Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-28
NEW CITY COUNCIL.

THE new city adniinist alton 6 mn
mencrd lis duties on Taesda, evening
last. Before finaIls sijourniiig the old
council, Mayor Rinxle said this 10 lie
niembers:
Before declaring the final adj
journment. wish To thank YOU for
your support anu faithful service i'm
the public interest during the past
two years. Ii is my opinion that no
previous city government has hid a
greater responsibility thrust upon it !,
and that you have aimed to do your
duty conscientiously TO promote the
public welfare. Nothing better than
this eau be said of public servant.
and on behalf of the people of our
city, thank YOU
The recently elected members of
the new city council were all present.
Mayor Ringle's inaugural address was
a strong statement of conditions,
pointing out the way TO keep down
burdensome taxation. Hesaid among
otner things:
"You are confronted by a def
cheney in the general fund. AL
though disappointment, it is not
wholly a misfortune, when the cause
thereof is considered. To avoid the
condition it would have been, neces-
sary to increase the tax levy of 1913.
which for well known reasons was al
ready burdensome.
THE situation has been caused
mainly by the settlement and pay
ment from the general fund Of a
long standing account of the county,
principally for poor maintenance, an
oversight in the city estimates in
not including the unpaid portion of
the brick paving contract, which was
also paid from the general fund"
And further, that we are fortunate
in not having any large improve
ments in sight for the coming year.
He said that he confidently expected
that the new city government could
make reduction in the tax rate,
but the necessary expenses which he
enumerated brought the amount up
to high figure He said it was the
duty of the administration to Keep
up the streets, bridges and sewers in
repair. and when it was considered
that we had ninty-five miles of streets
and roads in addition to fifteen miles
of permanent pavement 1t was no
system was in excellent condition,
showing that there were 40 miles OF
mains and that there were nearly
$500 consumers. He said that it was
desirable that we have more pleasure
and recreation grounds: that the
Street Railway company should ex-
tend its car line TO the fair grounds
and to the north of our city.
The following officers were elected
by the council:
City Clerk-C. C. Adams.
City Attorney-F. P. Regner
City Engineer-B. c.. Gowan.
City Physician-G. A. Theilke.
Electrician-Pau Reiche.
Poor CONF. p. Schneider.
Board of Education-Sixth ward,
Edward Huffman; Fifth ward, Mrs.
Laura E. Bird; Seventh ward j. H.
Johannes; Eighth ward, H. j. Pagen-
kopf: at large, Mrs. Florence Kelly.
Mayor Ringe appointed the follow
ing committees:
Finance, Claims and Licenses
Lull, Ringle, Leak, Zielsdorf and
Huffman.
Repairs and Improvements Pc
tiers, Leubner, Hackbarth, Hoenisch
and Klokow.
Fire, Police and Poor-G earhart
Garske, Brandemuehl, Braasch and
Umnuhs.
Public Property and Lighting
Borowitz, Dern, Peters and
Hackbarth.
Judiciary, Industries and Salaries
Eampert, Ringle, Kuhl- |
man and Braasch.
Board of Health-Zielsdorf, Gear
hart Leak, Dern and Borowitz.
Also made the following appoint
ments: Emil Platter to succeed hin.-
self as member of the park board; |
Miss Susan Underwood, Mary G. !
Dickens and w. w. Albers as mem |
bers of the public library board; E.
c. Zimmerman Us member of the |
police and fire commission; John NJ.
Lull as member of the water COM
A committee of three were appoint
ed to investigate the charges made,
that the architechts of the new CITY /
hall had been overpai6 for their
work. Ex-Aldermens Schulze and
Weisbrod and Alderman Peters com
prise the committee.