Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-03
SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL

Last Thursday evening there was
special meeting of the city council to
take action on the saloon licenses. The
committee reported favorably on all
licenses with the exception of two, and
as some objections had been made to
these they were acted upon separately
by the council and were finally grant
ed. The mayor was unable to approve
of the action of the council without
either approving all licenses or veto
ing. AS he deemed the licenses of
VIM. Buntrock and j. A. Hoffman
should be revoked, for violations of the
law, he vetoed the action of the coun-
Gil. This cut out all licenses.
VIM. Buntrock had pleaded guilty
to selling liquor to minor and there
was only one thing to do, according
to the law-revoke his license.
j. A. Hoffman, as the mayor said in
his veto message, had repeatedly vio-
lated the law by selling liquor to in
toxicated persons and prohibited per-
sons.
On Saturday special meeting of the
city council was called to consider the
veto message of the mayor and as
result, licenses were granted to all
applicants excepting Buntrock, Hoff-
man and Peter Gokey. The latter had
died last Friday.
The mayor is to be congratulated
upon his firm stand in this matter
How is it possible to regulate the
saloon if laws are allowed to be trans
crossed? All who are in the business
will undoubtedly endorse the action
of the mayor. For it is no use for
many to conduct clean, law abiding
saloons, when others are allowed to
wantonly override the state law and
our city ordinances.
A resolution was presented asking
the city council to defray the expenses
of the Fourth of July celebration. At
torney Fred Genrich, who is upon the
citizens committee, appointed by the
mayor to arrange for the celebration
on independence day, asked permits
sion to say few words on the ques-
ton, and he talked eloquently upon
the necessity of our city holding a
rousing patriotic celebration this year;
it was an extraordinary condition of
affairs in our nation and it was a time
when every man, woman and child of
our city should have the opportunity
to join in one grand celebration; that
this was a celebration which was to
be for all the people, and it was but
right that the city should meet the
expenses, which were to be cut down
to the lowest possible amount. The
council granted the amount asked for
without a dissenting vote.
The mayor made the following ap-
pointments: ]. P. Werle on the Fire
| and Police commission; B. H. Conlin
on the Park board; Miss Susan I'm
derwood and Sol Heinemann members
of the Library board.
The matter of the weight of loaves
| OF bread and that of giving the Mara
thon County Agricultural society $500
for keeping up the fair grounds park
| in proper shape, were referred to COM
| mittees.
1t was voted to authorize the finance
committee to borrow $4,000 for the
water department, a shortage having
been caused by change in collecting
water rentals.
The mayor announced that he had
made arrangements with the c. & N.
| W. r. r. Co., for the lease of drive
way between Second and Third ave-
nues at an annual rental of $100. His
| action was approved.
The committee on finance handed in
a report on the building of the falls
bridge and one in the northern part
of the city, stating that there was no
fund with which to build them, but the
| following was recommended:
| Whereas the time has approached
that arrangements for the construc-
ton of a bridge in the northern part
of the city should conscientiously be
considered we deem it advisable to
recommend that bridge building
fund be created by issuing bonds for
the sum of $4,000, and that a suit
able amount be placed in the tax bud
get of coming years to warrant the
construction of needed bridges"
The council meets tonight in regu-
lar monthly session.