The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

Monday. Revolnski was the only alb.
sentee.
Business men and residents near
Quay and Eighth streets had petition
in alleging that the new steel screen
shed of the Manitowoc Land and Fuel
Company East OF Eighth street has
made their premises "untenantable'
and asking the city to take some meas
ures to abate the nuisance. Coal
dust settles all over the neighborhood
they assert. 1t was referred.
The Gas Company addressed com
munication to the city asking that a
conference be had of all parties inter
ested to try to affect an understanding
Q in regard to lins of procedure with
the sewer trench being dug through
the quicksand on Franklin street at
10Th street which will minimize the
damage being caused. 1t was referred
and before it can be reported on the
opportunity to act upon the suggestion
will probably have gone by.
The attorney had in report on ali
year assessments. He says the actual
official assessing must be done during
May aad June but that the assessment
districts can be alb, lished and one
assessor kept busy outside the 70 day
period. Ordinances covering this will
be introduced later.
Georgenson moved to buy another
adding machine and thereby started
something. The uniform city account
ing came in for scoring by half dozen
aldermen. The labor claim blanks do
not permit the committee members to
see how their ward street funds are
being spent. The mayor said: Let's
abandon this elaborate accounting"
The clerks office seemed to be under
fire but was vigorously defended by
| Georgenson and others and satisfactor-
lily cleared. The adding machine was
ordered, only Scherer voting "No."
The clerk and treasurer were order
ed to have their wickets open for busi-
ness from A. NJ. to p. M. continu.
ously.
Chief kratz's unauthorized sale of
the citys two superhous fire horses
came to head. Thorison reported
that the chief admitted he had acted
without authority but added that he
had driven very fine bargain for the
city. Only Sch rer seemed disposed
i to rerrimaud TIE ief ard Ia became
quite vehement and thought q 30 day Z.
lay.otf would be about right. He was
referred 10 the Fire and Police Com
mission. The matter was dropped af-
ter Scherer's motion to make the chief
get the horses back received no second.
the matter of having the new motor
truck answer all alarms. He was told
that if he had cut out the outlying ter
ritory before the purchase he would
never have gotten the truck. Some
concessions were made to the kickerS
by the chief and the committee will
try to get still more satisfactory SER
vice out of the chief. Sectionalism
cropped out continually in the argu-
ment and several heated exchanges
took place. Nearly everyone took part
in the talk. The mayor ironically put
the final motion as one instructing a
committee "to devise some way of using
the fire truck to better advantage than
the chief is doing it,"
Louis Olson was granted a license at
the Duffy place where his brother
Charles was refused license. This
gives Louis two saloon licenses in the |
city.
The attorney had report in on the
Falge demand that the city remove
the river intake pipe from his premis-
rs at South 7th and Columbia streets. |
The city has no easment to maintain |
the pipe and the attorney recommend
ed that the Falge arrangement with |
the former water plant owners for free
piping and free water be continued |
which is all Mr.. Falge wants. The
council adopted this.
On the mavor's plan for new Office
of meter reader so that one man could |
read both meters in any one house
there was majority report to table
1t signed by Thorison, Georgenson and
w. Schroeder and minority report by
Bigel deferring action for more inform
alton. 1t provoked quite debate.
The superintendent say that it is not a
labor saving scheme. Bigel finally
prevailed. Kapitz, w. Schroeder,
Schuetze and Smugler only voting
against him.
There will be utilities committee
meeting next Friday to discuss the
long delayed utility improvements
The water supply matter seems now 70
be settled.
motion by C. Schroeder to move
the pulmotor to the fire station No. ! |
started another debate. Schroeder
said that the pulmotor is no good to
resuscitate persons nearly dead from
drowning but is only good in case Of
smoke and gas Some one made re-
mark abpuf kpopipu II tho cnupc,l