Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-10
CITY COUNCIL IN
MONTHLY SESSION
A Large Amount of important
Business was Transacted

The city council met in regular |
session last evening. All the alder |
men were present excepting Damon |
The session was a busy one and
quite a good deal of work was &C
complished
A sidewalk was ordered in on 7th
street south from Oak street south
three blocks.
Water mains were ordered laid
on High street from 4th to 9Th ave
nue. and one block north ON 9Th Ave.
$500 was appropriated to fix what
is known as the Bronkella road in
the Wychan addition.
Electric street lights were order
ed placed at the following places:
One light near the canning house;
one light at the Ketchum corn er lone
| light at the bridge in front of the
Huntington place; one light at the
corner Of 4th and Chestnut street;
one light at the corner of Cleveland
and 4th avenue. 1t was ordered by
the council that no more street lights
would be ordered in for sometime
to come.
| The finance committee was ordered
to check up the electric light bill
for tsreet lighting and to make
a thorough investigation as to the
| lighting of the city streets. An eff
fort will be made to do away with
some of the arc lights and to sub
stitute incadescent lights. In each
instance where an arc light is taken
out, AN incadescent light will be put
in and another incadecsent light put
in at some needed point The idea
being to install two incadescent
lights, each in a different place for
each arc light taken out.
The city will dig a ditch on 18th
avenue north of Grand avenue to
drain some land in that section. The
dirt taken from the ditch will be
used to build road.
A deed for a street was received
from Goldberg & Hickman. The St.
to be built from 8th street three
blocks, the city to pay Goldberg &
Hickman $12 for a cross walk that
was built by them at the time of
laying a walk in front of their prop
erty.
A communication from the Indus
trial committee of the school board
asking for an appropriation of ST.
500 for the continuation school was
laid over until the October meeting,
at which time the annual budget will
be made up.
A petition was presented to the
council for the repeal of the ordin--
ance which provides that abutting
property owners shall pay part OF
the expense of laying water mains.
This petition was laid on the table.
On motion, it was decided to dis
continue the weekly band concerts.
A sidewalk was ordered in on Sth
avenue north from Gardner street
to connect with the sidewalk in front
of the J. w. Natwick property.
1t was suggested that all cement
side walk builders be required to
pay a license fee and give a bond.
This matter was referred to the
city attorney with instructions to in
vestigate and draw an ordinance to
that effect.
The usual grist of bills and ac--
counts were ordered paid.
A representative of the Travellers
Insurance Co. appeared before the
court with a proposition to insure
city employees and firemen against
accident The proposition is a good
one and had such insurance been in
force last year, the city would have
saved quite a little amount. The
proposition was referred to the Board
of Public Works.