The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-02-09
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

nance fixing salaries of city officials
for the coming year was adopted. With
the exception of three who were given
little increase, the salaries remain the
same as last year.
The three who were given an increase
are the janitor who was increased from
Sl,320 to $l,3S0; employment clerk,
from 5000 to $1,000, and poor COM
missioner from $500 to $700.
The other salaries are: Mayor,
$500; aldermen, $500; city clerk,
$2,7OO; deputy city clerk, $l.650; treas
urer, $500; deputy treasurer, $l,65O;
attorney, $4,000; assessor, $4,000;
street commissioner, $4,000; engineer,
S2,700; sealer, $1,000; building inspec-
tor, 81 800; police chief, $4,000; police
officers, $1,000 to S1,6S0 fire chief,
$4,000; firemen, Sl,320 to $l,560 (n-
crease given with length of seryice) !;
health commissioner, $500; city ply
sician, $500; bridge tenders, Sl,l40; as
sistants, $1,000; harbor master, $50;
superintendent of utilities, S2,700.
Issuance of the $350,00O bonds vot-
ed at the special election, for the erec-
ton of a new high school building,
was ordered following the report from
the attorney generals office that all
the proceedings taken had been regu-
lar. The mayor and clerk are directed
to issue the bonds and to submit them
to the attorney general for certifica-
ton as required by a new la~. The
vote was unanimous and no discussion
of the resolution which was signed by
Alderman Vogel.
Five additional petitions on the high
school site question with total of 2lO
signers was presented to and referred
to the committee on public welfare.
The petitioners point to the block west
of the West Side Fairgrounds as an
ideal spot for the Rew high school and
ask for the submission of the location
question to a vote Of the people.
Without a dissenting vote the 1922
paving program as outlined by the
street committee last summer, was
passed and a block, Division street
from Ninth to Tenth street, was adj
ded.
A resolution introduced by Alderman
Nogei and passed unanimously ordered
the mayor and clerk to enter into a
contract with the state tax commission
for an audit of the city and utility
commissions books for the year and
the work is to be undertaken as early
as possible. 1t will be made to cover
the year period from the last official
audit to January l, 1922.
Chairman Thompson of the commit
tee on streets reported that confer
ences with the street car company and
the bus company were still in progress
and that a new proposal had been made
to the street car company. He stated
that a definite report would be made
at the next meeting
The Committees report asking for
the advertising of bids on conveyor
loader for use in the city's stone pile
at the river docks, for new three
and one-half ton truck and for a street
fusher was adopted and and the equip
ment viii be advertised for at once. 1t
is expected that the three pieces of
equipment will total about $4,000. A
portable tar asphalt heater will be in
ciluded in the equipment to be adver-
tised for.
Reports of meetings, attended by the
Mayor and special committee of the
council at Madison, the state confer
ence on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
deepwaterways project and the Good
Roads conference at Chicago, attended
by City Engineer Alter and Street
Commissioner VollendorfS made to
the council and placed on file. Bills
for about 5000 for the attendance at
the two meetings were allowed.
Other reports received included one
from the probation officer, Mrs. Mabel
Killen who showed SO Office calls, 1O2
home calls, 27 complaints made and
investigated, two boys placed on farm
and one boy placed for adoption with
a girl on trial for adoption.
The monthly report of Miss Caroline
Dueno, city and school nurse, showed
SO school calls, "a home calls, 143 in
spections of school children with list
of defects found and 1915 vaccinations
at the city hall by Health Officer DR..
Max Staehle.
The city treasurer reported a bal
ance of $32, 2,5Sl.5S at the close of the
month yith receipts of Sls7,22l.13 and
disbursements of $l95,l09.5l.
l.. T.. Geer of the Manitowoc Ship
building corporation had on file a com
munication alleging that the city is suf-
fering serious economic injury by not
keeping the river channel dredged to a
proper depth. In support of this he
gave this situation as the cause of the
absence of q winter feet and gave