Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-03-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

or ChaS. Il. Brlere, presiding. All al
dermen present excepting Alderman
/ Hansen and Lemense.
Petition for water and sewer on
| Chestnut Street, and one block or
| Sixth street to Lee Street received
and referred to the Water & Sewer
| Committee.
Petition for the vacation of portion
of Second Avenue, Grant street, But
Ter Street and VanBuren Street re-
ceived and ordered placed on file
Motion duly made, seconded and
ing resolution be adopted to-wit:
Whereas, a petition by the owners
of all the frontage of the lots and
lands abutting upon that portion of
Grant Street between Second Avenue
and Third Avenue, that portion of
Butler Street between Second Avenue
and Third Avenue, that portion of
| Van Buren, Street between Second
! Avenue and Third Avenue, and that
portion of Second Avenue between
the north line of Grant Street and the
north line of Roosevelt street, has
been filed, asking for the discontinue
ance Of said portions Of said streets;
and
Whereas, the owners of more than
one-half of the frontage of the lots
and lands abutting on the portion of
the remainder of said streets sought
to be discontinued, which lies within
$3.50 feet from the ends of the por-
ton of said streets so proposed to be
discontinued have joined in said petit
ton, Now Therefore,
Resolved, That hearing on said
petition be had before the mayor and
common council Of the city of Grand
Rapids on the End day of March 1920,
at the regular meeting of the Com
mon Council at 500 O'Clock D. m. of
said day, at the Council Chambers in
the city Of Grand Rapids, Wood coun-
ty, Wisconsin, and be it
Further Resolved that a notice of
the time and place of said hearing on
said petition, signed by the City Clerk
be given by posting copies of said no
tice in three public places in said city
not less than three weeks before the
date fixed for said hearing, and by
publication Of said notice in the Daily
Leader, newspaper printed in said
city, once each week for three sue
cessive weeks before said day.
Electric and Water Commission pre-
scented proposed contract with the
Consolidated Water Power & Paper
Company for the furnishing of power
to said city. Contract bearing date
February 8, 1920 and on motion duly
made, seconded and carried said con-
tract was approved and ratified.
The mayor then presented the fol-
lowing as the election officers for the
next succeeding two years and on mo-
ton duly made, seconded and carried
said appointments were confirmed
and ratified.
First Ward-Election Inspectors, j.
Bamberg, Dennis Mccarthy, A. D.
Hill. Election Clerks, Ed. Morrill,,
Thos. Love. Ballot Clerks, Frank
Stahl, Sam Schroeder.
Second Election Inspectors,
F. S. Gill, R. F. Matthews, A. C. Mil
leT. Election clerks, Lawrence Scarf,
H. Sampson, Jr. Ballot clerks, Chas.
Witte, VIM. Snider.
Third ward-Election inspectors, E.
N. Pomainville, F. D. Abel, NJ. b.
goger. Election clerks, James Hamil-
| ton, John Smith, Jr. Ballot clerks,
John Brandt, Albert Arndt.
Fourth ward-Election inspectors,
John Planke Sr., Albert Behrend, Var
Shearier. Election clerks, G. T. Row.
land, Henry Planke. Ballot clerks,
Edward Wheelan, VIM. Corcoran.
Fifth ward-Election inspectors,
Fred C. Hanke, Vincent Brostowitz,
Joe Lukaseski. Election clerks, C.
Nord, Fred Otto. Ballot clerks, John
Kallander, Emil Bealer.
Sixth ward-Election inspectors,
John Jung, C. A. Boorman, Paul Mil
Ter. Election clerks, NJ. Kubisiak,
Frank Damon Ballot clerks, Severn
Holberg, Carl Kruger.
Seventh ward-Election inspectors,
Chas. Mobiles, Harvey Gee, Art. Law.
Election clerks, Ed Knoll, Aug. Colts
chalk. Ballot clerks, VIM. Vaughn, B.
L. Brown.
Eighth ward-Election inspectors,
E. E. Baldwin, John Ostruske, Nels
Laramie. Election clerks, Ray Sutor,
Geo. Fahrner Ballot Clerks, Nels
Larson, Robert Perling.
The mayor then recommended that
all existing salaries remain the same
excepting that the city laborer re
ceive so cents per hour, Transfers
S100 per hour, city clerk $4,000 per
year city engineer $1,000 90 per year.
| Motion duly made and seconded that
| The salaries be fixed as recommended.
Motion amended, made by Alderman
| Lynch and seconded by Aid Whitrock
| that the mayors salary be fixed at
| 100000 An amendment made and
| duly offered by Aid. Geoghan and see
onded that the same be amended so
that the mayors salary be fixed at
/ $4,000. Last mentioned amendment
fuly carried. All Aldermen voting
ave. excepting Aid. Bamburg, Lynch,
! Schiig and Whitrock Original motion
! last amendment carried, all aldermen
voting aye excepting Aldermen Lynch
/ and Schlig, voting no
Duly moved, seconded and carried
| that the mayor appoint a committee