The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-11
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

| ears evening was held last Thurs
day. Mayor Stole was travelling in
Mexico and President Frazier presid-
ed.
Mr.. A. w. Downing of the state
department of weights and measures
was given the privilege of the floor
and talked for half hour. He told of
the many abuses which the new state
law is intended to abolish, such as
short measures, berry boxes, peach
baskets, apple barrels, milk bottles,
fraudulent scales and bottomless
measures. He outlined the duties Of
the office of city sealer, showing that
even an active man can occupy all his
time with its duties. An important
function of the city sealer will be to
protect the city in all of it's purchases.
| He asserted that competent man
cannot be secured for $25 per month to
devote all his time to the work. The
old law was inadequate and unenfor-
cible. The new law is ample in scope
and provides sufficient agents and ma
chinery for its own enforcement.
The city sealer at Baraboo has saved
that city $4,000 from short measure
milk bottles alone If the salary is
increased here it will actually save
money and raise the moral tone of
business in the city. Mr.. Downing
had city sealer's outfit with him and
demonstrated its workings. The city
is required to purchase standards and
the outfit will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50.
The temperature was fifteen degrees
below outdoors which perhaps ac-
counted for some Of the four absentees,
Zemau, Goetzler, Schroeder and En-
gels.
The special Higgins committee re-
ported thra,gh Chairman Plumb that
they have had preliminary meeting
with Mr.. Higgins but had nothing
definite to report.
The Haabor committee and engineer
reported recommending that the new
dock at the gas plant be accepted.
| This was done and the acting mayor
and clerk instructed to enter into the
agree lease with the gas company.
The chief of police filed his annual
report. The only appropriation asked
is an increase of $3.50 per month in the
salary paid each officer. The report
contains the usual statistics showing
the age, nativity. sex and color of
persons arrested. GAP Ceases" were
handled in 1911, an increase from about
600 in 1910. The statistics were not
read. Someone moved that the news
papers publish them, but the chair did
not put the motion.
The license committee recommended
that the application of Andy Anderson
for saloon license at the old Oswald
Herman stand be rejected. The re-
port was adopted and the application
refused, 6 TO 4, Schelln, Smugler, Ru-
gowski and Frazier voting to grant the
| license.
a resolution introduced by Alder
man Plumb was adopted giving the
official sanction of the city government
to the movement of the Citizens Asso-
citation in continuing the effort to have
the federal government assume the
maintenance of the inner harbor in
this city. This will give to the repre-
sentatives of the association who are
to go to Washington in this quest, l..
f. Geer, A. l.. Nash and Mayor Stole,
what additional standing official re-
cognition adds. Following is the re-
solution:
Whereas, There is strong feeling
that the general government should
take over the maintenance Of the
Manitowoc river channel,
And whereas, certain citizens have
Board of Engineers at Washington.
''Be it resolved that the following
memorial be presented to said board
on behalf of this body and that copy
of the same be forwarded to the Hon.
James II. Davidson our member of
congress, and to the Hons. Robert M.
La Toilette and Isaac Stephenson, our
senator's.
"To the Board Of Engineers for
Rivers and Harbors.
1--WE, the members of the common
council Of the city OF Manitowoc, State
of Wisconsin, do hereby petition your
body to most carefully investigate the
project now before you, involving the
taking over by the general govern
ment of the inner harbor and channel
maintenance of the Manitowoc river
at this point,
in this connection we desire to call
TO your attention the facts:
"Q) That the commerce of this
harbor is largely (some 30 per cent in
fact through commerce with little re.
sulting benefit To the locality.
"(2) That this community has In
the past burdened It's tax payers with
an enormous load in maintaining one o.
the best channels on the lake for the
benefit OF through commerce at its owr
expense and that it does not feel tha
it can longer do this. Should it cease
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