The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The budget Of the Board of Education
was on file asking for tax levy OF
bS7, Abs for school purposes as against
s67 800 allowed last year. OF this
amount the share of the town of Mani
towoc would be $4,000, the same as last
year. If the council runs true to form
the school board may have to be salts
Ted with less than it wants. The fin
ance committee will go over the budg-
ct and report with its recommends
lions in its annual report.
There was something of furry ov-
er a communication from marine un-
derwriters which set out that 10th
street bridge has been condemned by
the federal government rs an obstruc-
tion to navigation and that while they
have in the past paid many claims for
damage to the bridge by car-ferries
and other craft they will pay no more
claims. Schuetze wanted the city to
order the car-ferries to use tugs. Ev-
eryone was indignant. Smugler alleg-
Ell that most of the damage is caused
by poor handling OF the boats.
The council evidently intends to
stand pat in attempting to collect but
will learn just what there is to the
statement that the bridge has been con-
demped. IL may surprise some of them
= learn how far ou two bridges are
ON the government requirements.
Anton Wergin who tried to run a
saloon on the license issued to another
man on July lst was granted license
/ his own name by vote of IL to l.
Schenian insisted that his law breaking
proclivites evidenced by his attempt
to run the place unlawfully disclosed
him as person unfit to have saloon
license. AS Wergin was acting in this
according to an old local custom the
rest were not impressed with the ar
gument The two 7th warders and
Schuetze all took up cudgels in Wer.
gins defense.
The city will secure bids for docking
the lots recently bought for leasing TO
the Goodrich company for shops, in
cludlng the end OF State street.
An ordinance was introduced and
ordered published granting the Wis.,
consin Public Service Co. franchise
in the city to sell electric power. The
right granted is limite as follows. III
The Wsst SAe Company franchise
must be surrendered; (2) Sale of pow
er is limited to patrons having install;
ations of over 40 horse power; (3) Cur
rent supplied to patrons must not be
converted into lighting. The ordi-
nance was made special order of
business for November 9th. No oppos-
ition in the council or from the com
pany is expected.
Deposits for perpetual care of GENE
terry lots continue to come in. The
treasurer invests them in city bonds
and pays the per cent to the sexton
annually for care of the lots.
McMullen and PITT were allowed
81 ,5S7 for additional protection around
the crib of the new lake intake.
Bills we're on file for expenses of the
aldermen incurred in the junkets to
the power hearing before the Railroad
Commission at Madison and TO the
Municipal convention at Racine. II
the city pays the bills for the latter
it will be the first time it has done So.
Other cities pay these expenses but
the council has heretofore refused.
The narrowing of carriageways has
of late years become almost an obses-
sion with some aldermen and as no
uniform plan has been followed tits
rapidly becoming an evil. A resolution
was introduced by the street commit
tee making start toward bringing or
der out of this. Schelin announced
that no more streets will be improved
until all lateral pipes are laid ending a
long existing evil of tearing up newly
surfaced streets.
Anton Reninger, 10th street bridge
tender, said that he was going to re-
sign but he didn't do it. He just quit
There was no resignation on file so the
council declared the office to be vacant
and elected John Plotke to fill the Of
| fee.
The city clerk was authorized to sell
the useless machinery at the old elec-
trio plant. No buyer will make a
killing at the city's expense with John
on the job.
There were seven bids for furnishing
1900 feet OF submarine cable for the
electric utility. They ranged from
81, l,S93.36 to 81, ,66925. They we're re-
ferred to the utilities committee
The council voted into the fire and
police pension funds the sum of $3046.S1
which belongs there under the pension
acts.
The Reiss Coal Company petitioned
the council to open up and make fit
for traffic Huron street down the bank
to the Kess coal docks and yards.
Fire apparatus would have to be moved
there on fat cars.
The city clerk has not filed his res