The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-18
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met. in regular session
Monday evening with only Kapitz alb
sent.
A communication was read from f..
w. Schwantes The tenor of which was
that many farmers will become custom
ers of the city electric if the lines are
extended and asking how many con
sumers are necessary to have the SER
vice installed. The generators now
lust carry the peak load without going
outside the city looking for trouble.
A petition is in asking for two blocks
of water mains North of New York
Avenue near 7th and Sth streets.
The city tiremen came in with a
commune alton asserting that the re-
cent small raises given them are offset
by new rule requiring them now to
furnish their new caps and boots The
matter was threshed out with Schuetze
demanding more pay for the men and
G. Schroeder opposing Action was
finally deferred.
The four bridge tenders also were in
with request for one day of leisure
each week. This will come up later
A resolution to buy the lot adjoining
on the west the Franklin street tire
station for $4,000 as city hall site was
referred. Schuetze fathered it.
The Franklin street sewer bids came
up. The lowest bid, that of Walter
Bahr, was about $4,000, $4,000 more
than the engineers estimate. The
committee On public improvements had
sent the bids back to the council with
out recommendations. Schuetze argued
earnestly that Bahr's bid be accepted,
claiming that it is now unfair to let
others in after exposing the bids sub
mltted and that the work must be let
to commence in few weeks so as to
permit of paving this year. Bigel and
Engineer PITT advised to readyertise
Scherer dragged in the fact of the en-
gineer's son bidding on the job bur the
mayor shut this off. Thorison scored
the committee for not doing its duty"
and making some recommendation.
Only Rugowski, Bigel ara Ieman yot-
ed against letting the JOB and they tin.
ally made it unanimous.
Smugler forced to vote the resolu-
ton resembling the resolution OF three
wears ago under which all wafer main
assessments have heer we5r 90 ;
Thorson and Scherer voted "No "
Thorison opposed it until provision
should be made for refunding the $1,000
assessed the past three years. He then
introduced resolution directing the
utilities committee TO report at the
next meeting details for refunding all
these collections. Mcuh of it has been
paid. some returned as delinquent taxes
to the county and some held up in liti-
cation. The circuit court upheld the
legality of the assessments but this ac
tiun of the council will pay it all back.
The city will hereafter lay all mains
free and there will probably be few
laid for while.
The utility Improvement plot thick
ems. The engineer reported upon n
conference with Prof. Meade at Madi-
SON. The expert recommends trying
to get more water from Two new wells
smaller than the big one planned. w.
Schroeder and Nc Keough were impa-
tienJ with any attempted abandonment
or deviation from the Hunt Company
report. The whole matter was gone
over by them and Bigei, Thorison aud
Schuetze. A motion by Georgenson to
suspend the rules for immediate action
upon the engineers report was defeat
ed Ayes: Rugowski, Bigel, Georgen-
son, Scherer, Nienauber; No: w.
Schroeder, Thorison, Ieman, c. Schroe-
DER Sladky, Schuetze, Smugler, Me-
Keough. Georgenson then rather
heatedly charged that the sturdy Hunt
advocates who were demanding imme-
diate action had voted against their
own proposition, but the matter went
over to the next meeting,
About adjournment time the matter
of turning off the lights before sunrise
was brought up and it led to d desult-
ory talk fest over utility service gener.
ally and big meter bills that started no
where and ended where it started.
John wall had bill in for $40 % for
police buttons and stripes for a period
of six years and the delay caused some
comment and a little fun.
The council adjourned at ll;20, a
fairly reasonable hour for these par
lous days Of contemplated utility addi-
tions.