Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-02-10
COMMON COUNCIL

Northwestern road was in Wausau
Tuesday and in behalf of the company
gave the city deed to a strip OF land
on the west side of Clarke's Island
from the company's passenger depot
grounds north to the new concrete
bridge. This land belonged to the rail-
road company and there was no way
by which the city could widen the
street to the width of the other city
streets except TO obtain possession OF
this strip Work will commence soon
ON an abutment straight up from the
waters edge. This will enable the
street TO be widened sufficiently.
The matter of the Grand Avenue
bridge crossing the c. & n. w. tracks
was also discussed, and the R. r. will
no doubt build the bridge of concrete
and widen it to the width of the street.
The matter of building spur to the
manufacturing district in the south
western part of the city was also taxi
en- up. The city would have to build
the track and turn it over to the r. r.
company.
The Retail Liquor Dealers associa-
ton asked for return of the retail
license money paid to the city by sa-
loon keepers for July LIST, 1919, to July
1st; 1920, which communication was
referred to the committee on licenses.
A proposed ordinance was read,
which, if passed, is to place the license
to saloon keepers until June 30, 1920,
at $50, and after that So be charged for
selling soft drinks.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany notified the council of its accep-
lance of the ordinance under which ii
will extend it's lines north on 9Th
street to Gilbert street and south on
Third avenue to Thomas street.
The council ordered the city to be
redistricted and ordered the city en-
gineer and judiciary committee to
submit a change in the lines of the
various roads.
The paving on Fourth street be-
tween Scott and Mcclellan streets was
let to Carl Lott and he was also given
the contract for paving Grand Avenue
from the end of the brick paving to
Ruder street.
The Curtis & Yale Co. agreed to sell
the company's barns on the West
Side on easy terms and the matter
was referred.
1t was authorized to sell the build
ing put up for the Lamson Truck Com
pany and five acres of land to the Star
Manufacturing Company for $4,000;
$500 to be paid down and the balance
within three years, but the property
goes back to the city in case the COM
pany fails to continue in operation for
five years.
The committee on industries report
ed as to the purchasing of the Mohr
Lumber Co.'S site for the Abrasives
Company 1t was to the effect that it
could be purchased for $4,000 on easy
terms. The Abrasives Company was
willing to take the property at the
same price on the same terms. 1t was
voted to purchase the property.
The Mayor announced the following
Election officers:
First Ward-Inspectors Geo Hal
der, VIM. Weisbrod, Frank Helling;
clerks, John Dern, Gust Ringle; bal
lot clerks, VIM. Heinrich, Otto Binzer.
Second Ward-Inspectors, Edw. C.
Kretlow, John w. Miller, J. j. Lohmar;
clerks, H. j. Abraham, Frank Boett-
cher; ballot clerks, VIM. Allen, Edw.
Lemke
Third Neutrality-suspicious., Robert
Leistikow, F. Marquardt, V. j. Splaine;
clerks, John Schneider, Albert Mar
TIM; ballot clerks, VIM. Kruger, E.
w. Pagenkopf.
Fourth Ward-Inspectors Paul Pet
ers, w. P. Brown, Harry Kiefer;
clerks, r. H. Johnson, Harold Po-
phal; ballot clerks. o. M. Scott, Julius
Goltz
Fifth Ward-Inspectors j. l.. Kie-
fer, Chas. Gaedtke, Fred W. Weisse;
clerks, Ray Charter, Mike Hanson;
ballot clerks, R. R. Schmidt, Victor
Kicker.
Sixth Ward-Inspectors w. A. Ber-
ger, Chas.> Christian, Fred Bloom;
clerks, W. T. Barden, Harry Torsew-
ski; ballot clerks, John Bliese, Ste
phen Bycinski.
Seventh neutrality-suspicious., ]. ].
Muckerheide, Fred. J. Miller, Henry
Juers; clerks, Emil Dippman, Fred
Eggers; ballot clerks, Albert Ziegler,
Jacob ENTER
Eighth Ward-Inspector, Henry
Pagenkopf Walter Priebe, Jos ].
Mohr; clerks, August Otto, Mike Kaas:
ballot clerks, Aug Luedtke, VIM. Kuck-
uck.
MIMI neutrality-suspicious., John L.
Morgan, Ernst Koch, Robt. Fecht-
ner; clerks, VIM. Salisbury, Otto
Knoor; ballot clerks, Jos. Lestina,
Geo. Ronek.
The matter of school house being
constructed in the southern part of the
city was left with the board of edu-
cation. 1t was the opinion that a
school house should be built there if
found necessary.
The salaries of the city officials was
fixed at the following votes: