Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-16
COMMON COUNCIL.

SpScIdi meeting OF the Common
Council was held on Friday, June 10th.
1916, at 1880 O'Clock P. NJ.
Mayor Koenig in the chair.
Present-Ald. Hanson. Hayes, Jones,
Krafczyk, Notbohm, Whip, Wright
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Certificate of Acting Comptroller.
setting forth that there is S335.50 in
the general fund, which sum is suffi-
cient to pay the excess of damages
over benefits accruing against proper
ty by reason of the condemnation of
strip of land to be known as Four
teenth avenue; and certificates of
the City Attorney setting forth that
the trustees of the estate of Ernst
Won Baumbaeh, deceased, are entitled
to the sum of $11302, and that George
ID. Van Dyke is entitled to the sum of
$222,48, being the excess of damages
over benefits accruing and assessed
against property belonging to said Won
Baumbach Estate and said George ID.
Van Dyke, read and ordered placed
on file
The following resolution was then
introduced:
Whereas, The City of Wauwatosa
did, on the 9th day of June, 1916 final
ly complete all arrangements for the
acquiring of the necessary lands for
the opening of Fourteenth avenue; and
Whereas, Public necessity and
health require that a sanitary sewer
be constructed as provided for by the
general plan of sewerage adopted by
the City of Wauwatosa, through and
along said Fourteenth avenue;
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, BY
the Common Council of the City of
Wauwatosa, that the Board of Public
Works be and they are hereby author
lied and instructed to cause an 1S-inch
sanitary sewer to be constructed from
an outlet at the sewage publication
works to and along Fourteenth ave-
nue. to East Milwaukee avenue, the
cost of said sewer to be assessed as
provided by law
On motion of Alderman Hanson, the
rules were suspended and the fore
going resolution adopted, each sepa-
rately, by the following vote: Ayes
Hanson, Hayes, Jones, Krafczyk, Not
bohm. Whip, Wright.
An ordinance introduced by Alder
man Krafczyk by request of John ].
Haberman, entitled "An ordinance
amending an ordinance passed and APP
proved on the first day of August,
1905, entitled, An ordinance establish
ing a saloon limit in the City of Wau-
watosa, State of Wisconsin," read and
referred to Committee on Rules and
Ordinances.
Petition of John ]. Haberman in
the matter of the transfer of retail
liquor license, read and referred to
Committee on License and City At
torney.
To the Common Council of the City
of Wauwatosa:
The Board of Public Works report
that pursuant to the official notice
published as required by law, for pro-
posals for furnishing material and Ia
Dor necessary for constructing two
bridges, one on Seventh acenue and
one on Eighth avenue, in the First
Ward of said City, bids and proposals
were received by the undersigned at
the office of the City Clerk until 1880
o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
June 3rd, 1915, and thereafter publicly
opened by the said Board
That said bids and proposals are re-
turned herewith.
That the bids received are as fol
lows:
J. R. Schoonmaker - Eighth ave-
nue., $4,000; Seventh avenue,
$4,000.
Fred Yehle Eighth avenue,
$4,000; Seventh avenue,
$4,000, or $4,000 for both
bridges.
That the lowest bid received is as
follows
Fred Yehle - for two bridges,
$4,000.
The Board of Public Works would
therefore recommend that the proper
city officials be instructed to enter
into a contract for doing said work
of improvement, and submit herewith
a resolution which is recommended
for adoption.
Dated June 9th, 1916.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
BY F. A. Torkelson,
City Engineer.
Be 1t Resolved, BY the Common
Council of the City of Wauwatosa that
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