The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-07
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.


The city pulmotor will be overhauled
an if necessary repaired upon the ini
tiative of Schuetze. - IS due to the
failure of the pulmotor to come UP to
expectations in several drowning cases.
The residents on the north 1th boule-
ward want more lighting and the ques-
tion Of whether the boulevard is park
to be lighted at city expense or is an
ordinary street to be lighted at ward
expense was discussed but not decided.
The Office of visiting nurse was Great
ed. Her duties are to be determined
by the board of health. Just how this
alters the status OF the visiting nurse
was not explained. Only Georgenson
voted "No."
The much discussed pine logs at the
cemetery were ordered sold to the low
est bidder after the street Com mittee
had referred the matter back with a
report that they cannot use them.
Poor cost 1852 81 in September.
The mayors veto of the proposition
to start enlargement at the pumping
station came up. The mayor had not
a word to say, evidently thinking that
he had threshed the matter out enough.
Thorison moved to override the veto.
Only Georgenson spoke on the subject.
He had figures showing what he term
ed the waste of not combining the elec-
trio and water utility stations. Only
Scherer aud Georgenson voted to sus-
tain the mayors veto. After the pre-
vious stormy sessions for year past
the final action was remarkably quiet
although some thought the mayors
calm was omlnous OF something coming
later possibly an attempt to question
the city's ability to finance the propps-
ell enlargements.
A report Of the city attorney was read
on Junk dealers. He advised the coun-
Gil not TO attempt to prohibit the piling
Vi Oiu lFOu WI IcsiISuSe loto abt otuou
that accumulations of rags and street
distractions are cared for 10y present
enactments, and that Sunday labor
nuisance is coverd by state law.
The ordinance making it a INSIDE
r'esr ~ 20 rse the playground appara'
tus after p. m. was tabled on motion
of its author, Schuetze. The abuses
will be cured by locking the apparatus
An ordinan ce was introduced provid.
ing for narrowing some of the cemetery
avenues and plating and selling the
ground and also plating and selling
the Erase addition to the cemetery. II
is believed that the latter will strike
hard going as this would end the long
cherished design 10 open Prospect av-
enue along the north side Of the ceme-
terry. Lot owners in the cemetery
have to be heard on the project to mar
row the avenues and the legality of
altering the plat threshed out.
for a new sidewalk when the present
one must be removed because built at
wrong grade because of the fault of
city employees or officers. The attorn-
ney was instructed TO report on wheth-
er the abutting owner has to build the
corner piece OF q sidewalk about four
feet square in front OF corner lot
Some south side owners refuse to build
it.
The cemetery and Dark com:aitte re-
ported on the proposition of buying the
Platt woods for park. They say it
''mght be" a good purchase at SO, 400
if the city was in the market but that
the owner wants $4,000. That ends
the Plat park,
The thing that occupied the time was
sewer bids. The board of public works
reported on the new big Franklin
street sewer east of Sth street. There
had been advertised with it two small
JOBS on the north side in another sewer
district. A. H. PITT was the low bid
der on the combined job and the board
recommended to let the job TO him.
He was much higher than A. G.. Schrei-
ter however for the small north side
Jobs and the north side aldermen nat
urally wanted to split the jobs to re-.
duce the costs in their district. The
contractors however insisted that they
had bid on an entire job and wouldn't
take the small jobs alone. The engin-
eer was under fire for telling the con.
tractors it was one job. A. IL. PITT
wouldn't take the big job alone. The
matter went ever to an adjourned
meeting to be held next Monday after
being discussed for an hour and a mo-
tion to reject all bids had been voted
down. Mr.. Schreiter and Mr.. A. j.
PITT were both heard. If it hadn't
been for this sewer tangle the council
would have been through at $50.
The council made an attempt to levy
S650O for the big south side sewer