referred to
committees to be reported on at the
next meeting.
An ordinance creating a new divi-
sion line between the second and
third wards was read and referred to
the committee on ordinances.
A bid for sprinkling the streets was
presented by Healy & Towle, they
agreeing to furnish team and driver
for $3.50 per day. Sunday work to be
paid for double. Was referred to COM
mittee on street work.
A resolution was presented and
adopted, authorizing the mayor and
clerk to enter into contract with John
Anderes & Son, johnson Electric
company and A. B. Wheeler & Son
company, as per their bids for the
construction and completion of the
new city hall. Another resolution,
authorizing the mayor and clerk to
borrow $4,000 to pay for the work of
building the city hall, was also adopt
ed.
A resolution calling for the dis
charge Of the special engineer hired
to run the city fire steamer, and plec-
ing the care of that piece of fire ap-
paratus under the duties of the chief
engineer of water works was adopted.
The st. Paul r. r. company was
instructed by resolution to build
safe and permanent sidewalk over
its right of way on the south side
of Washington street.
That members of the fire depart
ment should be allowed full pay for
time lost during illness or disability
was the object of resolution that
was referred to the committee on
fire.
a resolution instructing the finance
committee to audit the books of the
oif w nffi aI and hnriVp
them to engage one man to assist in
the work, was adopted. Likewise a
resolution that set the amount of
surety bonds to be furnished by the
city treasurer at $4,000, by the comp
troller at $1,000, and by the clerk at
81, 900, and that the board of public
works advertise for bids from surety
companies to furnish said bonds.
The sum of 800 was appropriated
for the purpose of assisting the G. A.
R. in defraying the expense of the
Memorial day observance.
A resolution making the position
of plain clothes officer a permanent
one in the police department was
adopted.
Several resolutions, ordering the
macadamizing of a number of streets,
the plans and specifications for which
work had been completed several
years ago, were presented and re-
ferred to the committee on streets.
Also a resolution ordering the re-
macadamizing of Grand avenue from
Sturgeon Eddy road south to the city
limits.
The board of public works was in
structed to complete tile preparatory
work of paving Scott street, from
High bridge to Third street, and
Washington street, from Slough
bridge to Third street and frosn
Fourth to Fifth streets.