The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-29
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council met in adjourned ses-
sion Thursday of last week. There not
having been quorum present Monday
because ofthe soldiers homecoming
celebration.
The ordinance providing an eight
hour day for all city employees except
ing elective officers, fremen and police
men and including all labor on city
contracts, came in with favorable re-
port. 1t will come up again and it is
almost certainty that it will be adopt
ed. 1t provides "time and a half for
all time in excess of eight hours in one
day A petition with 600 signers was
on file asking for the passage of the
ordinance.
The matter of saloon licenses came
up. Some aldermen wanted to have a
scheme devised to take only half the
annual license money as they evidently
expect that the sale of liquor will con-
tinue until the federal amendment
goes into force next January. The
state law provides that the whole year
shall be paid for in advance. BY what
process of reasoning it is figured out
that any alcoholic drinks will be on
sale after July lst did not appear.
The u. S. Emergency Fleet corpor-
alton has again asked the city to make
good its guaranty that $4,000 would
be spent by the city in public improve
ments at Riyeryiew where the govern
ment built 100 residences. The matter
was referred. The government built
sidewalks there four feet wide and the
city stands pat in its demand that
standard sidewalks of a width of five
feet four inches be laid.
The local street car line must make
extensions named in its original fran
chise or it may have to fight to retain
its franchise. A resolution by Drumm
provides for a committee to lay out a
plan of extensions and then to ask the
company to make them or fight, Man
ager Carson said recently that the com
pany will make the extensions "as soon
as the situation warrants" To the
weary citizen toiling up to the hospital
on a warm summer day the thought of
this definite assurance will come like
view of the oasis to the desert tray-
eler.
10 comply with a provision OF the
general charter act requiring public
utility funds to be kept separate from
the general fund of the city the sum of
S32. .6Sl.S9 was transferred to utility
fund.
Sunday funerals at Evergreen Gene
tery almost came to an end when the
MAYOR started discussion that put
over final action Nienaber chairman
of the cemetery committee argued for
the abolition of Sunday interments,
as did McKeough. Bouril thought that
many people who would like to pay
their last respects cannot go on week
days.
The Tadych children, who have per-
sistentlv refused to contribute to the
support of their father, will be prose
cuted and compelled to do so. The city
attorney was directed to get after them
by any means the law provides.
The question of letting the contract
for the years printing came up but the
matter was deferred until the commit
tee has had chance to look over the
bids, read up on the law, and then re-
port.
The L. S. War Department has given
the city a permit to build a new bridge
at Tenth street The city will ask for
bids at once. The city has petitioned
for a permit to build bridge at
DIST street to connect the neighborhood
of the Mailing company's plant with
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