Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-02-09
PETITION
UNEMPLOYED AID
LADON Table
Council Also Provided Employment
Fer Number of Men at Tuesday
Evenings Meeting.

After considerable pointed and busi-
ness-like discussion, the City Council
tabled the motion to grant the petition
for $1,000 aid for unemployed which
was brought up Tuesday evening. The
/ Poor Commissioner was asked for
report, and stated that there have
been rather more calls for help than
in former years, and. that his office had
taken care of every request, giving
work or cash as the cases have requir-
ed. He stated positively that no one
has been turned down. Alderman
Lynch said that it is work that the
unemployed want rather than cash do
nations, and he and Whitrock declared
that many of the unemployed feel
certain reticence and pride that re-
strains them from applying to the
Poor Commissioner. But it was the
sense of most of the Aldermen that
needy cases could be reported by each
alderman, without any special commit
tee, that the pride and reticence could
not be overcome by the appointment of
special committee as asked for by
the petitioners, and chat the city is
not limited to any set sum when these
cases are handled in the regular way.
E. G. Doudna appeared before the
Council and asked that committee of
1 Ie Council be appointed to confer with
the Building and Grounds Committee
of the Board of Education regarding
a new school house on the west side,
as there is much complaint regarding
the condition of the Lowell school, A
committee was accordingly named,
consisting of Aldermen Jackson, Hor-
ton, Roberts, Whitrock and Hansen.
Petition for paving Second street
south from Vine to Birch recommend
ed granted by the Street Committee,
also the petition for paving on Vine
from Second to Third.
The purchase of 1000 feet of new
hose for the Fire Department was au-
thor.ized. ~-~ s--~--r'2s
Petition for light at the corner of
Third and Plover streets was referred
to the general business committee and
petition for sewer on Fourth street
was referred to the sewer committee.
After the petition for unemployed
aid was disposed of a recommendation
from the Water and Light Commission
presented by the Mayer was brought
forward that the city proceed with the
digging of an additional lateral feed
to the Oak street water reservoir, Civ
ing part time employment to all ap-
picants among local laboring men,
There is work there equivalent to full
time employment for about 25 men for
the next three of four weeks, it was
stated, and the proposition was made
to divide this work among all local
workmen applying in such fashion that
tide them over the acute situation of
ho present and immediate future. This
work was authorized by the council.
Salaries of city officials are to re-
main the same as heretofore except
that the Assessor is to receive $1,000
per year instead of the present salary
of so per month. Pay of other city
employees is TO remain at the present
figure unless changed by future meet
ing of the Council.
Mayor Briere announced that the last
$1,000 bond for payment for the old
bridge which is now being wrecked
had just been made within the past
few days.