Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-04
COMMON COUNCIL.


present - Aid. DeSwarte, Hanson,
uaves Krafczyk. Marquardt, Not
bohm. Whipp-7.
Mayor Koenig in the Chair.
IN motion of Alderman Hayes, the
.ooding of the minutes of the last
.,eeting was dispensed with, and min
ntes we're approved as printed
The bills and payroll were then in
troduced. read and referred to Com
mittee on Finance.
financial statement of City Clerk
and Acting Comptroller for the month
of September, 1918, read and ordered
placed on file.
Report of Superintendent of Water
Works for the month of September
1915 read and ordered placed on file
Report of Chief of Police of viola
tons OF ordinances during the month
Of se?tember, 1918, read and ordered
Il placed on file.
Y City Clerks statement, as required
by Section 925-142, Wisconsin Stat
utes. 1917, read and referred to Com
mittee on Finance.
Communication from the Mayor re-
garding tractor for the Fire Depart
ment. read and referred to Committee
on Fire and Police.
Alderman Wood present.
Communication from B. F. linn In
surance Agency, read and referred to
81 Committee on Finance
Resolution providing for the ratif-
cation of transfers of funds adopted
under suspension of rules.
From Board of Public Works-Re-
port of bids received for laying water
mains in portions of Wauwatosa Ave
nue. and Eighth Avenue, and resolu-
ton providing for awarding contract
to F. f. Kaminski, lowest bidder, was
adopted.
From same Board-Report of bids
received for laying sewer main in
portion of Eighth Avenue, and resolu-
ton providing for awarding contract
to " I. Warner, lowest bidder, was
adopted.
From same Board - Resolutions
confirming reports of assessments of
benefits for laying sewer in Eighth
n AvenIe and waterpipe in Eighth Ave-
nue. and Wauwatosa Avenue, was
q adopted.
From same Board-Resolution pro-
Tiding for issue of bonds in payment
for Improvement of Fifth Avenue, was
adopted.
An ordinance providing for special
Improvement bonds for grading, curb
# ing and guttering and paving Fifth
Avenue from State street to Blanch-
ard street, in the Fourth ward of the
City of Wauwatosa, was adopted I'M
der suspension of rules and appears
in another column of this issue.
An ordinance fixing a schedule of
rates for weighing and measuring
service, read and referred to Commit
tee on Judiciary.
An ordinance regulating the laying
Of service pipes, read and referred to
Committee on Judiciary.
The Chair called attention to the
desirability of employing city seal
er, and the matter was referred to the
Committee on Health, Rules and Or
dlnances, with the request that they
report as promptly as possible.
Alderman DeSwarte excused.
Your Committee ON Finance, to
whom was referred the bills and pay
roll, returned same and recommended
that they be allowed and ordered paid.
No separate action being. asked, on
A I'll call said bills and payroll were al
lowed and ordered paid.
From Committee on Health, Rules
and Ordinances - The Committee on
Health, Rules and Ordinances, to
Whom was on the 1st day of October,
1918, referred the matter of regulating
& weights and measures in said City,
BEG leave to report the same back and
recommend that suitable person be
continuation by the CounciD to be
Known as City Sealer of Weights and
measures; and recommend that the
ONg Attorney prepare an ordinance
providing a penalty for violation OF
'ne rules regulating weights and meas
ures.
Dated this 1st day of October, 1918.
Ben Wood,
w. L. Notbohm,
Committee on Health, Rules and
Ordinance.
on roll call the foregoing report OF
Tue committee on Health, Rules and
0iulhances was adopted.
On motion of Alderman Notbohm,
ue Committee on Public Buildings
~ Grounds was requested to report
immediately on the question inyolv-
lhe purchase of city scale.
report of Committee on Public
buildings and Grounds-The Commit
on Public Buildings and Grounds,
~hom was on the 18th day of Sep
seIoer' 1918. referred the proposition
,4,'oEing the purchase and installa-