Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-08
COUNCIL APPROVES
BOND BILL
WILL PURCHASE GRAND
AVE. SITE FOR RESTING
PLACE
Employment Service Will Be Con.
tlnued by Arrangement of City and
Citizens-Health Officer Agreed Up.
on at Salary of $500

on at Salary of $500
Inc city council at an adjourned
, meeting held last Thursday evening
authorlzed the city attorney, Frank
I'esher, 10 attend meeting of dele
gates from municipalities throughout
the state, to be held at Madison. ApriI
o. "hen Dill permitting cities to
issue special bonds in the purchase of
pubic utilities, which are a lein on
the property Of a utility and not a
general obligation of the CITY. is sched-
I uIed Tor hearing before the senate
committee on corporations. The coun-
Gil, approving the bill by its action.
was guided by letter received from
Ford HI. MacGregor, secretary of tbe
League of Municipalities.
Slmplifies Utility Purchases
Inc letter in part explaining bill
266-s reads: "The bonds are pavahle
exclusively from the revenue of the
utility and consequently do not come
within the constitutional five per cent
ueDt limit. Cities now have the power
10 purchase public utilities. This bill
aoes not affect that power. But it
uoes provide a practicable way to paw
ior the ponds 1t is necessary to issue.
MANY cities are close to their debt
limit and consequently cannot issue
su1nclent general city bonds to pur-
chase their utilities. They have full
iegal power to buy, but not to finance
the purchase. This bill provides a
practical method of payment without
the necessity of amending the consti-
tutlonal debt limit, or even of issuing
ponds which are a general liability of
the city.
The bill is very carefully drawn.
II was drawn by John C.. Thompson of
New York, probably one of the fore
most authorities on municipal bond
laws in the United States, on behalf of
the city of Superior, which has voted
to purchase its water, gas and electric
plants. 1t has been carefully exam
ined by the legislative committee of
the league and by our legislative coun-
sci and is endorsed by both.
Bond Houses Approve
THAT it is not only a we'll drawn
but practical bill, is shown by the
fact that two bond houses have already
agreed with Superior to take an issue
of over $2,000,00O of these bonds if the
bill is passed"
The property owned by Frank
Kelly, adjoining the Northwestern rail-
road on Grand avenue will be pur-
chased by the city for the sum of
S2,7OO. The board of public works
was authorized to purchase the same,
which will be made into a rest sta
tion for pedestrians.
Arrangement was also made for the
city to dispose of certain lots which
it owns. Stanley Syaniegoski claimed
damages as result of an injury, sus-
tanned he charges, through a poor side
walk. Frank Kruger claimed dam
ages for the loss of a horse as a re-
suit of an unrepaired road Both
these were referred to the committee
on claims.
Health Officer
The council authorized the engage
ment of a health officer and laboratory
expert at yearly salary of $2,SO0, it
having been determined that a desir-
able officer could not be obtained at a
lower salary. DR.. G. d. Partridge,
Milwaukee, will be obtained The state
pays $1,000 of the health officers sal
ary as a result of the new city labra-
tory.
Other matters of small concern were
taken up. A petition was received by
| the council signed by approximately
| fifty persons requesting the city not
to change the boundary lines of the
| town of Weston, that change having
been contemplated. A communication
from George P. Hambrecht of the
state industrial commission relative
| to the U. S. Employment Service
office in the city was read and dis
cussed. A public spirited citizen has
assured the salary of George L. Ward
employment agent, and the city has ar
ranged to meet the share of expense
it has been carrying in the past. A
transformer was ordered to be pur-
chased which will make possible more
lights on the west side, Sturgeon
Eddy road and the Town Line road
all three of which have been in need
aS DetitiOuS have indicated