The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-20
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

OvII VUUNOII UVJIOs
! The Council met in regular session
Monday evening. All members were
present, including Thomas McKeough
the new alderman from the sixth, who
played q thinking part only in his first
session
John Plumb don't want to risk
legal entanglements from serving on
both the city water board and the city
park commission and so resigned from
the latter.
The letter of William Rahr, ST., ask
ing the council to order. the mayor,
clerk and treasurer to restore the dlf-
ference between par value ofthe water
works bonds and the alleged lesser
price, as printed in full in last weeks
Pilot, was read and referred to the
finance committee without comment.
John Schuette gives $40 to the city
every year for the poor. The council
ordered half of this years sum to be
given to each OF the two ladies relief
societies.
Fred Kiel living on North 9th street
was taxed $3.50, Is years ago on his
lot frontage for sewer. Last summer
when the sewer was extended entirely
past the lot he was enormously taxed
like sum again. The second tax
was refunded.
The resolution fixing water rates
and practices as now in force was
adopted.
Schroeder promised report on the
proposed changes to Sth street bridge
at the next meeting.
Plumb suggested the forbiddiDg of
any contract work in keeping up lots
the cemetery by anyone other than
Il ton. Kapitz, his colleague on
sth wsetery committee, supported
Se Drut in a vehement speech.
. Suo a q N of the authority of the
ri' ra.,. | snd money for blasting out
l. =, in the river was broached.
Il was decided that the city's duty is
to protect its river channel and bridges
in the present emergency.
n Anderson says that the police horse
DAN because OF big feet, costs more
Y to keep shod than any horse alive and
wants the fire department shoer to do
the work. He was informed that the
shoer has resigned because the job is
"too steady"
The mayor for while got onto one
OF his favorite subjects: the necessity
for planning for septic sewage disposal
when the fedsrs, government shall
FORBID sewage flowage into Lake Mich
igan.
Superintendent OF water Meye re-
ported that the reported frozen condi-
tion of a hydrant at the time of the
Krumdick and Clark fire is false. 1t
, went to the fire and water committee.
The budget of the city school board,
estimating the amount of money they
will need for school purposes next year
was presented. 1t calls for an increase
of $1,000 over last year.
The budget submitted by the board
is as fellows:
To tn, Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City Of Manitowoc
Wisconsin,:
Gentlemen:
The Board of Education of the City
OF fManitowoc hereby certifes to your
hnorable body that said Board did,
OIL the 4th day of March, 1913, duly
eetermine that the sum necessary to
be raised by taxation in the City Of
Manitowoc, and Town of Manitowoc,
for school purposes for the ensuing
year, is $70,976.60; City $67,9766O;
Town, $3,OO0 that the sum necessary
for each purpose therein specified is
as follows:
Estimated Expenditures
Salaries. ........... -. -. $6O2ll.0O
Bonds and Interest. -. -. 6l92.00
Manual Training, Domestic
Science, Chemical and Ply
sical Apparatus. s................6 .650.00
Text Books. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
Commercial Department ...... $4,000
Repairs and Improvements
of Buildings
l Seventh Ward Grounds. :. 10000
2 Luling School Grounds. 10000