Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-10
Unanimous Vote For This I'M
prOvement At Annual Cham
Der of Commerce
Meet
REST ROOM URGED
FOR FARMERS WIVES
I Z. i0us Other improvements Are Dis
cugsed and Observation-Disclosures
Elected

Paved streets drew more votes than
sny other one needed Improvement for
lh;. city of LadySmith as the result OF a
referendum sent out to members OF the
Chainl,cr of Commerce by secretary
blackburn in calling the brethren to-
pcthcr for the annual business meeting,
.,unk..r ana luncheon. held Wednesday
evening.
Ii is probably no eXaggerati0n to say
That The meeting was the best III polht
If interest manifested ever held by this
civic association. The attendance was
very good and the luncheon seemed to
hit the spot.
Directors were elected for the-en-
suing year as follows: l.. G. Streater
Frank Fountain. l.. f. Mctiill. f. W.
Iasl.
The Secrctary's report showed the IL
lIanccs. of the Chamber to ne III satlS-
factory condition. but the membership
fees as Inadequate to carry on the work
Of the association as it should be- 1t
ly;,S noI thought advisable to raise the
fees. rs it was desired to have as large
- membership Of the citizens OF LadE-
smith lis possible 1t was determined
10 make an energetic drive for new
members and also to induce those mem
Lcl.% who cared to do so to SuDScrlDe
for additional memberships for their
firms.
President J.. c. Streater called on
various members TO give reasons III
>ubstantiation of their advocacy of the
, different matters of Improvement that
were suggested All present We're
strongly in favor of paving as the most
ttrociu undertaking. Now that the
Storm sewer is i'll. water connections all
made and materials have receded from
their extreme price altitude. no reason
for further delay in this most NEEDED
innnrovement remains City Comlnls-
.iAHrr Coon. who was present after the
regular meeting of the city council had
adjourned. explained that II would be
u, ,cpSSary to. bond the city III order 10
make this Improvement. hut with the
increase of one-thild in real estate val
batinn. thc city could now be bonded
for IN amount sufficient TO cover the
cost. While the city would nave 10
,lrr{ he entire cost of the WORK. aotti-
ling Asroucrty owners would be as
~e4Scd i'm taxes. running III instruments
over a period of several years. for al
,motut equal 10 one-third of the cost
nr lie paving in front of their property.
'lI,i~ would leave onc-third of the pay
ing 10 be paid for by the city. III addl-
sion To the street intersections ana tht
>4acp in front of alleys.
\ start on street paving VIII he madt
next summer. with the two blocks on
AImcr-av.. between f. SecOnd-st.. ana
". Src0nd-St aS the site.
IT is probable that at least two blocks
will also I've paved on ". Second-St
and possibly more than the two blocks
m, ntioupd on Minerav. On paving done
on West Sccomd-St. the city would gel
federal ana state aid, on account OF be
inc on highway 43.
The kind of material to be used may
be- left to the property owners lnoSi
directly affected To decide. though as
v.e understand it. the council may use
its discretion i'll the matter Some
are advocating creOSOte blocks ana
eome want brick. while others favor
.cntnt. Those who favor cement clam
,baf the cost will he about one-half as
mIIcb rs the creOSote blocks with
lricI, nj a cost somewhere between the
,ost of the blocks and the cement.
\ majority of the Chamber OF Com
marcc favorS cre0soted blocks. Whicl;
iS undoubtedly the best paving mater
ial although the most expensive IN
IirSt cost.
\ rpst room for farmers wives was
the Improvement that was next III the
number of advocates. 1t was urged
thot = very strong effort be made tC
proyide this necessary convenience.
Several advocates of changing tho
ritv Eack To the aldermanic form OF
government argued that the Older form
that LadySmith abandoned few years
ago made the city council more re
sponsive to the will of the people. II
WIS admitted that the aldermanic form
of government was more apt to b'
,yastcful in the handling of the cit!
finds and that taxes might he higher
Other Improvement matters that were
mentioned. although not all were dis
.usscd owing to the limitation of time
were: Community cooperation and co
0peration with city council; healthfu
recreation and amusement for Lady
smith boys and girls: white way; nd
ditiOnal and better school facilities