The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-05-23
Common Council Proceedings.
Edgerton, Wis. May IS, 1919.


men present: Brown, Hopkins, At
il, Wesendonk, Stark, Dallman.
finutes of previous meeting read
approved.
Iills presented and allowed:
Rusch, street work. ....... S139 70
mes Publish. Co., 100 specifs. 20 SO
haller- Young, 205 #. S. pipe. BIB IS
rlward Sons Co., catch basins 22S %
Petition of F. w. Coon ct. al. re-
riding Swift street paving read and
dered filed.
Petition of Mrs. Arthur Wileman ct.
regarding Second street paving read
d ordered filed.
Petition of C. E. Sweeney ct. al. re-
lrding paving on North Second street
ad and ordered filed.
Communication from d. w. North,
cretary Loyalty Legion, Offering to
,nato $36. IL to city for Central Park
Irposes read.
Aid. Brown offered the following
solution and moved its adoption:
Resolved by the Common Council of
he City of Edgerton, That the dona-
on of $50. IL from the friends of the
dgerton Loyalty Legion, to be used
5 nucleus for fund to secure CEN
al city park, be accepted and set
side in a special fund for the uses
)ecified.
Aid. Atwell offered the following
ssolution and moved its adoption:
Whereas, the Edgerton Driving Park
.ssociation has offered to the City its
roperty consisting of twenty-nine
cres of land within the corporate linn
IS for a consideration of 5000 per acre;
nd
Whereas, it is desirable for the City
purchase said land for the purpose
f park and public ground; and
Whereas, the price asked for such
rOperty is reasonable;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the
Common Council of the City of Edger-
on, That negotiations for the purchase
# said property be made by the Mayor,
md that the City Attorney be instruct
ID to prepare the necessary ordinance
tOr the purchase of said property and
he issuing of bonds for the payment
Of the same.
Resolution unanimously adopted.
Aid. Hopkins was excused from the
meeting.
resolution and moved its adoption:
Whereas, the Common Council of the
city of Edgerton, Wis, having on the
10th day of January, 1919, and Bird day
of February, 1919, duly adopted reso-
luton declaring it to be the sense and
purpose of the council that the follow
ing named streets should be improved
at the expense of the property bene-
flied thereby to the established grade
by grading the roadway thereof and by
constructing thereon a reinforced con-
crete pavement, under two year guar
antee, together with portland cement
concrete combined curb and gutter or
integral curb; namely:
Main Street from Rollin st. to the
bridge at Saunders Greek, said pave
ment to have width of thirty feet
between curbs;
Catlin Street with a width of forty
feet between curbs from East Fulton
Street to Lawton Street;
Henry Street from Fulton Street
to Main track of the C. M. & st. P.
Ry., said pavement to have width
of forty feet between curbs;
Second Street from Washington ST.
to the East and West Quarter Line of
Section Four, said pavement to have a
width of twenty-five feet between
curbs;
Bentley Place from Rollin Street to
the Southwest property line of Jen-
son and Perry Streets, said pavement
to be constructed between the cutters
which are now in use, and which is
approximately twenty-five feet wide.
West Fulton Street from the Main
Track of the C. M. & st. P. Ry. to
the North and South Quarter Line of
Section Four, said pavement to have
a width of twenty-eight feet between
eurbs;
Lawton Street from Main Street to
Catlin Street, said pavement to have
a width of thirty feet between curbs;
That part of Swift Street from
Rollin Street to the bridge over
Saunders Creek, and that part of AL
bion Road from the bridge over
Saunders Greek to the West Property
Line of Doty Street. The said pave
ment on Swift Street to be thirty
(3O) feet wide between curbs, from
ROllin Street to the Northeast pro-
perty line of Jensen Street, and be-
ginning at the Northeast property
line of Jensen Street the width OF
said pavement will be narrowed until
same is twenty (20) feet wide be-
tween curbs at the bridge over Saun-
ders Creek; and the said pavement
on Albion Road shall be at point
within twenty-five feet of the bridge
over Saunders Greek, twenty-foul
(24) feet wide between curbs, and
continue at this same width to the
West properly line of Doty Street;
First Street from Washington Street
to the East and West Quarter Line OF
Section Four, said pavement to have g
width of twenty-five feet between