Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10
MONTHLY MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL

THE CITY COUNCIL
The city council, at its regular
meeting held last Tuesday evening,
had up before it vital questions, OF
great import to our people. One was
the water question. This city, for
many years, has been afflicted with
water supply that has been simply
vile; it has been far from what it
should be for drinking purposes, and
only fit for sprinkling and for fire
protection. The question has been up'
all these years and discussed by scien-
tifc engineers and our citizens gen
orally, until it has become a source
of much irritation. One thing after
another has been tried without effect
until patience has ceased to be a vir-
tues Recently the Rotary club, backed
up by our manufacturers, secured a
competent firm of Chicago engineers
to look over the plant A very ex
haustive report was made which map
ped out a line of procedure, which, If
carried out required an expenditure
of over a quarter of million dollars.
This was submitted to the city coun-
Gil and in turn handed over to the
water commissioners of our city, who
upon it. Upon the latter's report the
commission recommended to the city
Ahe installing of an aeration and filtra-
ton plant This was taken up at
this meeting of the council and af-
ter much discussion, the following res
olution was adopted:
Resolved, That the water commits
sion be authorized and instructed to
engage a competent engineer to pre-
pare plans and specifications for an
aeration and filtration plant to be To-
Gated at the water works plant, and
to report same to the common coun-
Gil"
1t was the concenSus of opinion at
least fifteen years ago that large
amount of money would have to be
expended to give the city a pure
water supply. 1t has been a, long
fight and it looks now as if something
was going to be done.
The question of bridges was taken
up and the committee on streets and
bridges recommended that new
bridge be built across the main river
at the falls, 60 feet wide, and another
steel bridge across the Wisconsin riv-
er in the northern part of our city,
20 feet wide, to connect the sixth and
eighth wards. The committee also rec
commended the repainting and thor
ough inspection of the high bridge on
Scott street. They Recommended that
the bridges be built on bond issue.
The report was adopted with the ex-
ception of the bridge constructions
until such time as the city engineer
could give the cost of such bridges.
Several petitions were presented
asking for extensions of streets and
| sewers.
The Chamber of Commerce present
ed communication thanking the city
council for its cooperation given
toward securing the Lamson Truck
and Tractor company for this city.
1t was the opinion that six car
loads of oil will be needed for streets
, for the coming season and the COM
mittee on public works was instructed
to secure bids for that amount.
Inasmuch as this city has no isola-
ton hospital, the committee on public
health recommended that the trustees
of the county hospital be conferred
with as to the cost Of such cases at
that institution. 1t was so voted.
The ordinance which was presented
at the March meeting relative to our
water department, cost of water un-
der the. meter system, etc, was adopt
ed and the same can be found in this
issue of the Pilot
1t was recommendej by the COM
mittee on Industries that the sum CT
$500 be given-s500 a year for three
years, to the Wausau Manufacturing
company to apply on the manufactu?-
ing plant which it is to build in this
city.
1t was voted to purchase a runabout
in place of the horse and wagon row
used by the lighting department.
1t was also voted that the city pur-
chase uniforms for the patrolmen.
An ordinance was adopted provid-
ing for the numbering of houses in
various parts of the city.
The matter of compelling the Wis
consin Valley Electric company to
place two men on street cars op rated
in the city, was voted down.
Reports from the various depart
ments were read and bills for the
month were allowed.