Beloit City Government report

©1900 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

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February 7. - Regular Meeting.

Council Chambers.

Beloit, Wis., Feb. 5, 1901.

Regular meeting.
Mayor SMITH presiding.
Present - Ald. BUCKERIDGE, CLARKE, CUNNINGHAM, GESLEY, HANSEN, HELM, HEWITT,

LEDELL, MERRILL, MUELLER, NEEDHAM, POLLOCK, SHARP - 13.

Absent - Ald. DAY, GARDNER - 2.
The minutes of the meeting of Jan. 21st, 25th and 29th, were read and approved.
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:

KEELER Lumber Co., lumber bridges $5.47

A. H. LIVINGSTON, labor cemetery 12.00

C. HANSEN, repairing tools cemetery 6.00

Pay roll of city officers and firemen for month of January 113.22

JOHNSON & SMITH, painting at city hall and jail 21.26

J. THOMPSON & Sons Mfg., rent hay market 75.00

J. P. GATES, waterworks map 5.00

A. F. GOSS, wood, etc. 23.76

C. F. HART, drayage 1.30

FRANZ & NEWTON, labor and material 3.90

F. C. WALROD, watching fire station 2.00

Beloit Electric Co., lighting East Side fire station 6.55

L. DeGROFF & Son, horseshoeing for fire dept. 3.20

C. HANSEN, repairs for fire dept. 1.75

E. KINSLEY, repairs for fire dept. 5.45

C. J. RHODES, veterinary services for fire dept. 5.00

Mrs. N. BERG, laundry for fire dept. 4.00

G. H. CRAM, supplies for fire dept. 6.90

Thos. ANDERSON, disinfecting 6.00

D. S. FOSTER, rent police court room 25.00

JOHNSON & SMITH, painting, etc., police court room 34.33

FERGUSON Bros., horseshoeing for police dept. 3.60

R. H. SHARP, furniture bought for police dept. 24.90

City Fuel Co., coal at jail 17.00

Beloit Electric Co., lighting jail 2.00

ROBINSON Bros., boarding patrol horse 12.00

E. G. CADMAN, labor streets 9.49

Jesse POMEROY, labor streets .98

H. WARD, labor and team streets 1.50

H. RESER, labor and team streets 3.00

C. HANSEN, repairing tools 6.40

R. R. CALDWELL, surveying 56.25

G. W. PERKINS, supt. streets 9.30

Geo. DONNER, cleaning streets 80.00

Jennie GAARDER, crosswalk approach 3.20

KEELER Lumber Co., lumber streets 11.49

Beloit Electric Co., lighting streets 372.25

A bill of the Beloit Electric Co. for $5.00 for lighting First ward polling place was referred to the Aldermen of the

First ward.

Ald. BUCKERIDGE moved that when the Council adjourn it be to Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, 1900, at 7:30

o'clock. Carried

The following communication, with bill for $50.00 attached, was presented and referred to the Street Lights

committee:

Beloit, Wis., Feb. 4, 1901.
Hon. Mayor and Common Council, City of Beloit.

Gentlemen: -
During the first six days of December, the street lighting service was exceedingly poor, due to a mis-

understanding between our company and the concern from whom we purchased the new street lamps.

They sent us two different types of lamps. One style called for glycerine to be used in the dash pot of

the lamp, and the other style was to be operated without glycerine.

Through a misunderstanding, we used glycerine in all of the lamps, and the consequence was that

when the weather grew cold, the lamps did not work properly.

On December 7th, we had an arc lamp expert come from the factory to adjust the lamps, when the

trouble was detected.

From Dec. 1st to Dec. 7th there were forty lamps out one night each, and from the 7th to the 31st,

there were six more, making a total of forty-six lamps that did not make their full run for one night.

The forty-six lamps amount to $9.20, figured $.20 per night for each lamp.
During the month of November when the weather was mild and the lamps were working better, there

were twenty-five lamps out, one night each, as per list enclosed, amounting to just $5.00.

Our bill in November was cut down $10.00 in addition to the $5.00 credited by us on the bill.
When we presented our bill for December, we gave no credit for lamps out, as the $10.00 held out in

November, more then compensated for the $9.20, outages in December.

Our December bill was then cut down $50.00, which we consider is unfair, and we ask that the

December bill be reconsidered and this amount allowed.

Last fall, we installed additional [continue to Page 90]

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