The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-04
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met in regular session
Monday evening. Beasant, Anderson
and Kapitz were absent.
The council was invited to join in a
4th of July parade. The mayor refer.
red the invitation to the committee on
public Improvements but withdrew 1t
and by motion it was accepted"
Schellin is still smarting under the
recent steam rollering some OF his pet
projects for sewers and culverts re-
ceived. He introduced two resolutions
authorizing his committee (streets) to
do these things without asking the
council. They were referred and the
roller is being gotten into shape.
A resolution was adopted asking the
State Railroad Commission not 70
grant the pending petitions asking for
lower water rates and free service
pipes and metres.
GA saloon licenses were granted.
The applications of the balance, about
"a, were not, on file Is days before the
meeting and could not be acted upon.
These "a saloons will run for week
on their applications, if at all. The
unlicensed places include some leading
bars.
The city treasurer reported income
from various sources the past month
as follows: peddlers, S4.00; court fines,
Sl1.00; cemetery lot sales $3.50;
nickel show licenses, $500; G. A. R.
refund, S2S.37; rent of pest house, $500;
office rent from Water Dept, Sl35.
Three big sewer jobs were let to
Walter Bahr, he having underbid
Phalen and Gray Robinson Co.
The Board of Pnblc Works reported
that they had made genuine bona
fide assessment of benefits on four
streets. On some the benefits assessed
exceed the estimated cost by 40 per
cent; on another the assessment is but
one-fourth the estimated cost. On
none Of them is it the same as the cost.
This is departure in methods. BY
some miracle the benefits" have al.
ways been found to be exactly the
same as the cost of the Improvements.
North 18th street provoked about
the same amount of debate that it has
at meetings for years. The grade was
ordered changed and the street i'm
proved. This is the short stub leading
into L. KS. premises. PITT is to sign
release of damages for changing the
grade.
The resignation Of G., G. West from
the city library board was accepted.
The council wanted to change their
show ordinance by resolution so as to
fix the circus licenses at $500 for Aug
ust. This is to "protect" the county
fair. The attorney advised them to
attempt it by an ordinance if they in
sisted on doing it and an ordinance
was hastily drawn, and introduced by
Frazier. 1t lies over. 1t caused lot
of talk.
The proposed ordinance adopting
"rules of the road" was sent to the
committee on streets.
Street oiling took an hour of talking.
A motion to buy another tank car of
street oil was defeated, nine ayes and
two noes, the mayor ruling that it
required eleven votes to carry. Lip
pert and Smugler withstood wheedling
and opportunities for time but final
ly moved reconsideration on con-
dition that the cost would not come
out of the general fund and it carried.
The oiling is said to make the streets
dust proof, water proof and mud proof;
to prevent weeds and preserve the
street surface and the public health.
1t costs but cents per lineal foot to
the abutting owners and will last two
years. There are also some contra
arguments.
The city treasurer was directed to
turn over to the 6reman's pension fund
$500 sent by the state insurance de-
partment and collected from insurance
license fees. The pension trustees
want to invest in local municipal
bonds.
The mayor made his customary elo-
quent plea for a trial of a block or two
of sheet asphalt over macadam with
out any concrete base. II block or
two of property owners will agree to
pay for it it may be tried when the
White company comes here to pave
Washington street. 1t must be done
by agreement because assessments can
not be made for paving that has not a
concrete base.
Goetzler enjoys batting the chief of
police. He tainted the chief about
closing saloons until he drew fire from
the latter and Plumb automatically
got into the breach and stopped the
heated colloquy.