Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-05-05

Mayor Hanson IN the Chair.
On motion of Alderman Ragsdale.
the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with, and min
utes were approved as printed.
Report of Chief of Police of vio-
lations of ordinances and street lights
not burning during tie tionth of April
1922, Read and ordered placed on file.
Report of Superintendent of Water
Works for the month of April, 1922.
Read and ordered placed on file.
Financial statement of City Clerk
and Acting Comptroller for the month
of April, 1922. Read and ordered
placed on file.
Alderman Vergiels present.
Application of C. A. Hendy for bill
lard and pool table license. Read and
referred to Committee on License.
Communication from Secretary of
Lea@re of Wisconsin Municipalities
calling attention to the convention to
be held at Appleton, June 7th, Sth and
9th, read by the Chair and laid over
until next regular meeting.
Communication from City Clerk rel
ative to pool table license for Charles
Anderson, read and referred to Com
mittee on License.
Communication from G. Steinhagen,
submitting plat of Lentz Subdivision
No. 2, read and referred to City
Plan Commission, with instructions to
City Clerk to transmit said plat to the
City Plan Commission with the re-
quest that proceedings in regard
thereto be expedited as much as pos
sible.
Petition of John F. La Boule pray
ing for sewer and water mains in
Twelfth Avenue from North Avenue
to Meinecke Avenue, together with
communication from City Clerk, read
and referred to Committee on Sewer
and water.
Communication from Mr.. H. A.
Koenig relative to improvement of
Eighth Avenue, read.
Mr.. Koenig being asked to take the
floor read portions of communications
sent by him to the heads of street de-
partments in various nearby cities, to-
gether with replies thereto, regarding
the inadvisabiiity of doing under
ground work and paving during the
same year and explained his position
in the matter.
A lengthy discussion followed, par
ticipated in by the Chair, Aid. Not
bohm, Aid. Engel and Mr.. Koenig, and
the communication was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary.
Petition asking for abatement of
alleged nuisance existing in the Vi
entity Of Germania Hall, read by the
Chair.
Aid. Notbohm, Aid. Engel, Messrs.
John Goebel, John Wletscheck and
others spoke on the various phases of
the situation, and the matter was re-
ferred to Committee on Fire and Po-
lice and Chief of Police.
Petition of John Janzen and others.
praying for the improvement of Ninth
Avenue, read and referred to Commit
tee on Streets.
The bills and payroll were chen in
troduced, read and referred to Com
mittee on Finance.
Resolution providing for the issue of
$50, 100000 School Bonds, Ninth Series,
read and referred to Committee on
Finance, with instructions to City
Clerk to publish said resolution in the
official paper as a proposed resolu-
ton, as required by law.
The Chair asked if anyone present
desired to be heard on any subject of
interest to the Council.
No response,
The Committee on Judiciary re-
ported back communication from H.
A. Koenig with resolution, and on roll
call the resolution was adopted.
The Committee on Finance reported
back bills ard payroll and no separate
action being asked, said bills and pay
roll were allowed and ordered paid.
BY Aid. Notbohm, resolution re-
appointing Miss Laura H. Ellsworth
for the ensuing year, adopted under
suspension of the rules Ode Swarte).
BY Aid. Vergiels, resolution grant
ing permit to Mary Anderson to erect
store on the southwest corner of
THOMAS Avenue and Watkins Avenue,
adopted under suspension of the rules
(Notbohm).
The Committee on Sewer and Water
reported back petition of John F. La
Boule with the verbal request that
Mr.. La Boule be asked to appear be-
fore the Council at the next regular
meeting.
The Committee on Streets and
Lights reported back petition for inn
provement of Ninth Avenue with res
olution referring said petition of
Board of Public Works and recon-
mending that same receive favorable
consideration Adopted.
Resolution providing for the sprink-
line Of certain streets during the en-
suing year, adopted under suspension