The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-06

LIE treasury on y uIl0 i OIL p1O, o5OOo,
read, accepted and ordered filed.
Following bills audited by finance
committee were read and allowed, all
voting in affirmative on roll call:
A. RuSch, street work ......S Sc %
| W F. Mabbett, city engineer. % %
James Reynolds, salary and exp. ........ 20 65
| John Maggie, salary. Observation-Disclosures. So 90
h ". Johnson Manville Co., packing. 68
Is. Springer salary and exp. ............. 81 50
Fred Campbell, salary ................. 81 90
| P. Mccain, special police ............... Is %
Edg. Elect. 1t. Co.. lighting. 236 IS
| ThOS. Wileman haul cart to fires 90
| Geo. Ogden, drying hose. ................ 90
Camp 44O, rent of hall to June 1,......... IS 90
Heddles Lumber Co., material. ..... 159 IA
City Engineer w. F. Mabbett pre-
sented plan and specifications for water
main on East Albion road and Victoria
road.
Aid. Dickinson offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
Resolved by the Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil, That plan AMI specifications for four inch
cast iron water main on East Albion road and
Victoria road. from Doty street to Broadway,
as prepared by City Engineer w f. Mabbett,
be and are hereby accepted and the mayor and
city clerk are instructed to advertise tor bids
for the laying of mains according to said plan
and specifications.
Roll call Hayes 5.
Petition of Jos. j. Leary ct. al. for
Ecrosswalk on North 1st street read and
referred to street committee.
Aid. Farman offered the following
resolution and moved it's adoption:
Whereas, Application to this body was made
by United Cigar Manufacturers Company,
Amelia TointOn, t. B. Earle G. f. MaDbett,
Agnete Hollo, James Pollard, Sophia Carlson,
Harry Hutson, w. j. Schumacher, d. w.
North, Chicago. Milwaukee Il st. Paul Rail
way Company, Ava Carlson, Will H. Houfe, F.
Ito h oil ont
5th day of May, A. D. 1913 for the discontin-
uance of that part of Mechanic street in our
city described as follows:
Beginning at point on the east line of said
street where the same interSectS the north line
of the right of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee
Il st. Paul Railway Company; thence north
along the east line of said street one hundred
forty-seven and eighty-four one hundredths
feet to the northwest corner of block sixteen
of the original plat of the City of Edgerton;
thence in SOuthWeSterly direction to a point
on the north line of said railway companys
rght-ofway thirty six feet west of the place
of beginning; thence east along the north line
of said railway cOmpany'S f1ght-Of-Way to be-
ginning; and,
Whereas, Before the filing of said applica-
ton with the City Clerk, the applicants made
and filed with the Register of Deeds of Rock
County, Wisconsin, a notice of the tendency of
their said application, containing the names
of the applicants and petitioners and a brief
statement of the object of their application
and petition, together with map and descrip-
ton of the lands to be affected thereby, due
proof of which filing has been made and is now
here presented to this body; and,
Whereas, Pursuant to the order and direc-
ton of this body, written notice, in due form,
stating that said petition and application
would be acted upon by the Common Council
of the City of Edgerton on the End day Of June,
A. d. 1913, at seven thirty o'clock in the after
noon of that day, at the council chamber in
the WoOdman hall of this city, and describing
the part of said Mechanic street so proposed to
be discontinued was posted in more than pub
lie places in this city three full weeks before
said End day OF june A. D. 1913 ana the SAID
notice was, pursuant to the order and d1fec-
ton of this body, duly published in The Wis
cOnSin Tobacco Reporter, the official paper OF
this city, and newspaper published and
printed in this city, once each week for three
successive weeks before the said second day of
June A. D. 1913, due proofs OF which posting
fled With the City Clerk, and are now here
presented to this body: and,
Whereas, In the opinion of this body, the
best interests OF the city will be advanced, the
public good will be promoted by granting the
prayer of said petitioners. and disseminating
that part of said street which petitioners have
requested this body to discontinue for the rea-
son that the same is not used and is of no
value to the public as street or thoroughfare,
and,
Whereas, 1t fully appears, by due proofs
made before this body, that said petition and
application, before being filed in the office of
the City Clerk, was signed and is now signed
by all of the owners of the frontage of all of
the lots and land abutting upon the portion of
said Mechanic street sought to be discontinued,
and of two-thirds of the owners of lots and
lands AUDITING on the remainder thereof, and
that all the conditions precedent to the taking
action by this body for the discOntinuance of
said part of said street have been duly COM
piled with by said petitioners, and that this
body is now prepared TO act thereon;
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, By the Com
mon Council of the City of Edgerton, That the
prayer of said petitioners and applicants be-
and the same is hereby in all respects, granted
and that all that part of Mechanic street in
said City of EdgertOn, Rock County, W1scon-
sin, described as follows: Beginning at point
on the east line of said street where the same
interSectS the north line of the right-Of-way of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Company; thence north along the east line of
said street one hundred fOrty-Seven and eighty
four one hnndredthS feet to the northwest cor
ner of block sixteen of the original plat of the
City of EdgertOn; thence in a SOuthWesterly
direction to point on the north line OF said
railway cOmpany's right-Of-way Sc feet west
of the place of beginning; thence east along
the north line of said railway company's
right Of-way to beginning, be- and the same
hereby is, wholly discontinued
Roll call-Ayes 5.
Objections to the proposed improve
ment on Albion and Rollin streets were
heard by the council.
Aid. Jensen offered the following res
olution and moved its adoption:
Whereas, The Common Council of the City
of Edgerton, on the 20th day of January, 1913,
and the 18th day of April, 1918, duly adopted a
resolution declaring it to be the sense and pur-
pose of the Council that Albion street from the
north margin of Fulton street to the north
margin of Pleasant street. and Rollin street
from the west margin of Albion street to the
west margin of Mechanic street. be improved
at the expense of the property to be benefited
by grading the roadway thereof and by con-
structing thereon an asphalt filled macadam
pavement together with combined curb and
gutter; and Rollin street from the east margin
of Albion street to the west margin of Bentley
Place be improved by constructing cement
combined curbs and cutters on the north side
thereof and directing the Street Assessment
and determine benefits and damages and
amounts TO be assessed against said real es
in said resolution specified, and to make re- |
port thereof, and the said Street Assessment |
Committee in pursuance OF such direction, |
and determined the various matters and |
things which said committee was required |
under said resolution to consider and deter |