The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-07

meeting Tuesday night, the vote shift.
ed on the third ballot and Harry
Schlueter received the required eight
votes necessary to elect. The vote on
the candidates stood as follows:
lGoodnetter 2 I
Schlueter -----------------
Cody 0 0
jkniSpel
| Present at roll call: Aldermen
Beurhaus, Bremen, Bublitz, Glatzel
IGruetzmacher, Harte, Hence, Kerr
.Ilemann, Knick, Koerner, Lutovsky
Werner 13).
| On motion of Alderman Gruetz-
macher the minutes of the. preceding
session were approved.
A, petition for the installation of a
street light in Seventh street near
the G.. M. & st. P. railway tracks was
referred to the committee on street
| lighting.
A saloon license was granted B. F.
Fuellemann at No. 700 West Main
street in accordance with his appli-
cation therefor.
ton of an alderman in the Fourth
ward were laid over until unfinished
business.
The petition of the Wisconsin Gas
and Electric company for an increase
in rates was referred to the commit
tee on lighting, the mayor and city
attorney They will investigate the
claims Of the petitioner
To the Hon.. Mayor and Common
Council, Watertown, Wis.
Gentlemen: l submit herewith a
resolution adopted by your board of
water commissioners at its regular
meeting on September II, requesting
at interest for your city water de-
partment to be used In case some
large expenditure should be required
to replace machinery or other appar-
atus.
The railroad commission of Wis
cOnsin requires that a sum should be
set aside each year and kept under
the heading of Depreciation Reserve
Account. Even without the require
ments of the railroad commission, 1t
is good business policy to set aside
each year certain sum on account
Of depreciation of plant
Your board has set aside $500 each
year for the past seven years and the
total amount is now $500 in the city
water works fund
Dated November 5, 1917.
Respectfully,
VIM. F. Voss,
Secretary Board of Water CON-
Commissioner William F. Voss ex-
planned the .$3500 depreciation re-
serve fund in connection with the
amount of $500 which is placed in this
fund each year to take care of the de-
probation of the waterworks plant
Mr.. Voss said that he received a COM
munication from the railroad COM
mission in Madison, who have charge
Of this work, that the amount set
aside for depreciation on the local
plant was insufficient to cover the
cost Of rebuilding when it is of value
no longer The commission estimates
the life of such plant at fifty years.
1t was referred to the board of public
works.
Tax Budget 1917.
To the Common Council
Gentlemen: We submit to you
herewith the budget for the year 1917,
containing the estimated receipts and
disbursements for city purposes for
the year 1918, with the recommends
ton that the same be adopted and
that taxes be levied accordingly.
The amounts herein estimated re-
quire tax rate of $1,000 per thousand
of assessed valuation, as compared
with $1,000 last year. The increase is
accounted for mainly by an increase in
the requirements for school purposes,
amounting to $5742.49 The increase
for library purposes amounts to $231.-
II, and the decrease for park purpos-
es, $425. The increase for general city
purposes, being those items which are
under the control of the common
council. is the small sum of $1896.5O,
which, in view Of the great increase
in the cost of all things, is commend
able
We urge upon you, the library and
park boards and especially the school
board, strict economy in the expendi-
ture of the city's funds, and we trust
that you will abide, reasonably, by the
amounts herein provided.
The estimates follow. towit:
EXPENSES.
City Council
Publishing proceedings $50 10000
Salaries Of aldermen----1 400. 90
Mayor