The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-24
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

present except Alderman lsselman.
The usual grist of bills were read
and referred. Claims which had been
passed upon by committees were allow
ed.
City Clerk John Kelley submitted
his annual report for the year ending
April |. The report gives detailed
statement Of receipts, and expenditures
classified by departments. The report
shows that over $4,000 was expended
for streets aud bridges, and still the
streets are in poor condition and the
bridges-well let that pass; 500, 100 was
spent for general purposes; S46,672 for
police and fire department; SlS, ,3el for
public health and sanitation; $40, ,525
for poor and 1881 for library and
parks.
The expenditures totaled 1920, ,663
and the receipts S196,29l, leaving an
excess Of expenditures over receipts of
s24,37l.
OF the bonded debt of 1881, 900 on
April l, sls3,0O0 was on the water
plant, Sl33,000 on the light plant,
SO, 900 harbor bonds, $4,000 bridge
,onds, and $1,000 of old school bonds.
A communication from the railroad
commission was read advising the city
Of hearing on June 6 on the petition
of the Manitowoc Gas Co. for an in
crease in rates. A motion was carried
to have the mayor appoint two alder
men to accompany the city attorney to
Madison TO protest against the raising
of rates. The mayor appointed Alder.
men McKeough and Bouril. Fifty dol.
lars was appropriated to defray the
expenses.
A motion was put through to have
city offices closed Saturday afternoon
during the months of May, June, July
and August.
Plans for acquiring a site and build
ing new isolation hospital have been
abandoned for the present. All offers
on sites were ordered rejected. Per.
manent paving will probably also be
put off for the next two years. The
city may experiment on Marshal street
with Tarvia, new process for improv-
ing streets, on the suggestion of Alder
man Schellin of the street committee.
Because the new plant of the Alum
inum Castings company is to be built
outside the city limits, it is probable
that the request of the Chamber of
Commerce for $1,000 appropriation
under the law adopted by vote Of the
city two years ago, to be used in the
the purchase OF the site, cannot be
granted. City Attorney Ledvina in a
ruling to the finance committee held
that the council could not appropriate
funds to be used flor purchase of the
site outside the city limits.
The council passed resolution ask
ing all registry and election boards in
the several wards to donate their ser.
vices on June 5 for the registry OF all
males between the ages of Il and 81 in
accordance with the Presidents pro-
clamation for the selective draft.
A report was made to the council
that the Manitowoc and Northern
company had paid in to the city tres.
sury the sum OF 81 1856, for Its share of
paving between the rails and foot on
each side, on Thirteenth and North
Eighth streets, the settlement on the
5000 basis.
The matter was referred to the street
committee which later reported back
in favor OF instructing the mayor and
clerk to sign orders in favor of the
property owners for the amounts due
them. The report was adopted.
Two petitions were in for the OPEN
ing of North 18th street between Hur.
on and New York avenue, a distance OF
$50 feet. The petitions we're referred
to the committee on streets.
Nomination of Emil G. Schroeder,
present superintendent Of the light de-
partment, to be general superintend-
ent OF the city's new utility plant was
submitted to the council by the utility
committee and approved by unanimous
vote. Fred J. Wilke, engineer OF the
Kunz-Bleser company, was appointed
chief engineer OF the plant.
The salary for superintendent was
fixed at $4,000 a year, and for engineer
$500.
A resolution, from the Second ward
aldermen, providing for the improve.
ment OF North Fifth, from Park 20 st
Clair street was adopted.
The council authorized the improve
ment OF the grounds around the city
water tower on North Water street.
The publication OF the proceedings
and legal notices was, like always, di-
vided up between the two dailies. The
Herald got the official notices at 55
cents folio aud the News the proceed
ings at 81 cents folio On this mat
ter the new council isn't whit better
than, the old ones.
Daily Thought.