WAUPACA COUNTY POST

June 18, 1925

FIRE IN PARK DOES DAMAGE TO PINE TREES

COMMON COUNCIL ARE SATISFIED

THAT MAYOR ACTED WISELY ON EVENING OF MAY 29

At the Common Council meeting Tuesday evening several important matters were up for consideration, besides allowing the pay rolls and monthly bills.

A petition signed by ninety-seven residents of city to have the ornamental lights on Main Street lighted from eight to eleven o’clock every evening during the summer was read and on motion of Ald. Christensen seconded by Ald. Godfrey, the petition was granted by unanimous vote of all members of the Council.

The report recommending that a petition for a sidewalk on East Lake Street be granted, was adopted by vote of all members.

The Curfew Ordinance

Two weeks ago the Council, in response to a request of the Waupaca Law Enforcement league, passed a resolution that a curfew ordinance be passed. A letter from Atty. Stewart of Oshkosh, who was requested to draft the ordinance, was read by City Clerk Houseman.

Atty. Stewart advised the Council to make further investigation before such ordinance be enacted. Atty. Stewart asked for information if any city in Wisconsin now has such a law in force. It was proposed that any person under sixteen years of age not accompanied by a parent or guardian should not be on the street after half past nine o’clock. The attorney expressed belief that parents should be interested in their children of tender years. Mayor Paronto requested the city clerk to send a copy of the letter in question to the Law Enforcement league of Waupaca so that organization might know why action was deferred in this matter.

A petition from Hannon Jewelry Co. asking permission to place seats in the camp site was read and action deferred until next regular meeting of the Council. It was shown that advertising would be carried on these seats. Mayor Paronto cited a time ten or more years ago when another merchant in Waupaca was asked to remove seats from the court house square on which advertising was carried. The Council deferred action on this matter or "laid it over" until next regular meeting night.

Before closing, mayor Paronto called upon Alden Dutton, engineer at the city light plant, to tell the members of the Council how much of the electric light company’s load can be carried by the city power plant.

Five Business Places

Mr. Dutton enumerated five business places that might be reasonably lighted by the city power plant. He named them as follows: Palace Theatre, Stack & Murphy’s drug store, Waupaca Fair, Cristy’s, and the Candy Kitchen. These five places require 76.8 horse power to light them, 80 per cent of full capacity. In other words, if these five places had only four-fifths their capacity it would require all of the city’s power to light Palace Theatre and four stores.

Supt. C.W. Nelson of the city water works, said he had no reason to dispute what Engineer Dutton had reported. When Mr. Dutton was asked whether any employee of the Waupaca Electric Service Co. had made any request for him to "hitch on and help pull the load", Mr. Dutton testified that no request was made to him by anyone. Mr. Dutton was at the power plant of the Electric Service company, like several others, to help remove the cause of interruption in the lighting of Waupaca May 29.

Why Fire in Park?

W.J. Nelson asked that some investigation be made to ascertain who set fire near the bathing beach at the camp site which killed many small trees including seventy or more beautiful white pine trees from five to fifteen feet in height.

Mayor Paronto asked Ald. Salverson to get S.S. Chandler and Fred Suhs to ride to the camp site and advise what to do with some of the small trees that give some signs of life. Also to see that some instruction be given to the man who is to trim the trees in the camp site. Ald. Salverson very readily offered his services for this work.

Council adjourned to meet July 2.