Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04

Lold and young, the private citizen
and the public official are all entitled
to congratulation. He said the
pioneers, the young people and the
citizens generally were to be con-
graduated. He told of the services
of each member of the city council;
of the building committee which had
labored 50 earnestly to give the peo-
pie an honest job; how such worthy
unseltish efforts are Sometimes an
justly criticised by persons who may
be found in every community and to
be thus misrepreSented and maligned
is not altogether pleasant. But in
this building they can say to their
constituents: "We have given you
our best efforts; your new city hall,
including grounds, building, decora-
tions, furniture, all that it contains,
costs you less than $4,000; not
dollar has been spent above contract
price for extras" Mr.. Regner said,
land they are to be congratulated.
Mr. Regner closed by saying: 81 trust
therefore, that every one here will
leave with the earnest desire to as
sumo his share in the affairs of this
city, for his sake, for the best inter
ests of his children, for the best in
terestS of the community, so that it
may always be said that WauSau is
an ideal city to live in, that its peo-
pie are happy and prosperous and
that there are none better in the
land"
S. B. Tobey, Supt. of our city
schools, followed Mr.. Regner. He
said that ''all men dream dreams and
see visions but few translate them
into reality To those few who do
so translate them belongs the credit
for the progress of the race. Many
of our citizens have realized the need
of new city hall. 1t has remained
for the present city council to supply
that need"
He further said that the old city
hall was inadequate and did not
represent the present civic pride of
the city; told of its location and con-
struction, of its interior tinishings,
marble halls, etc, and that it was
one of which every citizen could well
feel proud and it is one which even
the humbleSt taxpayer has cheerfully
contributed his full shafe toward its
erection and he has a right to his full
share of the common ownership.
In closing he said "We can
truthfully say that around this build
ing there is no taint of dishonesty,
no suspicion of graft, every dollar of
money which has been put into it
has been paid for by dollars worth
of material or labor"
Claire B. Bird supplied for NJ b.
Rosenberg who was scheduled for an
address at the ceremonies. Mr.. Bird
said he could hardly be expected to
ill his place when it came to weight,
he might do so up and down but not
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the opportunity to have share in
the dedication. The speaker briefly
summed up the early beginning of
our city, even going back TO the time
when this part of the world was in
process of formation, giving those
present its geological history which
was indeed interesting. He paid high
tribute to early settlers and said:
'sDid these pioneers think the city
they founded and its Official home
would become what they now have
with we'll grounded belief that the
future has yet more in stores Let
the toast of 1857, when the first news
paper was started furnish the histori-
cal answer -
TOAST OF 1857.
sThe village of Wausau, may its
great natural advantages be improved
| by art 10 the utmost extent and
where the forest pine now stands,
lmay the spires city rise-the home