Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-12
COUNCIL MEETING
BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE
TRANSACTED AT THE
MONTHLY MEETING

There was a regular meeting OF the
city council held on Tuesday even
ing, which had nearly full attend
ance with Mayor Sell presiding.
In the matter of paving the prop
erty owners preferred vitrified brick,
and it. was voted to use such on the
streets to be paved this season-Scott,
between Fifth and Sixth streets;
Fourth, between Scott and Washing
ton streets, and Jefferson, between
First and Fourth. AS Carl Lotz was
the lowest bidder for the paving OF
these streets the contract was award
ed him.
For a number of years there has
been talk OF street railway extensions.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany has been petitioned time and
time again to run it's lines north as
far as the hospital, for the conven-
ience of the many who have to visit
that institution daily. In 1912, the
company had its rails on hand to-
make this extension also to go south
to the manufacturing district on Third
avenue, but the great flood that year,
prevented, since that time there has
been much talk but nothing done. The
company felt that, under the circum-
stances, as the city insisted that it
pave it's tracks and made no effort to
Tighten it's burden of expense it could
not make extensions asked for. Our
city begins to realize that Wausau
must expand if it ever amounts to a
hill of beans; with the street railway
at a stand still so is our city's growth.
AS an illustration the street railway
was built to Rothchild and our city is
built up to that point. If il is eX
tended north, east, west or south, to
that extent the city will expand and
grow. Can the Wisconsin Valley
Electric Co. afford, without the help of
our city and it's people to make these
extensions? No AS it is the COM
pany can realize only a very little on
it's street railway-two or three
per cent annually on the invest
ment Our city will give land and
money to secure new institutions, but
TO that which is the greatest impetus
towards building up the city, not a
helping hand has been extended in the
past, consequently, no extensions. The
council made move in that direction
at it's meeting Tuesday evening. A
motion was passed to appoint COM
mittee of three to confer with the
Wisconsin Electric company to see
what could be done in the matter of
extensions, especially on Sixth street,
north to the hospital and on Third
avenue, south to the manufacturing ;
district.
The Wisconsin Electric Co., was on
motion ordered to remove its ties on
urac
'menced on same.
Matt NJ Kust, alderman of the Sixth |
ward. resigned from the council for
the reason that he was soon to de-
part for the west, to make his home.
Resignation was accepted.
The committee on finance recon-
mended that the city pay a portion of
rent for the headquarters of the Fed
Grated Charities. and it was ordered
that the city pay $500 per month.
TIE petition for an automobile for
the visiting nurse was granted.
1t was voted that a bridge fund be
established and the sum of $4,000 be
placed i'm the tax roll each year. A
few of the members argued that
amount should be made $4,000 year,
especially as the manufacturers had
been pleading for a bridge in the
northern part of the city for the past
five years. The mayor said that the
bridges could be built and the an
nual collection of $4,000 applied to
the debt. The resolution was adopted.
The Wausau Foundry and Machine
shops petitiOned the city for the old
Longfellow school annex. The mat
ter was referred to a committee.
An amount not to exceed 500 was
appropriated to defray expenses of the
chief of the fire department and 9TH
ers to the annual state fire convention.
A resolution ordering the removal
OF rails, etc, which encrOach on the
sidewalks on Third street, was re-
ferred to the committee on streets and
bridges TO investigate and report at
next meeting.
The secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce addressed the council in
the matter of new institution, which
was about to locate here and which
desired to purchase piece of land of
nearly six acres. near the Marathon
Granite Works. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on industries.
The question of automobile speed
ing was discussed, it appearing, that
no attention was being paid TO the