- Ald. MUELLER presented the following petition:
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- To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Beloit: -
- We the undersigned property owners of the
City of Beloit petition your honorable body to leave fire
- alarm box No. 16, located at the corner of
Broad and Mill streets, in its present location, as the houses
are much closer than ever before.
- (Signed) John WELCH, D. P. NICHOLS,
E. W. HOLLOWAY and 11 others.
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- Ald. DAY moved that the petition be laid on the table.
Supported and lost by the following vote, the ayes and noes
- being called:
- Ayes: Ald. DAY, POLLOCK - 2.
- Noes: Ald. BUCKERIDGE, CLARKE, CUNNINGHAM,
GARDNER, GESLEY, HANSEN, HELM, HEWITT,
LEDELL, MERRILL, MUELLER, NEEDHAM,
SHARP - 13.
- On motion the petition was then referred to the Fire committee.
- Ald. LEDELL, for the Fifth ward Aldermen, presented
the following report and resolution, which were adopted by the
unanimous vote of the Council, the ayes and noes being called:
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- BELOIT, WIS., May 21, 1900.
- To the Mayor and the Common Council: -
- Your committee to whom was referred the matter
of selecting a site for a voting place would
- respectfully report and recommend the adoption
of the following resolution:
- Resolved, That
the sum of ten hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated for
the purpose of purchasing
- lot 1, block 7, MERRILL's Addition
to Beloit, said property to be used as a voting place for the
Fifth ward and for such other purposes as the Council may deem
necessary; and that the Mayor, City Clerk and City Attorney be
instructed to examine the deed and title, and upon finding the
same perfected, that they be authorized to execute the same in
behalf of the City of Beloit.
- (Signed) J. H. LEDELL, S. R. MERRILL,
D. E. HEWITT.
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- Ald. DAY, for the Aldermen of the Third ward, reported
on the report of the City Engineer of grade set on Eighth
- street between E and D streets, recommending that the grade
already established be not changed. Adopted.
- Ald. CLARKE, for the Street Lights committee, reported
recommending that the resolution for street light at the
- intersection of Eighth and C streets be referred to the Aldermen
of the Third and Fifth wards for consideration and report. On
motion the report was adopted.
- Ald. CLARKE, for the Street Lights committee, reported
on the petition for a street light at the intersection of Vine
- and Middle streets recommending that a light be placed at
the intersection of Oak and Middle streets. On motion report
was adopted.
- Ald. CLARKE, for the Street Lights committee, reported
on the petition for a street light on South Race street south
- of the Milwaukee elevator recommended that the petition be
granted. On motion the report was adopted.
- Ald. SHARP, for the Police committee, presented the
following report:
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- Your committee on Police reports that they
have investigated and find that all lots centrally located
- are too expensive for the city to purchase
at the present time. We therefore recommend the two following
plans for the Council to decide which one to make use of:
- 1st. To repair the old jail by raising the
walls about five feet and raising the floor to the required
- height, 2 or 3 feet, whichever is necessary,
and a new roof and such other repairs as may be required.
- 2nd. Put another story upon the City Hall
and use the whole building for city purposes.
- R. H. SHARP, J. H. LEDELL,
J. C. CLARKE, E. A. DAY, Jno. T. NEEDHAM.
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