The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04
CITY COUNCIL NOTES
The city council met in regular ses-
sion Monday evening.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion Monday evening.
The Cereal Products company was
assessed last year at S75l,250. They
claimed that they should have been as
sessed at $4,000 They paid the tax
under protest and have now filed a
claim for the tax on the excess of
S636,250. The tax refund demanded is
S16,014.41. The similar claim on the
1920 assessment was recently heard in
circuit court before Judge Werner of
Shawano and has not been decided.
The question of why deeds have not
been secured for river front property
which was promised to the city in ex-
change for docking by the city between
Chicago and Park streets created
furry Bouril moved for a complete
report at the first meeting in June. The
matter assumed the appearance of a
reflection upon the city attorney for
not taking action and he defended his
course The administration leaders
also sprang to the rescue, but the mo-
tion finally carried to 5, with Nogel,
Staalson, Klusmeyer, Thompson, and
Drumm, Socialist stand-bys, voting
"No." The motion directs that deeds
be secured where they are voluntarily
given and that condemnation proceed
ings be started on the others.
The condition of the city unpayed
streets caused some acrimonious COM
ment and the old tale of the refusal of
the gas company to obey the law and
lay mains where ordered and the seem
ing impotence of the city to make the
company do as it is bid was threshed
out again Finally a motion prevailed
directing the asking for bids for grad
ing and graveling Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets from Michigan ave
nue. to Prospect avenue and Twenty
fifth, Washington to Hamilton; also
for grading Seventeenth and Eight
eenth Columbus to Division, Seven
teenth to Twentieth, Twenty-ifth
Washington to Franklin Water west of
Twelfth.
The election of a commissioner of
poor took one ballot. The candidates
were John Mahnke who has served the
past year, and Walter Joyce, who made
a fine record for the previous fourteen
years, The vote was to Z, and the
mayor then voted for Mahnke
The council unanimously denied a
request of the Esch Sons company that
they may be permitted to continue a
platform scale on the west side of
Ninth street, north of Jay. The block
is to be paved
The ordinance regulating motor
buses has been a steady source of
business" for these many moons and
the end is not yet. There will be a
committee report at the next meeting.
The officials who were on a iunket
last week reported in writing ON the
schools and incinerator plant they had
inspected.
On invitation the council will attend
the official Memorial day exercises and
the mayor will preside.
The value of persistence was again
shown when the council voted u Ford
to Building Inspector John Peppard.
Reports Of the building Inspector
and the city probation officer were on
file.
The Burger Boat company wants
Spring street between the c. & n. W.
and the 500 Line graded and graveled.
The Herald-News was the only bid
der for city printing and will have both
the advertising at 60 cents per folio,
and the official proceedings at l5 cents
per folio.