The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-05-19
CITY COUNCIL NOTES


daylight saving resolution at the last
preceding meeting moved to reconsider
and the whole fireworks display began
70 threaten again. 1t was settled, how
ever for the time to deferring action to
next meeting. 1t was asserted and de-
MED that the public favors so-called
daylight saving and the mayor made
remarks indicating that he would veto
the resolution if it is adopted without
opportunitv for fair indication by the
public of it's approval. The public wei
fare committee will try to find out
what the public thinks about it,
Taryia X will he tried out on several
blocks. 1t is a form of street surface
binder which furnishes a semi-perma-
nent" surface,
The city owes over $4,000 on land
contracts for the purchase of park
lands and it was suggested by j. D..
Kelley, chairman of the city utilities
commission that surplus utility funds
be used to pay off the debt to save
interest charges.
The city attorney had on file writ
ten opinion holding that the claim Of
the Flks' club for exemption from tax
alton has no merit under the law and
the council unanimously voted to re-
fuse a refund of $l93 paid as taxes.
John Plumb, president of the city
park board, in person, voiced an old
complaint when he urged that the
board be given some real authority and
duties Attendants at Lincoln park
and the West Side park were author
lied
The city attorney ruled that the
council has no jurisdiction in the mat
ter of the complaint of Mrs. George
Vollendorf that the Aluminium Foun-
dry company makes altogether too
much noise.
A plat of the Seeger acreage laying
east of Eleventh street at the North
city limits was filed and will he acted
upon later
Jay streets, between Ninth and
Tenth streets was selected as the site
for the city market Taerr wiz he two
market days eieb w.o-
No action was taken on the Marine
band matter. The citys former propo-
sition of $500 per month for twelve
concerts a year with guarantee as to
quality of music and accounting for
the funds still stands. This has been
virtually rejected by the band and the
present prospects are that the organi-
zation will disband and that there will
be no music on Memorial day.
Tuesday evening the band voted to
discontinue rehearsals which if not re-
scinded amounts to diSbandment. There
has been some gossip that some of the
opposition in the council to giving the
band what it asks arises from the fact
that the band had not affiliated with
the local Central Labor council.
As suggested in this paper last week
the city attorney ruled that recent tax
refunds were illegal, and that the time
to fix assessments is when the board of
review meets in July each year.
Peter Rugowski was appointed by
the mayor to succeed A. +. SchuIze on
the city park board Mr.. Schulze's term
has expired. The council elected JOS
eph Bigel to the city utilities commits
sion to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Max Richter. Both Rugowski
and Bigel have served in the city coun-
ell.
The local street railway company had
communication on file asserting that
the company is financially unable to
pave along its tracks. Mr.. Carson also
appeared for the company and said
that the company cannot pave and
operate. The company asserts that it
lost $l17,5S9.l3 from July /, 1916 to
the end of 1920 and that thus far in
1921 they have operated at a loss, of
S3,585.30. 1t was intimated that if the
charges for paving are insisted upon
the lines will be turned over by the
company to its bondholders.
The company also wants to be re-
ieyed of the sprinkling it was lately
ordered to do
+. l.. Kelley, lately city attorney, APP
peared for the William Rahr interests
in asking for an annulment of a spe-
cial paving assessment of $2l9 against
the little triangle below the hospital at
Western avenue, Wollmer street and
Twenty.frst street They have fenced
and beautihed the tract and say that
they will rather permit II to revert to
its former unkept state and abandon it
than to pay this tax on a useless piece
of land. They are willing to pay a
nominal sum of about $50
The United States claims $500 from
the city for work at Riveryiew addition
under the wartime housing project,
and the city will now make counter