The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

The council met in regular session
Wednesday night of last week on ac-
count of Monday being Labor day and
Tuesday primary election.
A petition of the Burger Boat COM
pany asking the opening of road to
the 500 line property lying between
the 500 and Northwestern tracks on
the west side of the river opposite the
island revealed plans for removal Of
the Burger company from its present
location to afford the Manitowoc Ship
building company additional lands and
dock frontage for extension of the
shipbuilding plant.
Through agreement made by the
Burger company with the Unied
States shipping board Emergency
Fleet corporation and the Manitowoc
Shipbuilding company, the Burger
company will vacate its present site
which will be utilized by the Ship
building company. The Burger com
pany has leased five and and-half acres
of land from the 500 line across the
river directly opposite its present
shops and will start work on the es-
tablishment OF complete now plant.
The petition was referred to the com
mittee on streets.
Appointment of l.. X. Pitz as city
engineer to succeed Fred Alter WAS
announced by Mayor Schroeder and
confirmed by the council. Mr.. PITT
held the office for number of years
and since the departure of Mr.. Alter
FOR service in the army has been act
ing engineer.
The council authorized the purchase
Of the Albeit property on the north
side lake front, embracing six lots be-
tween State and Chicago streets. The
park commission negotiated an option
on the property at $500 and the coun-
Gil ratified the action of the commits
sion and voted to purchase the lots for
the price fixed-$500.
The property was acquired years
ago by the Wisconsin Central, which
at that time considered it as a right
of-way for its line to reach a slip
which was to be built on the lake
front. For two years, the city has oc-
cupied the property as a bathing
beach,
Complaint of Fire Chief Kratz, that
for several months past, he never
secured direct pressure at fire, un-
ess he called for 1t by telephone, aft
-gr reaching the fire, aud notified the
pump house to put on direct pressure,
was made to the council, but, on the
admission Of the chief that he had not
personally taken the matter up with
Supt Schroeder of the water and light
plant. the council took no action other
than instructing the fire chief to con-
fer with Supt. Schroeder about the
matter.
The council adopted the ordinance
extending the operation of the II
o'clock closing law to confectionery
stores, billiard and pool halls, bowling
alleys and kindred business places.
A second ordinance adopted pro-
vides for the licensing Of billiard and
pool halls and bowling alleys, fee Of
IS year for each table or alley being
specified.
By a vote of II to 3, the council
Tuesday night in special session,
pledged itself to $4,000 for the work
of public improvements at Riverview
addition where the government Is
erecting 100 homes for shipbuilders.
Thompson, Vogel and Wergin refused
to vote for the measure.
Under the resolution adopted the
city binds itself to turn over to the
Emergency Fleet corporation or its
assigns $4,000 as its share of the pub
lie Improvement work at RiverView
the amount to be paid not later than
two years after the close of the war
and in no event later than ten years
after passage OF the resolution.
Arthur Zander was elected city
clerk at the special meeting Tuesday
night. He received IA votes on the
first and only ballot taken. Mr. Bouril,
chairman of the special committee,
which recommended Mr.. Zander, stat
ed that he would accept the office and
would be here the last of the week to
take charge of 1t.
The selection of Mr.. Zander, who ls
now a travelling salesman for the Zeid-
Ter Candy company at Milwaukee, VIII
meet with general approval. He was
formerly teacher in the county, and
served one term as county clerk.
The special committee secured the
names of a number of candidates VINO
we're willing to take the office, and the