The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-06
Council Proceedings

Proceedings of a regular meeting of
the common council of the city of Wa
tertown, Wisconsin, held on the fifth
| day of March, 1918.
His honor, the mayor, presiding.
Present at roll call: Aldermen Beur-
| haus, GlatZel, Harte, Hence, Klemann,
Knick, Koerner, Lutovsky, Schlueter,
| Werner Q0).
On motion of Alderman Lutovsky
the minutes Of the preceding session
were approved.
The resignation of H. A. Bublitz as
alderman of the Tenth ward was pre-
scented and accepted.
A communication from the Wiscon-
sin Gas & Electric company relative to
taxes paid on the property of said
| company was referred to the commit
tee on judiciary, city clerk and as
| SCISSOR
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council.
Gentlemen: At a joint meeting of
the police and fire commissioners, the
| chief of police and the patrolmen of
the city, held this day, a resolution
was passed recommending to your
! honorable body change in the recent
| ordinance regulating the salaries in
| the police and fire departments Of the
| city
May we recommend that the ordin-
| ance be changed to read:
Chief of $1,000
| PatrOlmen, Glass A-- 1920
Patrolmen, Glass B------ $50
| PatrOlmen, Glass C--- 900
| Patrolmen, Glass D------------- $40
| PatrOlmen, Glass E-- $50
We further recommend that Capt.
Bolger be placed in Glass A, and Pa
| trolmen Bruegger, Doerr, thinner
mann and Ruiz be placed in Glass B.
The high price Of everything neces-
sary in life, together with the ad-
vance of uniforms, which the men
must furnish surely should be favor
ably considered in these times. If the
members Of your honorable body will
not back this commission we will be
unable to fill the police department
with a calibre of patrolmen who are a
| credit to our city, for we have three
of our most efficient men making ap-
pllcatiOn for other positions
We further recommend that the
salary of the driver of the city fire
truck be increased to $3.50 year; al
though the city has been blessed with
good luck in the nature Of fire losses,
the attention he ha S given the posi-
ton, together with the ever increase
of everything necessary to sustain
| life, warrants this raise in salary.
| Respectfully,
| F. P. McAdams, Secy
| nance committee.
| A communication from the Wiscon-
sin Inspection Bureau suggesting GER
tain reforms and improvements in the
fire department and the adoption OF
| improved building and electric wiring
codes in order for the city to secure a
better fire insurance rating, was re-
| ferred to the committees on fire de-
| partment and finance.
| Accounts were allowed under sus-
pension of the rules.
The treasurer's report, showing a
balance on hand at the end of the last
month of $145, 286.76 was presented
and ordered placed on file.
Alderman Glatzel presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the notice of election
and information to voters required to
be published prior to the annual spring
election, shall be published in the Wa
tertOwn Daily Times, The WATERFOWL
News, The WatertOwn Gazette and the
Watertown Weltbuerger.
The resolution was adopted, all
members present (10) voting in favor
thereof
The matter of securing smoke pro-
tectOrs for the fire department was
referred to the committee on fire de-
partment.