The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-09
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

Thompson and Nogel did not appear
after recess.
The council created a board of ap-
peals for persons aggrieved by de-
cisions under the building code, 1t is
provided for by statute but the city for
several years has failed to comply with
the law. The board is composed of the
city engineer, fire chief and city health
officer and two other citizens appoint
ed by the mayor. The two additions
are Herman Strodhoff, a carpenter and
Fred A. Setback, a mason.
A bus line has been granted permis-
sion to use the streets for an interur-
ban bus line between Manitowoc and
Green Bay. 1t was reported that two
round trips per day would begin at
once. The line will come in over the
Plank road, and will probably follow
state route 16 between the cities. The
trains between these cities taken off
month or two ago on the pretext of
the railway and coal strikes have not
been restored although the city and the
local Rotary club have been prodding
the C. & n. W. railway about it.
The matter of amending the parking
ordinance so that it will not apply be-
tween p. M. and A. M. was
broached and will probably come up
shortly.
John Barnes of the Richards Iron
Works asked for an opportunity to
make good with a bridge gate invented
by j. NJ. Kelley, an employe of the To-
cal shipyard. He offers to put them in
at Eighth street on thirty days trial.
The device works on a principle en-
tirely new to gates, being not unlike a
theater curtain. If the city likes its
working it can keep the outfit for
S2500. The matter was referred.
County Judge Chloupek appeared in
person and asked the council to CON
tinue the Office of probation officer
created a year ago and maintained
jointly by Manitowoc and Two Rivers.
He said that the juvenile court would
be of greatly less value if this office
were abolished Mrs. Mabel Killen has
served in the office during the past
wear. The matter will come up again.
The city will again ask the county
for the use Of he fair grounds during
the winter as an ice rink and will
probably be refused Like requests
have twice been refused. The resolu-
tOn sets out arguments for the grant
ing of the request and the council
passed it unanimously. A city mem
ber of the county board who voted
against it the last time it came up was
defeated for reelection last spring.
Lake street between State and Chi
cago streets may not be improved after
all. There seems to be determined
effort to defeat the movement and
scares in the form of wild and eXtrava-
giant estimates of the cost appeared.
1t was turned over to the Board of
Public Works for investigation,
The matter of the location of a sew
er outlet from the new high school
came in for an airing. The proposal
was to run it right into the lake there,
but there were objections and it was
proposed to run it into the lake through
the Green street outlet further south.
The matter was referred.
The city will proceed to make the
additions to the tramp station that
are necessary to render it habitable in
the opinion of the state board of
health. The Ritz-Carlton will have
nothing on Weary Wille's abode when
the state gives its approval.
A number of reports of city officers
were on file disclosing nothing of par
tcular interest
Drumm, chairman of the committee
on sanitation made report of the at
tendance at the recent sanitation con
ference at Chicago. He had some new
ideas on garbage disposal.
The council adopted unanimously a
fitting resolution of coincidence on the
recent death of Mayor Georgenson's
mother.
The up river yiaduct will be protect
ed from smoke and steam of 500 line
locomotives which cross under it and
some retaining walls will be erected at
each bridge end preparatory to the
paving of the street to connect the
viaduct with pavement all the way to
Western avenue.
The city clerk reported that the
audit of the city books had been COM
pleted and that everything was found
in good order and that city officials
had been commended by the state audi
tors for the excellent condition of the
records,
Vogel reported that collecting de-
linquent personal property taxes was
proceeding slowly and that an action
to compel the Gas company to pay its
big bill for gas pipes laid by the city
preparatory to street improvements
will be on the next calendar of the