Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
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COMMON COUNCIL

Mayor Hanson in the Chair.
On motion of Aid. Engel the read
ing Of the minutes of the last meeting
was dispensed with, and the minutes
were approved as printed
Financial Statement of City Clerk
and Acting Comptroller for the month
Of July, 1922.
Read and ordered placed on file.
Report Of the Chief of Police of ar
rests made in month of July, 1922
Read and ordered placed on file.
Report of Chief of Police of Street
Lights not burning in month of July
1922.
referred to the Committee on
Finance.
Report of Superintendent of Water
Works for month of July, 1922.
Read and ordered placed on file.
Communication from the Board of
Education, asking that the Council APP
prove certain changes of text books.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Communication from the Sewerage
Commission of the City of Milwaukee
and the Metropolitan Sewerage Com
mission of the County of Milwaukee,
inviting City Officials to attend meet
ing to be held at No. sos Market
street, Milwaukee, at two o'clock F. M.
daylight saving time) Thursday,
August 3rd, 1922.
Read by the Chair, who urged all
Aldermen and other City Officials to
attend if possible.
Report of Beard of Public Works,
quoting resolution adopted by that
body at its meeting held on July 28th,
1922, recommending that Sixty-third
Street be opened from its present
northerly terminus to State street.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Streets.
Communication from Oscar Ira
czewitz and others setting forth that
they are in favor of having the plot
Of ground between Washington street
and Windsor avenue and between
Ninth and Tenth avenues made a park
and playground
Read and referred to the Special
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Petition of James Waugh, J. A.
Edison and others, PRAYING that alleys
in Block 2, Ringrose Hill Park Sub
division be vacated and closed.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Streets.
The Bills and Payroll were then in
troduced.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Resolution, instructing the City At
torney to commence and prosecute
necessary proceedings - enioin the
City of Milwaukee from exercising any
dominion, authority or control over
the property of any part of the City
of Wauwatosa.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
From the Board of Public Works:
Resolutions awarding contracts for
laying water and sewer mains in var
ious streets. Adopted Cd.
An ordinance regulating the sprinkl-
ing of lawns, etc.
Read and referred to the Committee
on Sewer and Water
Resolution confirming report of as
sessments Of benefits accruing from,
the laying of a water main in West
North avenue. Adopted. ny.
An ordinance re-estahhshing the
grade of portion of Eighth avenue.
Read and raferred to the Committee
On Plats and Grades.
The Chair asked if anyone present
desired to be heard on any matter of
interest to the Common Council.
Mr.. Grau spoke briefly on ornamen-
tai lighting fer Fifty-ninth street, and
was asked to confer with the Commit
tee on Streets and Lights
Mr.. Norman A. Wigdale, asked if
something could not be done to i'm
prove the appearance of the Menom-
once River, especially the view from
West Main street bridge, and was
assured by the Chair that he wont
take the matter in hand with the Po-
lice Department and the offenders, and
endeavor to nave enforced the ordi-
nance prohibiting the deposit of trash
in the Menomonee River.
Mr.. A. ]. Koehn asked what, if
anything, had been done with the pc
tition praying for the improvement of
Twelfth avenue, and was referred to
the Chairman of the Board of Public
Works, who informed him that
Twelfth avenue would be one of the
first streets to receive attention in the
spring of 1928,
The Committee on Pitts and Grades
reported back the ordinance re-estab-
fishing grade on part Of Eighth ave.
nue.. On roll call the ordinance was
adopted and appears in another coll
umn in this issue.
The Committee on Sewer and Water
reported back the ordinance regulat-
ing sprinkling, with an amended ordi-
nance. On roll call the amended or
dinance was adopted, and is published
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