The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

A regular session of the city council
was held Monday night. All members
| were present.
| Petitions for combination cement
curb and cutters on North Ninth street,
Huron to St. Clair; Madison street,
Eighth to Ninth; Sixth street, State to
St. Clair; Marshall street, Eighteenth
to Nineteenth were filed. Residents
of North Ninth, New York avenue to
Pine street asked for extension of wat
er works mains and several petitions
for oiling of streets were fled The
council granted the petition for curb
and gutter on North Sixth street and
held the others over.
The petition, previously filed for
sewer on Columbus street between 10th
and llth streets was granted.
The election of Walter M. Joyce as
poor commissioner by the committee
on poor, was confirmed by unanimous
vote of the council.
The committee on bridges reported
in favor of building a new bascule or
lift bridge on Eighth street, and the
appointment of committee to visit
Milwaukee and Chicago and investi-
gate the different kinds of lift bridges.
According to the report new lift
bridge can be secured for $4,000 and
the committee said that the difference
in this figure and that of $25, 900 for
repair of the old bridge was so small
that the city should not hesitate TO
put in the new bridge. There was no
discussion of the report which was
adopted by unanimous vote. The may
or named the bridge committee and
city engineer to investigate the differ
ent types of lift bridges.
Atty. Wyseman, law partner of City
Atty. Harry Kelley, will be acting city
attorney during the absence of Mr..
Kelley who left Tuesday on ten days
trip to Edmonton, Canada.
Declaring that the two assessors of
the city are not complying with the
law and serving notice that he will re-
fuse to accept the assessment unless
the law is complied with, Supervisor
of Assessments Joseph Connell, in
communication to the council, suggest
ed that city officials meet him in his
Office Wednesday night to consider
the matter. Mr.. Connell says that the
state tax commission is dissatisfied
with the assessment of the city and
that the assessors must do their duty
according to law.
The mayor suggested that members
of the council who will serve on the
board of review, and the committees
on assessment and finance, with the as
SCISSORS, attend the meeting and the
suggestion met the approval of the
council.
By vote of II to /, Sherer dissent
ing, the council allowed the two bills
for breaking the ice jam up river, one
VI Vioo W tuO SOOuTlCl W. dIlU ScC-
ond of over S400 to William Rahr.
Bids from the Herald and News for
the publishing of the proceedings and
official notices and ordinances we're
read and referred to the committing on
printing. The Herald was slow" on
official notices, etc., while the News
was slow" on the proceedings. The
past year the Herald had the proceed
ings and the News the advertisements.
1t seems strange that the council
don't make these "dutfers" bid and
"bust" that combination.
City Treasurer FRANKIE submitted
three bonds to meet the requirement
for increased bonds. One general bond
of s35, 900, one of 5000 covering water
department funds and one for $1,000
for police pension funds. The latter
bond went to the police pension fund
board for approval, the council approx
ing the other two.