Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-03-09
REGULAR SESSION
CITY COUNCIL
Much Business Transacted at the
Meeting on Tuesday
Evening

The regular monthly session of the
city council was held on Tuesday eve-
ming, Mayor J. L. Sell presiding.
The matter of annexing to the city
on the south, part of the town OF
Weston, which was petitioned for by
forty-three electors of that town who
were owners of the greater part of the
territory was brought before the coun-
Gil and as there was practically no
objection the ordinance providing for
annexation which was read, was adop-
ted unanimously by the council. The
ordinance will come up for final vote
at the next regular meeting and il
adopted will become effective in sc
days.
A petition from the Marathon Coun-
| ty Agricultural society asking that
so much of the far grounds lying in
| the town of Stettin be annexed to the
city of Wausau, which was referred
to the committee on judiciary. This
is but the beginning of proceedings tC
transfer the fair grounds to the coun-
| ty. This has been the aim of many OF
our people for the past thirty years
but one thing and another came uI
and it was not accomplished. Those
interested in making the park promi-
nent and one of which the whole
county can point with pride, have been
working out a proposition whereby
the grounds can wholly be transferred
through a county park commission
and it looks as if they are going to be
successful If the county takes the
grounds it will be on the condition
that the Marathon Agricultural society
will be permitted to hold its fairs
and race meets on the grounds; that
| the county is to make such annual
appropriations as will assist in re.
ducing the society's obligations.
The city, in publishing an ordinance
granting permission to the Wiscon-
sin Valley Electric company to extend
it's street car north on Sixth street
made the error Of naming "Winton
Street." when it should have been
Colbert Street" and a new ordinance
was adopted to correct the error.
The Wausau base ball club known
as the "Lumberjacks," asked permis-
sion to the use of Yawkey Park the
coming season, which petition was re-
ferred. This looks as if Wausau was
W nave I6S uldI uosSS Jail gaines Tie
coming summer.
| A petition to build a small garage
on the market square by the B. Helm
emann Lumber company was referred
Fred Duquette's son had the mis-
fortune to break his arm al the Lin
coin school, while playing and asked
that the city pay for the medical care
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on claims.
J. P. Werle who is about to leave
our city, presented his resignation as
member of the fire and police, which
was accepted and he was given a vote
of thanks for his efficient and faith
full services.
c. c. Yawkey was appointed a men,
Der of the Park Board in place of the
late August f. Marquardt, and the
appointment was unanimously con-
firmed.
1t was voted to refund $100 to each
holder of a license to sell intoxiea-
ting liquor and that the license to be
in force until July 1st, after which
date new licenses could be had at
$4,000. The license to sell non-intox-
icants will be $500 a year. Messrs
E. D. Widmer and Henry Gillian ap-
peared before the council urging the
paving of East Jackson street with
concrete.