The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-06-10
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met in regular session
onday evening. The two Fifth ward
IS, Schroeder and Kapitz, were abb
Mt.
Upon the initiative of Schuetze a
pecial committee of three was appoint
to look into the public play
after. The mayor wanted to defer
,tion but it went through. The com
ttee is Shuetze, McKeough and Rev.
inski.
A resolution was adopted favorino
incelling the taxes of record agaabo,
ne 500 line, assessed under the
bal tax law recently declared v.ber, e
ne Supreme court. The Nor'->-ts,
rn taxes were cancelled some EXPIRE
90. er, m
The city clerk was Authorized
deputy S75 per month. He ha. al
eady deputized Mr.. Weseman, the
ater department clerk.
The harbor committee had report
a with charts attached showing river
)undings up to the upper Reiss
ocks, disclosing the fact that 10
redge out navigable channel of l9
pet it will be necessary to remove
5000 cubic yards at an estimated
ost of $4,000. 1t was placed on file.
The bids of the two daily papers for
ublishing advertisements and council
roceedings were accepted The News
yll publish advertisements and the
Ierald proceedings the coming year.
The sum of $l026 on hand from dog
licenses and other fees lawfully belonrI'
ng to the police pension fund W =,
VI N'N' o'' INV ,Vhil
The police motorcycle resol,relie
anne up. Schuetze objected to oltally
cations, claiming that this ltniteta
bidding 70 one make. The mayor
breed the resolution, calling for mo.
orcycle specifications, to vote and
i lost to T.. The mayor favored a
motor patrol wagon but the idea was
lot favorably received.
knechtel's street work on Green,
Madison, Lake and South 9th streets
vas accepted and final payment was
ordered.
s The inevitable debate of graveling
rs. paving came up. Franklin from
18th to 10Th and Hamilton from 18th to
18th were ordered graded and gravel
ed Revolinski charged Engineer
PITT with taking the law into his own
aands in narrowing drive-ways Of
streets. The part Of Hamilton TO be
Improved was narrowed to 80 feet by
3he council.
Two water department employees
aad their salaries raised when the at
torney said that they are not officers.
Officers cannot have their compenSa.
ton changed during the year. Sta
tionery engineer Schmidt was raised
from $50 to $50 per month and asst.
Scherer from 500 to $40. Mckeough
said they have poor boss who would
let them petition over his head to
the council.
The big feature OF the evening was
the attempt to lay water mains direct
ly by the city. Contractors are threat
ening law suits if work over 5000 in
value is so done. Geurgenson led a
move to let each job separately and by
excluding the value of the pipe which
the city has on hand thus keep each
Job under $500 There we're nine of
them. A separate resolution was in
troduced for each but the mayor balk-
ed at the scheme and predicted dire
results. Bigel suggested advertising
and then if no 'proper bid'' is received
the city may do the work. Georgen-
son had gone home sick before the
matter came up and in his absence it
was voted to advertise. This delays
the work several weeks.
No action was taken on the mayors
veto of the show license amending or
dinance. 1t will come up later.
The engineer had report in rec
water mains on Franklin
street, Sth to 9th, and 1lth to 18th,
and 18th from Franklin to Water, to
prepare for paving. Bids for these
will also pe advertised for.
Ed. Hermann was ordered paid for
street improvements on Fcanklin, one
block and the stub of No. 18th opening
into New York Avenue.
w. O. Bahr was allowed partial pay
ment for the big sewer on Franklin
which he is laying.
Bigel was not ready to report on the
petition for No. Sth street paving and
Schuetze demanded to know why.
Schuetze then introduced a resolution
paving on north 9th street
from Chicago to Huron aad it was re-
ferred. This brings this paving ques-
tion squarely up for settlement.
A petition asking for mac adam and oil
on north 9th ard nearly all of st. Clair
caused some debate. A motion grant
ing the oil was adopted. Schuetze