The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-19
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met in regular session
Monday evening, absentees, Ieman
and Schroeder.
Plumb came in late, having "bu1l
moose" organization meeting to attend
The mayor again urged the begin.
ming of proceedings to purchase the
electric light works. He now adds the
telephone utility to his contemplated
purchases. He quoted the annual re-
port made to the. state railroad COM
mission to show the enormous earnings
Of the telephone company and intimat-
ed that move for lower rates might
not be inappropriate.
Two amendments to the proposed
street traffic ordinance, one forbidding,
unnecessarily loud or shrill, annoying
or distressing horns or sirens and the
other prohibiting motor driven ve-
hicles from passing street cars which
are not moving, caused the postpone
ment of vote on the ordinance.
Plumb doesn't like the horn feature as
it reads.
A month ago the owners OF property
abutting on 18th street end at Huron
street asked permission to grade the
short street themselves without legal
formalities. The wary council scented
plot and refused. The residents then
calmly and deliberately went ahead
with the work notwithstanding the re-
fusal. Last night Beasant, who lives
in the other stub end opening north
demanded with emphasis that he be in
formed by what authority the city
government is being defed. From
outside the bar ex-alderman Phillip
PITT, despite the mayors refusal to
hear him, insisted upon answering.
The mayor finally stopped the debate
by heroic measures. Later Beasant
and Pitz were heard continuing their
heated discussion outside until their
voices were heard fainter and fainter
in the night off IN the direction of the
9th ward.
A resolution contemplating the ex-
ercise of sort of moral suasion to
effect the squelching of saloon auto
matte pianos, and particularly one in
certain 'inn" at 10 P. M. sharp was
laid over.
The city sealer has not yet been ap-
pointed. Two bids for his outfit were
opened. Each was about 5000.
The question OF loaning money from
the geDensi f,.sa 30 ooc OF the i.sAk.'
rupt sewer districts occupied time
again and drew from the mayor his
customary plea for the abolition of
sewer districts. Schellin has hopes OF
action by the next legislature which
will permit making the city one sewer
district.
Repairs to Sth street bridge estimat-
ed at 800 and to 10th street estimated
at $4OO were ordered. The repairs are
mostly new clusters of protection
piles.
The engineer will see to the repair
of the dock at the foot OF South 7th
street.
A large number of business men and
other citizens have petitioned for the
employment of the "Anti-Tuberculosis
nurse by the city.
Henry Ladwig wants to open a sa-
loon out at Green street without wait
ing two weeks for his application to
Nothing was done, which
was all that can be done.
The answer has been received from
Engineer Rudolph as to whether or
not he wants his job back. The ap-
pointment of permanent engineer
was again deferred.
Schellin reported that tests are being
made of the south side gravel pit which |
some of the aldermen want the council |
to buy.
A communication was read from the |
international commission" relative to |
the pollution of international boundary
waters by sewage. The bare possibil-
ity of the forbidding of sewage dspos-
al in the lake creates CONSERVATION in
city hall circles.