Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-14
CITY COUNCIL.

| The regular monthly meeting OF
the city council was held last Tuesday
| evening
The annual report of the Wausau
Water Works department was read
and discussed, showing the plant had
a little more than played even The
receipts in round numbers were nearly
SOL 900, which included rentals of
hydrants to the city, etc. The ex-
penSeS were nearly $1,000 less than
| the receipts. The mayor stated that
| the department was trying to give the
city good and pure water and the
| fact that the city was free from epi-
| denies usually caused from impure
water was proof that the water was
in every way pure. There is discol-
| Grafton which is caused by wells
| driven too low down into iron forma-
tionS. To rectify this some of the
deep wells have been cut off, which
it is thought will not affect the
supply.
The auto truck for our fire depart
ment was accepted, after having been
| thoroughly tried out and found TO meet
all requirements. The fact that the
trucks had been run to AntigO and
to various parts of the county was
looked into and as an excuse it was
stated that the trucks had not then
become the property of the CITY, Some
OF our council men took the ground,
and rightly, too, that the machine
purchased by the city should be one
direct from the factory and not which
had been used by an agent for dem
onStration purposes. The city had
enough control over the truck to
have refused TO take it, when it had
been thus used. 1t is now the prop
erty of the city, however. and all are
glad to know that the department is
vastly improved and much better
able to cope with whatever fires NAV
start within our limits.
The matter of the work of grading
SteIben street was subject of dis
cussiOn, some objecting TO the way
the work had been done. AS the city
only Intended TO make this street a
good avenue and not to pave it, it was
thought the commissioner was doing
all that was necessary, and that paw
ing can be had if the residents along
the route desired to pay for it.
A petition was presented the coun-
Gil asking that a part of the town of
Weston, lying and adjacent to the
city OF WauSau be annexed to the
city. 1t was signed by a majority of
the qualified electors and owners of
the territory specified. The object is
TO get better school facilities. By
many it is thought that owners of
property in the territory which is
asked to be annexed, can be better
accommodated by being connected
with the city than with the town of
Weston. This is perhaps true as to
schools, sewers, electric lighting, etc.
1t was voted that the ordinance be
published for 80 days, after which
the council will take action. The
ordinance can be found in this issue
of the PILOT, the city's official paper.
1t was voted to remove the pier in
the Wisconsin river opposite the out
let of the sewer on Franklin street,
and to have necessary work done to
open up the outlet TO the river.
Many sidewalks were ordered to be
built in various parts of the city and
the disposition was to 'gO after" those
who had not built walks as hereto
fore ordered by the city council.
The usual batch of bills were dis
posed of, reports from the different
departments submitted and it was
ordered to borrow such money as was
needed to replenish the city treasur