The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-18
VOLUME LVIIN
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

i he big feature of the evening was
be school budget and the proposed
hrchase CT Roeff's hill for a high
fhool site. 1t started when the Ii
hnce committee reported on the
hool boards budget. The budget
'ovided for $4,000 more than last
bar The budget included $4,000 for
sinking fund. The councils finance
mmittee had recommended cutting
is $4,000 to $1,000. This sinking
nd was understood to be high
hool site purchase fund. McKeough
as on the job. He drew from the
hool board s committee the fact that
e option Price on the Roeff's hill
te is 5000 He then showed that
70 assessment on the premises fixed
a state assessment expert year
10 is $3.50 and that the expert had
fused to raise it. He said, "We have
hand now the job of licking the
aiser and the school board may as
bill understand that the council is not
favor of spending S26, 900 for Roetf's
H." He said there would be ''jcy in
mp" if the premises were uuloaded
to the city at this inflated price.
be school people evidently figured the
W 70 be that If they could now secure
appropriation of $4,000 for the
mixing fund.- they could put over
purchase without bothering about
consent of the city dads. They
kured 81 900 to be now in the sinking
nd. McKeuugh punctui ed this also
showing that the school board has
ly $4,000 in the city treasury in all
funds. f. A. Miller explained that
ey had been borrowing from the
hiking fund to run the schools and
buld put it back. McKeough's mo-
bn to strike the whole $4,000 addi-
bn to the site fund from the budget
rried with only Nienauber, lssel-
ann, Schellin and Schenian voting to
ise any money for site fund. That
obably ended the project OF pur-
asing high school site this year
ID the $26, 600 option can probably
filed away as souvenir.
The library boards request for S5064
b the year was granted. This in an
crease of only S464 over last year.
The council decided to advertise for
Us for docking the lots lately pur-
ased and to be leased to the Good
ia company for site for its shops.
the city now owns all the property
will not be necessary to 90 through
the assessment proceedings that
puld be necessary if any of it were
ivate property. 1t is expected that
cause of this the work can go forward
is fall.
The street committee proposed to
end $3.50 to put the west end of Hur-
street into a condition to permit of
hicie traffic down the hill to the
eiss coal docks and the council ap-
owed.
The ordinance adopting part OF the
Eneral charter providing for enforcing
teral pipes to the curb proceeding
hcadmizing was finally adopted ac-
r1ing to statute.
There was some debate over the
lestlon of awarding contract for
Ability insurance. The premiums are
bout S700. There were three com
mics bidding, represented respective.
by the Linstedt Co, Franz-Schmitz-
hdow Co. and Alderman Schenian.
be prices of the three were the same.
motion to have the clerk place the
surance was objected to by Schuetze
bo thought that Alderman Schenian
uld not lawfully contract with the
ty. Schenian said that he was not
cuniarily interested. On roll call
ly Schuetze voted NO." Schenian
IT voting.
New bids for cast iron pipe showed a
cline of IS per ton as result the
ice fixing of steel by the federal
pvernment.
It seems that the police alarm sys.
N of the city is joke, but not very
my one. IL would cost $4,000 to
boo to install a modern system. Some
the aldermen favored taking the
re OF both the ire and police alarm
stems from fire chief Kratz and Civ
|g it to the Guys electrical superin-
ndent. O'Donnell said the chief
MED the right of the city to de tach
m from the extrs 5000 per year
nich he gets as "city electrician. -
be matter went over until the chief
= n be present to be quizzed.
People who have been objecting to
e high cost of living can now begin
kick on the high cost OF dying. An
d!nance was introduced raising the
ice OF digging graves, adults from
to 81 and infants from 81 to 81. The
xton's salary was raised from $500 to
90. This is but small part of bis
tual remuneration.
The county is not interested in the
lamp station question. IT refuses &c
ow any CONSERVATION over the pos
bility OF the Weary Willie not having
rocf to cover him. The tramp sta