The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-08
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council met in regular session
Tuesday evening, the regular meeting
time being the evening of Labor day.
Difficulty in locating a surface drain,
between New York and Michigan ave
nues resulted in preliminaries to the
opening of Seventeenth street between
those two thoroughfares. The street is
about ON the line between the Smoke
and o. TOrrisOn properties. The board
of public works were directed to get
prices on the necessary ground and
condemnation will be resorted to if
necessary. In this connection it was
said that the o. Torrison interests are
planning to plat and put on the market
large part of the land surrounding
the old home.
A resolution was adopted directing
heads of departments and committees
to file in writing their estimates of
necessary sums for the next year to
enable the finance committee to more
Systematically prepare the so-called
budget for the council upon which the
tax levy is based.
The vocational school board filed its
budget 1t calls for S36,362.24. The
mayor said $4,000 should be added to
this to cover an emergency appropra-
ton made for new equipment There
is also added $1,000 from state aid and
S7Op --'' ol Il aid. The item for
ana now is the 40 650
double need will b.
will be served and the installing
tasks to do and money to ~prs TO
For lack of courage we .a,tor
lecting any number of large
ings that would give a nigh
to the great any &d.s1 directed to
, its pipes on streets to be paved
next year and was given until Sept. 20
to get started As the company has
refused to do it the past two years it
will hardly change its tactics now. The
matter of making it pay for the 1920
and 1921 work done for it by the city
viii probably be decided in the courts, |
The attorney ruled that the city can
not pay the salary of Earl Walters,
one of the city engineers assistants,
for the time he was at state encamp- |
ment with the National Guard and his |
claim for such salary was finally dis
allowed.
The request of Two Rivers to join
m an invest CATION Of the financial con
dition of the Traction company result |
ed in the council voting to tell Two
Rivers all we know about it and to adj
wise them of how this city is proceed |
ing. There seemed to be little, if any, !
disposition to shed tears over the com
pany's pitiable inability to pay the paw
ing assessments levied against it, but |
rather desire to call the company'S |
bluff of its intention to quit if forced
to pay.
The J. F, Rappel company and the
Manitowoc Foundry Machine company |
will be required to lay sidewalks on
the north side of Franklin street be
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets |
despite their written protests that they
are unnecessary and will be dangerous |
because of the proximity of railway |
tracks.
The 1921 paving has been completed
and accepted by the city and the bal |
ance of SI6,7lS.74 allowed.
Building Inspector John Peppard
had his report for August on file.
There were 80 building permits, for
buildings estimated to cost Sl47,3l5, |
50 building inspections, 39 plumbing
permits, ~ electrical permits and 81
inspections and a total of Sl65.97 in
fees collected,
The detailed monthly report of pro-
baton officer Mabel Killen shows that
she has been busy during the month
getting Youngsters back into the
straight and narrow path,