The record., 1916-02-08

ne CITY COuuCll llltl Ill It6 uldi
session Monday evening and
transacted a large amount of i'm
portant business. There were
number of citizens present who
had matters they wished to bring
to the attention Of the council
and they were listened to before
the regular routine business of
the meeting was taken up.
Mrs. O. d. Platt, Mrs. E. A. No
Ian, and Mrs. O. Williams, COM
mittee from the Mothers Club,
we're present and presented
long petition asking the council
TO set aside the old cemetery
grounds for a public playground
and park and to clear and seed
it and put in water. The mem
bers of the council favored the
project and referred the matter to
the Cemetery and Park committee
with instructions to confer with
the ladies and learn their plans
and wishes in regard to the mat
er.
II. Spiesman called the atten-
ion of the council to the fact
hat the fire Sunday had destroyed
he sidewalk along the water
front and that now there is no
horoughfare leading from the
Milwaukee LLVnber company's
addition to the city and that a
arge portion of the money spent
w. the city comes from there.
After some discussion as to the
egal obligation of the city to
order the walk to be built, the
natter was referred to the street
and alley committee.
Prosecuting Attorney r. S. Ell
Ter brought up the question of
he renewal of the lease of the
,ity hall from the city to the
county and the agreement he
ween the city and county in re-
gard to insuring the building.
lThe mayor and city clerk were
authorized and directed to re-
new the lease and to sign the
| lgreement in regard to fire in
surance. Under the proposed
,greement the county is to pay
or and keep the building in
sured and in case of fire the mon
y received on the policy is to be
lsed TO repair or rebuild the
building, as the case might be.
Mrs. Holman and Mrs. Norway
committee appointed by the G
lC. C. club, asked the council t.
Itake some action to preven
liorses being allowed to stanC
)ut in the cold without being
blanketed. There is no city or
dinance on the subject and th'
members of the council though
the duty of the county official
t0 enforce the state law on tn
subject. The matter was re
ierred to the License Committed
George Swisher stated that tn
estaurant in his building ha
h cen charged $1,000 for waite
for the short time that it had bee
il business in January. H
ul lated that there was a mete
and that it had not been read be
& fore since November, 1914. Il
+ ,aid that since that time he ha
j lsed some water in putting i'll
i ement sidewalk and that durin
g The last cold spell the water ha
r ,een allowed to run to keep I'll
S pipes from freezing, but that We
= 10 more than was done all ov'
n ihe city and he asked that he
s charged the same fiat rate ;
= )ther restaurants. AS the met
d ate had not been put into eff
= generally, the council granted Il
> rebate asked for.
Ie VIM. d. Keeton brought up Il
p matter of the BeatOn judgme
l. against the city, which is dray
he ing interest at the rate of sew
le per cent He offered that, if q
T. city would borrow the money al
pay the judgment he would s
cure the money for the city
~ six per cent interest. An ordi
p. lance was introduced and pass