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Beloit City Government report

©1900 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

Page 75

December 3. - Regular Meeting.

Council Chambers.

Beloit, Wis., Dec. 3, 1900.

 
Regular meeting.
Mayor SMITH presiding.
Present - Ald. BUCKERIDGE, CLARKE, CUNNINGHAM, GARDNER, HANSEN, HELM, HEWITT,
LEDELL, MERRILL, MUELLER, NEEDHAM, , SHARP - 12.
Absent - Ald. , DAY, GESLEY, POLLOCK - 3.
The minutes of the meeting of November 19 were read and approved.
Ald. POLLOCK appeared and took his seat.
The following bills having been audited by the Clerk and payment recommended, on motion, were allowed and
ordered paid by the unanimous vote of the Council, the ayes and noes being called:

Chas. F. MUELLER, cash paid for bridge repairs $.35
C. BABBITT, gravel for cemetery 1.00
J. STRASBOURG, gravel for cemetery 4.80
A. H. LIVINGSTON, labor in cemetery 30.00
A. T.  SABERSON, weed commissioner 17.50
Y. R. BRAND, janitor and cleaning 25.50
Pay roll of city officers and firemen 813.22
Bird LEFFINGWELL, drayage elections 4.75
A. F. GOSS, rent First ward polls 15.00
P. N. JENKINS, use of tables and chairs elections 1.00
D. H. FOSTER, stationery for election 4.46
GESLEY Mfg. Co., repairs, wood, etc. 21.90
I.O.O.F., rent of hall 1.00
Beloit Electric Co., lighting E. side sta'n. 6.55
S. M. GRAVES, straw, etc., fire dept. 3.73
D. H. POLLOCK & Co., supplies fire dept. 72.38
City Fuel Co., coal fire dept. 76.13
Fred SMITH, labor alarm system 5.00
Beloit Lumber Co., lath fire dept. .25
W. H. WHETSTONE, hay fire dept. 32.16
Mrs. N. BERG, laundry fire dept. 4.00
GAMEWELL Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., keys fire dept. .80
Fire Extinguishing Mfg. Co., line snaps fire dept. 12.50
E. R. BUCK, hoof rock fire dept. 1.00
F. J. FAIRCHILD, oil fire dept. 3.73
G. B. MERRILL, freight and cartage fire dept. 2.70
Frank VAN WART, supplies health 2.76
KEELER Lumber Co., coal at jail 2.50
Beloit Electric Co., lighting jail 2.00
ROBINSON Bros., boarding patrol horse 12.00
W. H. HADLEY, labor streets 18.00
P. EVERSON, labor streets 8.33
S. W. ROCKWOOD, labor streets 6.75
Jesse POMEROY, labor streets 21.83
M. E. HOLLIS, labor streets 15.7_
H. WARD, labor and team streets 27.90
C. D. ELLIS, labor and team streets 21.60
E. N. GAYTON, labor and team streets 15.75
H. A. RESER, labor and team streets 19.20
A. C. STEVENS, labor and team streets 28.20
Geo. DONNER, cleaning streets 80.00
E. J. FLUEKIGER, gravel streets 16.75
Beloit Lumber Co., lumber streets 75.49
R. R. CALDWELL, surveying streets 103.00
G. W. PERKINS, Supt. street work 45.30
E. S. GREENE, brick, etc. 29.43
KEELER Lumber co., lumber streets 33.54
A bill of the Beloit Electric Co. for street lights for $368 with deduction of $5 for outages was referred to the Street
Lights committee.
A bill of John CLIFF for $6 for plans for repairing fire station was referred to the Fire committee.
Ald. HANSEN presented the following petition which was referred to the Health and Sewerage committee:

To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the city of Beloit:
We as the undersigned residents and taxpayers of the city of Beloit respectfully petition your
honorable body for permission to sewer into the catchbasin on Public avenue.
                C. S. GREGRORY,
                A. P. WATERMAN,
                Samuel BELL.
Ald. SHARP presented a petition from John LINDSTROM in regard to ditch on Brooks street which was received
and placed on file.
Ald. HELM for the Waterworks committee presented the following report and communication:

Your Waterworks committee who were instructed to confer with the Waterworks company relative to
purchase of waterworks property report as follows:
We have received the attached inventory proposition and price from said company and recommend
that the property be not purchased at said price.
We further recommend that the Council proceed as soon as possible to the appointment of appraisers
as provided in Ordinance No. 12.
                A. C. HELM,
                F. N. GARDNER,
                S. R. MERRILL,
                L. E. CUNNINGHAM,
                Jno. T. NEEDHAM.

Beloit, Wis., Nov. 10, 1900.

Dr. A. C. HELM, Chairman Water committee, City Council, Beloit:
Dear Sir: - Replying to your official request for a price on the waterworks, under the provision of
Section 13, Ordinance 12: We herewith submit a general memorandum of the waterworks property and a statement of receipts and expenses.
The Beloit Waterworks company offer to sell and transfer all their rights and property to the city of
Beloit for two hundred and thirty-seven thousand five [continue to Page 74]
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