The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-19
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The city council met in regular ses-
sion Monday evening and remained IN
session until 1890 a. m.
The Association of Commerce COM
mittee appeared and recommended that
an emergency river crossing for fire
protection purposes be prepared at
once. Thompson, ofthe councils street
committee, intimated that the associa-
tion's effort was purposeless as the
street committee has been attending to
the matter sedulously. 1t is probable
that the 500 Line jack-knife railroad
bridge at the shipyard will be planked
at once, andthat a temporary street
will be prepared to get across at the
new up river bridge at Twenty-first
street.
The council approved the sales of
nine houses to be moved from the land
bought for an addition to Evergreen
cemetery. The formal bid for the
Maresh house was rejected and then
Mr.. Maresh orally offered $500 and it
was accepted. The prices range from
$500 to 1000. The bid of $3.50 for
the Heyroth house was rejected.
The central labor council offered to
erect benches and stands at the new
Platt park as conveniences at picnics
and the offer was accepted Holly
thought they would he cheap, ugly
things, but it went through. The city
will furnish the material.
The clerk reported that many cleo
ton officials have not qualified and the
mayor will fill vacancies before the
fall registration,
The city has never received deeds of
the thirty-fve foot strip along the
river paralelling North Tenth street to
be given in exchange for docking, and
the harbor committee and attorney
were instructed 20 get the deeds
Holly introduced an ordinance div,d-
ing the third ward into two wards at
Hamilton street. The Third ward
aldermen rather intimated that this
matter might be left to their initiative.
They want merely two voting precincts
in the old ward The matter lies over.
Uncle Sam, acting through Major
JudSon, war department engineer, says
in effect that Manitowoc is lucky to
have ten minutes bridge closing at
noon, and that if the clatter for an ex-
tension does not cease at once, we are
likely to lose even the ten minutes,
1905 to l2l5, which we have.
Gravel wagons must keep off Eighth
street except where necessary to cross
the river. The stones they drop some
times break plate glass fronts when
automobile wheels hit them.
The city gave its note for $500 to
the United States shipping board in
payment of the balance of the city's
part of the Shipyard, wartime housing
project at Riverview. 1t is subject to
some reduction for street work that
does not conform to city specifications.
Rev. M. S. Axtell, representing the
new Presbyterian congregation was
present and wanted an informal vote
to get the sentiment on the question
of yacatng the stub of Twenty-fourth
street in Riverview as an aid to the
proposed new chapel there. Several
aldermen objected to this procedure
and thought the matter ought to come
up in regular fashion under the law
Rev. Axtell would not press the mat
ter in the face of any objections. 1t
may come up on petition of abutting
owners.
Theer was a lot of more or less
vague talk about this Twenty-fourth
street stub from a few members, with
intimations of some improper work in
getting title to a part of city street
and then dumping" it as a gift onto
the religious corporation to avoid
contest over the title.
The city attorney had on file an
opinion holding that the street railway
company may be compelled to sprinkle
along its tracks. Another opinion holds
that the city may demand that all pub
lie notices in the official paper he OF
the type usual in the reading matter,
and not fine print, at the accepted folio