Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Council Chamber, Jan. 9th, 1914
Council met in regular session, Mayo
Cohen presiding.
Present Aldermen Bamberg, Ketchum
Gaulke, Mccarthy, Edw. F., Calkins, Nc
Carthy, E. T., Getzlaff, Plenke, Lukaseski
Yeschke, Prebbanow, Wittrock, Damon
Tomsyck, Binneboese, and Jeffrey.
On motion the reading of the minute.
of the last meeting of the council was
dispensed with
The Mayor made the following recon-
mendations:
Grand Rapids. Wisconsin, Jan. 9Th, 1914
To the Common Council of the City OF
Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Gentlemen The year 1913 has passed
into history. While the Council has &C.
cOmplished good many permanent i'm
provements for the City of Grand Rapids
they have also made a failure of the AS
phaltum Macadam paving, for which l lay
the responsibility mainly to the abutting
property owners, for signing for what
they have received, but the Mayor of the
City receives the blame for everybody IS
action, right or wrong.
l would like to recommend the follow
ing for your consideration:
ECONOMY.
Curtai expenses as much as possible
Economic much as possible, in every
City Department. Do not spend too much
money on streets unless the water and
sewer mains are already. established in
said street.
PAVING.
For quick action, to begin next spring,
to have Second street from the corner of
the First National bank to Geo. t. Row
land & Sons store, including Market
Square. Also to pave Grand avenue from
the Chicago & North Western depot to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul depot All
such paving to be of brick only. Contract
should be let for paving as soon as pos
sible, so as to begin developments in the
spring. This is most necessary.
PAVING EXTENSIONS
Extend paving one block each way, North
and South from Grand avenue, on First,
Second, Third and Fourth avenues. Also
extend paving from our present brick
paving as follows: Second street south,
street east. one block; Baker street east, to
corner of Seventh street
sPRINKLING.
The City of Grand Rapids to do its own
sprinkling, with water or oil, as the City
Council may decide, for the particular
locality, the same to be charged up its
pro rata to the abutting property owners,
on the tax roll.
CLEANING.
clean from droppings and refuse. One man
to be hired for each the East and West
side, by the job, for a period of eight
months of each year. to be let to the low
est bidder, to attend to this matter.
SEWERS.
All our new main sewers to be hereafter
to be constructed. are to be not less than
twenty four inch pipe, and not less than
six feet deep, to avoid trouble.
The water mains TO be extended in Grand
avenue, from Seventeenth avenue to Thir-
tenth avenue, to enable all citizens re
siding on Seventeenth avenue TO connect
with City water, as all their water wells
are insufficient to supply them with water,
On account of the Seventeenth avenue sew
ar constructed last year.
CITY HALL.
Beginning 1914 to 1918. Five Thousand
Dollars TO be set aside every year as a
sinking fund for City Hall TO be erected
m the near future. and Acting City Comp
roller to be instructed to include said
Five Thousand Dollars in the City Budget
or the years 1914 TO 1918 inclusive. This !