The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-06-18
CITY COUNCIL. NOTES.

The complaint appears 10 haNe pooo'i'
chronic. The utility affairs formerly
handled by commissions, occupy iot
of time. The council adjourned at
ll:4O. All members were present.
Residents of Franklin street demand
larger sewer and underground wires
before the street is paved.
The fremen were each given Il days
vacation.
A communication was read from sew
eral business men asking that an eqal-
table rate be~established for water
service furnished to sprinkler systems.
It. alleged that the rate Low charged is
illegal.
A gateman at the crossing at 10Th
street will be asked of the G. q n. w.
railway.
An ordinance removing the city ply
siciau from the board of health, evil
dently with the purpose of the break
ing the 9 . deadlock that is preventing
the appointment of new health onl-
Ger, lies over.
The resolution to buy the lot adjoin-
ing the Franklin street fire station
came up. Schuet2e scotled at the idea
of buying $4,000 lot for the purpose oi
storing machinery and demanded that
the real purpose Of the purchase pe
disclosed. No one enlightened him al
though the mayor looked grim Ac-
ton was deferred.
The two fifth warders put over their
plan to grade and gravel FRANKLIN
from 18th to 18th to force a recaIclt-
rant abutter to build sidewalk. The
side walk is all that is wanted but 1t
cannot be ordered on an unimproved
street
The utilities committee reccomend-
ed paying the employees twice month
The mayor was strenuous in his obJec'
tions but it carriad l3 to /, Leman alone
supporting the mayor. Considerable
feeling was manifest and then Scherei
started something by charging that the
salaries of the two utility clerks had
been boosted from $40 to $40 pet
month a surrepttious alienation OF
figures in the committees reccomend'
ations. Chairman Georgenson denied
this and Scherer said that the eXpana-
ton was "falsehood. The chair
man showed admirable restraint and
the incident gor no further except an
order by the mayor to Scherer to take
his feet off his desk. On the vote to
make the salaries S75 Scherer alone
voted "No."
Ten blocks of water mains were or
dered. The attorney said that the
council need not wait until the pend
ing circuit court case is decided, be-
cause the principle alleged defects in
the former assessments will not appear
in new ones.
Walter Bahr was given a sewer job,
he being the lowest bidder.
The report of the board of public
works assessing benefits for the I'M
provement of block on 25th street
north from Clark was adopted, as was
their report of damages equaling bene-
fits for change of grade on 23rd from
Washington to Clark. The new grade
goes across from bank to bank about
% feet above the railway tracks.
| SchuetZe wanted 25th street paved in
i stead of graveIed and desultory dis
cussion apropos of nothing took lot
of time.
1t was 1890 when recess time came
and the mayor was dspleased al the
time consumed. When the council
against his wishes insisted upon hear
ing representative of the General
Electric Company upon the, project to
transmit high tension electric cur
rent here from High Falls in Oconto
county, the mayor said ''you can stay
here all night if you want to-" called
President Thorison to the chair and
went home. The speaker showed how
power could be purchased much cheap
er than it can be generated. a com
mittee was authorized to go to Green
Bay and report on how it is working
out there Tuesday the mayor showed
his present feeling toward Georgenson
chairman of the utilities committee, by
appointing for the junket, Thorison,
McKeough, Wagner, Engineer PITT
and Electric Supt. Schroeder.
A scheme of Shuetze's, over which
he waxed eloquent, TO turn over Sl5O
to the Marine Band to help them cee-
brate the Fourth OF July didn't arouse
enthusiasm. 800 was finally appro-
priated to be used in the mayors dis
creton.
President Thorison said Bigel was
killing time because he didn't have To
90 to work in the morning and Bigel
reioined: "Ths idea that | don't do
anything is all rot. -
Eighty applications for saloon licen-
ses were referred. This is a loss of
two over last year. They viii be re-
ported from the license committee and
acted upon at an adjourned meeting
June Both.