The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

OF his son Engels. President Thorison
presided.
The appeal to the circuit court by
the Gas Co. from the councils disallow.
ance of it's claim Of over S40O was re-
ported by the clerk. The matter will
probably be tried at the June term.
Upon request Of the fifth ward alder
men the street com missioner was
authorized to put a man on the dump"
on Franklin street between 2lst and
26th streets.
Three car loads of street oil were
ordered.
An appropriation was made of $3.50 to
be drawn upon for the G. A. Il. for
Memorial Day observance.
Emil Hummer paid taxes for two
years on real estate improvements that
do not exist and finally woke up He
will get back some OF it.
Mrs. J. Meyer thinks some property
near 9th and Huron streets is assessed
too high and wants some money back.
The committee reported that the time
for fixing such things was during the
first ten days of last July. That ended
it.
The sum of Sll46.70 was transferred
to the Police and Firemen's Pension
fund.
Poor for the month cost S642.l2,
The utilities committee recommend
ed that six petitions for water main
extensions be flied. Schroeder started
something by starting an enquiry as to
why the petition for 10Th street was
not granted. Georgenson said: There
is only one consumer there and then
nearly everyone had something TO say.
Mc'Keough said: SIT is easy to deny
petitions but what are these people to
do. The former owner of the utility
would lay pipes anywhere on guaran-
tee of areasonable earning. We may
have to return to the 80 cents per foot
status" Thorson said: I'VE sha' |
have to be logical and business.like
about this. We cant go on another
riot of pipe laying like we did" The
motion to file the petitions, that is,
virtually to table them, was lost on IA
tie vote. Ayes Bigel, Georgenson,
morrison, t,ourii, Thompson, Ntenauu-
or, Fanta. Noes; Revolinski, Me-
Keough, Schroeder, Schuetze, Snug
ler, Sladky, Schellin. No further ac-
ton was taken. The petitions remain
with the committee.
Contractors Knechtel and Tomchek
were each allowed partial payment on
their work at the new utility plant.
The matter of a new bridge over the
Little Manitowoc to connect with the
concrete highway along the lake shore
was brosched. Sladky thought some
action should be taken. The bridge
committee tC Cgether with the attorney
and engineer were instructed to inSes-
tigate, confer with county and town
officials and report. An act of the leg
islature enacted in 1891 makes some
references to the maintenance of this
bridge by the city. The bridge is part.
ly in the city and partly in the town of
Mantowoc. The corporation line runs
right through the bridge culvert. 1t
is evident that there must be some
change there to complete this highway
when the matter of the location Of the
east end shall have been settled be-
tween the town and the Traction Com
pany and the road finished.
A committee consisting of Fanta,
Mc'Keough and Schellin was appointed
to report in the matter of establishing
poor house with county cooperation
and of establishing one independently
of the county. The aldermen seem de-
termined to put this matter through
and try it out. A great difficulty is en-.
countered in placing city charges and
the city is at unnecessary expense in
maintaining them. Furthermore cash
payments to dependents are not al
ways spent as the city intends.
Last fall pupil at the Lincoln
school, Dolores JUL, was badly injur-
ed by pail of hot scrub water with
lye in it. Her parents have filed
claims for actual expenses of over 500
with the Board of Education A reso,
luton was adopted by the council dir
Getting the finance committee to make
recommendations in the matter. The
school board seem to want the author
ity of the council before making any
allowances.
Center street runs across the PENN
sula where the shipyards are and ends
opposite Park street. The Company
wants to use the space occupied by the
street and offer new street which
swings to the north more but ends at
the same place as the present street.
Everyone seems TO favor the idea and
the matter will cone up formerly later
The poor committees selection Of
Walter Joyce for poor commissioner
for the ensuing year was ratified by
the council.
FNGhGFMFNT ANN0lINGEn