The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met in regular session
Monday evening with all members
present.
A resolution was adopted asking for
legislation to clear up the alleged am
biguiues in .he statutes which have
resulted in two lawsuits with the
Reiss Coal Company over The action OF
the city in assessing the coal dock
equipment as real estate and thus pre-
venting personal property set-o1s to
It's income tax.
A resolution was introduced by
Smugler and Rugowski and referred,
the object of which is to abolish asses
ments for water main extensions.
A resolution was referred which
provides that the city shall charge for
repairing water meters injured by
misuse or neglect.
The nsuring of city property in the
state fire fund, one of the mayors pet
plans, came on for another vote and
dlthOuRu ne IdDOreu lol ~ ohi hooV's
with facts and figures it received only
four votes; Rugowski, Bigel, Georgen.
son and Scherer.
Nienauber reported that the ceme-
terry chapel is completed.
The poor cost S937. 80 in December.
The ordinance allowing some spur
track privileges at the Aluminium Nov
city Company plant was argued and
adopted.
The annual report of the chief of
police with its imposing array of statis-
ties was partially read and was "placed
on file" The chief asks again for a
cycle cop and wants the fine money for
incdentals. Nothing doing.
A lot of motor fire apparatus bids
were read and referred.
The mayor announced that the net
income of the electric plant for year
was S27,500, not deducting $1,000; or so,
for permanent additions made.
Then came the real business of the
session, the matter of additions to the
two utilities.
The voluminous report and recomen-
dations of the Hunt Co consulting en-
gineers employed by tho citizens com
mittee, was on file. The mayor sighed
and said; start it anyway Mr.. Clerk"
which the clerk did He di1n't get far
when a short report of the utilities
committee was substituted. This was
expected to bring the Hunt report be-
fore the council but the Mayor put one
cvGT ~ efv,lius ~ anu ordereu re-
cess but his victory was short lived
The Hunt report recommends combin-
ing the two plants at the water station
at an expense of $3.50 900 and the May.
or opposes this expenditure claiming
that the needed results can be achieved
at an expense of from $4,000 TO S4O,-
600 The utilities committee brought
itup again in resolution after recess
and adopted the Hunt report unani-
mously as the sense of the council and
instructed the committee to negotiate
for plans and specifications without in
curing expense. This was sad blow
10 the Mayor. He later argued for
bids for both Diesel anG steam power
and Schuetze took the hoo~ time and
again as the anti-Diese leader. He
said: "Our problem is solved" The
Mayor and Thorison INDUCED in few
personalities, dragging in the events of
the ancient regime familiar only to
them. The mayor explained that he
wanted Diesel bids mainly to hold
down the steam bids out couldn't pub
licly say so before. Mc'Keough said
"Mr. Mayor, We are all agreed now
except you. What can we DO to con-
vince you? We have hired the best
experts and have their reports. We
can't go any higher up" The Mayor
said that sl50,000 bond issue will not
ba authorized by the people and intim-
ated that he would go to the people
and defeat it.
The room had been packed with citi-
zens most of whom had left at recess
and so missed the big show. Mr.. Gun
nell of the citizens committee was
called on however and said that all he
could say was to follow the advice of
the hired Specialist" who had report
ed. Engineer PITT was called on and
said "Our problem is not solved"
He said several things in favor of the
oil engine and got himself into heat
ed colloquy with Schuetze as usual
Thorison said something about the en-
gineer being under the Mayors in
huence which drew spirited dscaim-
er from the Mayor.
Several aldermen complained Of the
unnecessary long waits at the treasur-
er's window and of the hours per day
schedule there for TAX collection. Peo.
pie wait over an hour for chance to
get rid of their money. The Mayor
suggested making rules for the treas
urer but nothing was done.
The meeting just naturally melted
away by tacit common consent at
1l:l5. No formal adjournment was