The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-05-20
/, CITY COUNCIL. NOTES.

The council met in regular session
Monday evening. Smugler was the
only absentee
A communication from Nash and
Nash, lawyers, was read warning the
city TO have all public work of 500 let
by contract as the charter provides.
They spoke ia the interest OF "A client
who is doubtless a contractor com
planning about the city laying water
mains 10y its water superintendent
The letter remarks that contractors
claim that the reverse of this IS the
fact by wide margin.
Two resolutions we're adopted 10 an
effort To stop expenses running up on
illegal taxes. The Two railroads have
permitted the terminal property tax TO
be returned delinquent. The supreme
court recently declared the terminal
tax law to be unconstitutional ana
these taxes void. The tax sale was ad-
vertised for Tuesday lfthe certificates
are sold months interest at lpE ac'
crues Immediately. In an etlort TO stop
the running Of This and To cancel the
tax the city went on record as approving
a compromise 10y accepting the special
assessmenttaXes only against the prop
perty, which are legal charge The
civ will not compromise unless the
right to reassess can be reserved
bill to prevent reassessments Tor l9l-'
1913 and 1914 is pending at Madlsan'
A small illegal special assessment
against the c. * N. w. Go. growing
out of a clerical error was disposed OF
in the same way.
The police motorcycle will not down.
Scherer is pushing it again. The
chief wants it TO catch speeders,
The law requires the city to have
1 plumbing inspector but it has not been
observed. state officer was here re-
Gently and insists upon compliance and
the matter was started.
The j. G. Johnson Company is COM
planning of the low water in the river,
a'so the Ress Coal Company. The
city engineer was instructed to take
soundings in the river and to estimate
the amount and cost of dredging a
channel 10 feet deep to a point above
the upper Reiss docks.
The G. A. X post was given sloO
for Memorial Day.
A lot Of oil sprnkling resolutions
were in and objections To te" caused
a roll call on each one.
oth street paving north OF Chicago
street was discussed The street com
mttee was not ready to report and the
matter went over.
-Four petitions for old fashioned
grading and graveling started some
thing. The mayor and Schuetze
mounted tandem their joint hobby OF
permanent surfacing. All the old ar
guments were served up and they sue
ceeded in deferring action. Tar maca-
dam surfacing is to be looked into.
Thurison objected to the projected
surface drainage sewers on 9Th and 'lh
streets between York and Chicago
and he succeeded in getting post
punement
A resolution calling for sewer from
Cleveland and Sixth streets up to Pine
and across to the Wiudiate tatlron
building and west on Wisconsin avenue
to 10th created some commotlou,
Thorison heck led the engineer vlgOr-
ously. The alderman discussed eng'-
neering problems with gdsto. The
fact that permission 10 ross the SEEKER
acreage from 10th to llIh must be Sc
cured made the mayor doubtful but it
carried with only Thorison and Sladky
voting mo
The claims committee wanted the
Staehle claim for legal services refer
red to the city attorney but the mayor
sent it back to them and told them to
call the attorney into their meeting
for advice if they want 1t.
A petition for macadam surface of
ii blocks of north 9th and st. Clair
streets drew Thorison's fire. lie said
it was ward matter and should not
be before the council. 1t, was held mp.
Schuetze seized the opportunity TO de-
mand that the blocks be paved but no
one would listen.
The treasurer has appointed VIM.
Luedke, Jr. as assistant treasurer
The attorney had on file written re-
gyort stating that the councils orders
to start a proceeding to compel the
street car company to extend It's lines
cannot be successfully prosecuted be-
cause the commission has decided in a
Merrill case that it has 10 power to
compel street car extensions. The re-
port was referred TO the committee on
Railways and Corporations.
The engineer recommended that
Walter Bahr be allowed S3S0l on the
big Franklin street sewer job, being
70ea Of the estimated amount earned
to date 1t went over to the next
meeting.
The proposition TO Tighten the Ii
license fee burden of shows which eX-
hibit only two nights week aroused
the mayor. He said that the ordinance
was for the special benefit of two ndiv.
iduas and would make it hard for the
police. 1t carried, only Scherer and
rpprppnsOn voting mo The maVor