The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-03-01
CRY COUNCIL NOTES.


Monday. The call for the meeting
stated that the two purposes OF the
meeting were to canvas the vote OF
the commission election OF last week
and to take any steps that may be
deemed necessary to protect the clty's
public utilities.
The mayor and aldermen Sladky,
Farta, Schroeder and Smugler were
absent. The commission vote was
officially declared to be as announced
last week: For commission, 4l9;
against, 1923. With an appropriate
formal resolution it was declared de-
feated and commission government
was laid away to gather dust for sew
eral years at least.
1t then came out what the somewhat
cryptic words "protect our public utili-
ties" meant. Chairman OF Utilities
Georgenson said that the Wisconsin
Public Service Company is planning
to run what it calls transmission
line from the city limits down 18th
street past the fair grounds and ceme'
terry to the site of its proposed general
ing station at the river below the Gem.
etery. He said that they will be tres
passers on the streets until they show
that this line is a transmission line
for the service of the public and until
they have something to transmit, that
is, until their power plane Is built,
they caunot show that it is trans
mission line. He moved that the at.
tention of the attorney and chief OF
police be called TO the resolution in
force instructing them to stop any un-
lawful running of lines into the city.
This was adapted.
A communication was then read
from the Teachers and Mothers Club
urging the adoption of the ordinance
providing for the issuance OF SoO,OO0 OF
school bonds which was defeated at
referendum last November. Mrs.
Frank Eggers, who wanted to talk.
was with a lot of other women in con-
ference with the city school board in
their adjoining quarters and she came
in and gave the board minute talk.
She said that public opinion which by
small margin appeared to be against
the high sch, O. bond issue last a
has changed and that the matter should
be submitted again to the people.
1N h.Nu fav cnhn1ift
it at the regular April election as they
do not want IL to be mixed again with
politics of lost isstaf IN SO scramble
for ward and city offices. They have a
thorough organization of women in
each ward and plan to register hun
dreds of women at the March primary
SO that they can vote without trouole
Gu the school bond question when it
comes up. They even mint that if the
city council will not refer it TO the
people that they will make it law by
be submitted to the people without any
city council action by petition signed
by 15% of The voters. If adopted by
the people it is law without any action
whatever by the city council. They
assert the bond ordinance can be adopt
ed in this manner if the people, includ-
ing the women, approve over the heads
of the objecting majority of the city
council.
Georgenson seemed to fear that if
the Wisconsin Publicservice Company's
line was extended to the river it would
be run across the river some night and
connected with the properties formerly
owned by the West Side Power and
Light company. The Wisconsin Co. is
said to own these properties and the
rights of the West Side company to
sell power. The thought is that by
this connection the Wisconsin Com
pany will be in possession of franchise
to sell power all over the city without
the necessity of going to the city or
the Railroad Commission for grant of
po YER. Georgenson therefore gave
notice that at the next meeting he
will revive the plan to submit TO the
people the project of the city's buying
the West Side franchise and properties
A widow residing in the Seventh
ward with children had a comnuni.
cation on file. She recites that one of
of her sons, aged IA, was required by
law to attend school half day per
week; that at school he lost part of a
finger in planer and lost 35 days work
at loss to the family Of over $685. that
she has legal claim of hundreds of
dollars but asked for only $40 in addi-
tion to the $40 per month aid she has
been getting; that she is running behind
and wants to keep her family together
that the poor commissioner gave her
an additional $40 and she now asks for
the second SO from the council. The
fact that she wanted the S20 to pay the
taxes on little mortgaged home
caused some discussion but acting May
or Thorison finally said that he would
see to it that she gets the $40.