Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-05-07
COMMON COUNCIL


A regular meeting of the Common
Council was held Tuesday evening,
May 4fh, 1915, with seven Aldermen
present and Mayor Perry in the chair
On motion Of Alderman Chandler the
reading of the minutes of the preced-
ing meeting was dispensed with aud
the inmates were approved as printed.
Report of superintendent of water
works read and ordered placed on tile.
Report of the Marshal, of street
lights not burning in April, referred
to committee on fnanee.
Bills and payrolls referred to com
mittee on finance
Financial statement of city clerk and
acting COR ptroller read and ordered
placed on file
Petition for lights and cinder walk
in Third Ward read aud referred to
COMMITTEES on streets.
Application Of John Eebelacher Jr.,
Charles Anderson and John IIausch.
Jr., for pool table licenses referred to
committees ON license.
Petition of Adam Streng for can
collation. Of water pipe bonds read aud
referred to committee ON finance.
Committee on streets reported back
petition for water main on Eighth
Avenue from Kinsman Street to Vista
Avenae with resolution providing for
laying said watermains and reccon-
nendation that resolution be- adopted.
On roll cal the resolution was adopted.
lsesoielos opted providing fnr the
purchase OF strip III land eIst street III
lot ! block l.. c. & f. X. Rogers
addition,
Committee on license reported back
applications of John llauscll Jr.. Chas.
Anderson and John Uebelacher Jr.,
for pool table licenses with recon-
mendaton that licenses be granted on
payment Of the fees provided therefor
by law. On roll call the reports were
adopted aud licenses ordered granted.
PayrolIs and certain bills reported
back by committee on finance alowed
aud ordered paid
Petition of Ad a. Streng for can
eellatiuns of water pipe bonds report
back by finance committee with reso.
luton and on roll call the resolution
Was adopted and the bonds cancelled.
Ordinance establishing grade of Otto
Avenue reported back by committee
ON Plats and grades and adopted.
Report Of the board Of public works
on the bids for coal to be Supplied the
Water Works, city hall and city Jail
from May lst, 1915 to May list, 1916,
submitted with resolution awarding
contract to the lowest bidder, the W.
II. Pipkorn Co. On roll call the res
olution was adopted.
The committee ON judiciary and the
city attorney reported back ordinances
providing for the annexation of GER
tain territory in the town of Wauwa-
tosa TO the city of Wauwatosa, and on
roll call the ordinances were adopted.
Aid. Chandler introduced AN ordi-
nance designating the wards to which
the annexed territory belongs. On
motion the rules were suspended and
the ordinance adopted.
Resolution passed authorizing the
board of public works to employ John
Anderson as superintendent and An
drew IIebbring as assistant super H.
tendent of the'water works for period
of one year year from May 1, 1918.
Aid. Hayes introduced resolution
providing that the board of public
works be directed to erect a suitable
flag staff on the city hall On motion
the rules were suspended aud the reso-
4ution adopted.
Resolution providing for the issue of
sos. 900 storm sewer bonds adopted un-
der suspension of the rules, and ordi-
nance governing issue of said bonds
referred TO finance committee and city
clerk with instructions to publish
same as proposed ordinance ordi-
nance as provided by law.
On motion of Aid. Jones the Council
to May IL at 7:45 p. NJ.