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Beloit City Government report

©1900 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

Page 68


October 15. - Regular Meeting.

Council Chambers.

Beloit, Wis., Oct. 15, 1900.

 
Regular meeting.
Mayor SMITH presiding.
Present - Ald. BUCKERIDGE, CUNNINGHAM, GARDNER, GESLEY, HELM, LEDELL, MERRILL,
MUELLER, NEEDHAM, POLLOCK, SHARP - 11.
Absent - Ald. CLARKE, DAY, HANSEN, HEWITT - 4.
The minutes of the meeting of October 1st were read and approved.
A petition from DORRBAKER & ANDERSON for three bowling alleys was received and referred to the License
committee.
Ald. GARDNER presented the following petition which was referred to the Public Property committee with power
to act:

To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council of the city of Beloit.
Gentlemen: I desire to place a monument in the path running east and west between my two lots in the
Cemetery and I petition your honorable body for permission to do so. This can be easily done without harming anybody else as the path ends at the east side of my said lots.
              Mrs. A. E. GASTON.
    Ald. SHARP, for the Finance committee, presented the following report and resolution which were adopted:

Your Finance committee to whom was referred the matter of devising ways and means to raise funds
necessary to pay for the proposed storm water sewer in the Fourth ward beg leave to report that we favor borrowing money for a short time to meet the necessity and recommend the adoption of a resolution as follows:
Resolved, That the city of Beloit borrow the sum of money necessary to pay for the proposed storm
water sewer in the Fourth ward and that the Mayor and City Clerk be, and hereby are, authorized, empowered and directed to execute the promissory note of the city for the necessary amount, the same to be payable Jan. 1, 1901.
                R. H. SHARP,
                L. E. CUNNINGHAM,
                A. C. HELM,
                Finance Com.
On motion of Ald. POLLOCK the contract for the construction of the surface sewer on Vernon avenue and Eighth
street was awarded J. C. CLARKE, he being the lowest bidder.
Ald. LEDELL, for the License committee, reported recommending the granting of a license to DORRBAKER &
ANDERSON for the three bowling alleys. On motion the report was adopted and license granted.
Ald. SHARP, for the Aldermen of the Third and Fourth wards, reported estimates for surface sewer on Brooks
street to drain Hackett street. On motion the report was accepted.
Ald. CUNNINGHAM presented the following resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Public Works be directed to cause a storm water sewer to be built on Brooks street
according to the recommendation of the Aldermen of the Third and Fourth wards and plans furnished by the City Engineer.
The Judiciary committee reported progress on the claim of Thomas BIRDITT and were granted more time.
Ald. HELM, for the Aldermen of the First ward, presented the following report which was adopted:

We the Aldermen of the First ward to whom the within report of city engineer was referred, respect-
fully report in favor of adopting the grade on Central avenue and request more time in the matter of the South Race street grade.
    Ald. MUELLER presented the following majority report which was supported:

To the Mayor and Common Council of the city of Beloit:
We the undersigned aldermen of the First ward to whom the petition of the BRODER sisters was
referred regarding the laying of sidewalk on Central avenue to the terrace line, would recommend that the same not be granted.
                C. F. MUELLER,
                J. C. CLARKE.
    Ald. HELM presented the following minority report and moved that it be submitted for that of the majority:

    I respectfully report in favor of granting the within resolution.
                A. C. HELM.
    Ald. HELM's motion was supported and lost by the following vote, the ayes
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