Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-06

Council Votes To Pave 3rd. street 3rd
Avenue and Baker Street. -Appro-
pirates 5000 for Band Leader. Paw
ment of Taxes Extended to March
First.
(From Wednesdays Daily.

Inc most important business trans
acted by the city council at its session
last evening was the decision to pave
Third street from Oak to the hospital,
to pave Third Avenue from Grand Az
enue to the w. J. Conway corner and
TO pave Baker street from the library
building to eighth street
Third street will probably be paved
with concrete and the drive will be 81
feet wide. The parking on each side
of the street from the Mullen corner
south will be increased at least four
feet and the jog will be turned into
graceful curve. The street north from
The jog will also have an increased
parking on either side.
Third Avenue will be paved with
brick for one block south of Grand Az
enue and the remainder of the way
will be concrete.
Baker street will be all brick
The time of paying taxes was ex-
tended until March 1st without a 2
per cent penalty.
Sewer and water was ordered put
in on Grand Avenue between 10Th and
21st avenues.
The petition for sewer and water on
18th avenue was carried over to the
| next meeting.
The electric and water committee
| recommended the building of a reser-
voir or well at the 10th street pump
| ing station. This we'll to be 80 feet
deep and with a diameter of 80 feet.
The object of the well is to collect the
water and have it pumped from this
well instead of drawn from the points
| as is now being done.
The well would have an encircling
| wall of II inches of concrete and
would have 4 X II x12 inch thing in
the walls to let the water in. This
would be filled with course gravel to
| keep sand from entering the well and
clogging the intake pipes from the
pumps.
The well is to have a capacity of
100000 gallons.
| The building of this well is neces-
sary because of the large increase in
the use of city water. The Reiland
Packing company used $4,000 gallons
in the last 20 days and should they
continue at that rate it would bring
their water bill up to between $700
and $500 a year. Beside the large
amount consumed by the packing plant
| there has been added 119 new private
| consumers.
| The matter of providing for this
well was referred TIC the Board of
Public Works with che power to act,
advertise for bids and go ahead with
the project if they wished
Gerald Fritzsinger, secretary of the
M. & NJ. A, appeared before the coun-
ell with petition signed by band men
and the members of the M. & M A.,
asking for an appropriation of 5000
for band leader. Mr.. Fritzsinger
gave plain talk on the desirability of
having a band and outlined the plans
for summer concerts, the securing of a
| leader etc. The council unanimously
| passed the resolution for the necessary
| appropriation. The band will be or
| gained Immediately and rehearsals
| started SO that concerts may be given
each week during the summer months.
| Emil Lambert will be the new director
of the band
The Electric department which was
taken over last February by the city
| reported that in the ten months of city
| ownershop it had accumulated over
$11, 900 which was now in bank and
| with which it would take up the $4,000
bond now due and pay all interest.
The S11, 200 does not include the in
come for December as that had not
been collected or included in the report
The December business will amount
to $4,000 in round figures.
Of the Rood Construction Comp
any's bill for S171148 for the construc
ton of a ditch on the west side, 80 per
cent was authorized to be paid and 20
per cent retained until the job is fin
ally accepted. The usual grist of bills
were allowed and council adjourned.