The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-03-22
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

An agreement was Oh Hlo ny "hiSh
the street Car company agreed to ac'
cept 500 of the cost of paving the
street car zone last summer. 1t was
signed by all the abutting owners on
the four blocks OF north Sth street be.
tween Chicago and Huron streets ex-
cept two, both of whom are said to
favor it, and by all the owners on the
one block of 18th street paved. The
city year ago adopted an ordinance
requiring the street car company to
either pave the space between the
rails and foot on each side when paw
ing is being done or pay for cost of the
city's paving it. 1t is similar to the
statute requiring steam railways to
pave. The company refused to pave
and the city charged the cost up again
st the company and it has refused to
pay. In making the assessments for
the work the city evidently did not
take a chance on the ordinance stand
ing up in court and assessed the abutt-
ing owners as # the company was not
going to pay The attorney reported
to the council that the matter OF max
ing the company pay under the condi-
tions here was question never passed
On by our courts and the property
owners now seem to have jumped at
the chance of getting 50% OF the track
zone paving back from the new owners
of the line. They will get refund OF
about 60 cents per linesl foot OF front
age on each side of north Sth street
and about, 70 cents on 18th street if the
scheme goes through. 1t depends upC n
the city ratifying the agreement. The
city would have TO accept the same re-
fund for the library and fire station
frontages and for street crossings. 1t
will come up later.
Formal notice was served on the city
by some state board that the city's
lodging place for hobos is 10 disrepute
at headquarters at Madison. 1t seems
that the great badger state will not
permit tramps to sleep off their pota'
tions unless the ventilation is just
right and the quarters otherwise con
form to modern prism ideas. So the
city is given one yesr in which 10
find another place for the Weary Will
lies to slumber, The city says the
county owns the building, anyway.
Rarlin Halltwished rc be heard on
the specifications for the motor fire
apparatus that the chief wants. He
was heard. He said: THE specifica-
tions exclude all competition. There
is only one manufacturer who could
supply the motor asked for and no
pump that could answer specifications.
The city calls for 80 H. p. motor
with 81 inch bore and inch stroke.
1t can't be done" He pointed out
many other alleged defects in the spec.
ifcations and criticised specifying a
particular brand of tires. Chief Kratz
who drafted the specifications defended
them. Bige asked if more than one
car could come in on them and he said:
"Yes; guess 50" He said that the
bidders could file their own specifica-
tions with their-bid and the attorney
told them that that procedure was
unlawful in municipal contracting.
The council then rejected all bids with
out opening them on motion of Geor-
genson. There were -four bids, only
ore from local dealer. On motion OF
McKeough the Committee on Fire and
Water with the chief and attorney
were instructed to submit new specifi
cations to the council at the next meet.
ing.
A resolution to allow the city treas
urer S270 for unpaid personal property
taxes delinquent since March l, 1916,
was adopted. 1t is necessary to give
him this to balance his accounts. Me-.
Keough said that the list had always
been read in former years aud wanted
to know why il wasn't done now,
which caused ripple of excitement
for reasons not announced.
Georgenson said he arose to mention
a newspaper article which alleged that
ut the new utility plant machinery had
been replaced at great expense. He
said he wanted to defend former engi-
neer PITT and 10 say that 1.-THE state
ment is deliberate lie" and that it
would be hard TO guess whose 'dome
that falsehood had Originated in"
Schuetze objected to the remarks and
Schroeder said "If you want to make
political speech hire hall"
There was a scorching report in
from the police department on the
drunken 'sailor" matter of the last
proceeding meeting. The chief said
that these csr-ferry hands hang out at
the Erie Buffet, The Pacific, The Dia-
mond Cafe, the Star and the Marine
Exchange. He said that at least two
saloons are running now on former IL
censes' names and asked what investi-
CATION of the characters OF the present
unlawful proDrietors the brewers or
the council had ever made. He ap-
pended a report from the police chief
OF Marinette on one of these proprie-
tors running on another mans license.
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