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CIYIC ORGANIZATION OF MENASHA. 737 The city has only sufficient engine capacity at present to light streets and municipal buildings, none of the current being sold for commercial purposes. The eighty arc lights are of seven amperes and superior to 2,000 candle power, and are lighted eleven hours per night. The actual cost for fuel to make the current is forty-five gallons for eleven hours, or $1.50 a night for the entire eighty street lamps. The council figure that $25, will cover the cost of a street lamp per year; this figure includes a.large sum for depreciation of plant, carbons, trimming, break¬ age, interest, and a sum sufficient to repair all wires if a sleet storm should break them all up every year. The actual cost of the fuel to run one lamp eleven hours a day for a year is $7.30, so that the other expense is put down at about $18, which is very liberal, the probabilities being that the net cost will be much less than $20." The engineer of the plant is Mr. Simon Reimer, whose salary is $600 per annum. Mr. Reimer is assist¬ ant engineer and lamp trimmer, with a salary of $400 per annum. These two officers in charge run the waterworks and electric light plant. The public library was organized in the old National Hotel, November 19, 1895, at which Mr. P. Y. Lawson, Jr., was chair¬ man. A committee headed by Mr. P. D. Lake started out to ob¬ tain a subscription of $1,500 to start a library. By the follow¬ ing March the amount was raised and an organization of a Library Board perfected, with the following officers: P. D. Lake, president; Mrs. R. M. Scott, vice-president; Miss Lucy Lee Pleasants, secretary and librarian; Mr. A. B. Dunlap, treasurer, and Mrs. J. R. Bloom, Henry Fitzgibbon, E. D. Smith, P. Y. Lawson and J. L. Fieweger directors. Books were purchased and the library opened twice a week in Adam Tuchscherer block. Salary of librarian was $50 per annum. At the library meeting March 22, 1897, Mr. Fitzgibbon moved, and Mr. Lawson sec¬ onded the motion offering the library to the city, provided the people vote a one mill tax to support it. The library then con¬ tained 1,458 books, and had $322 in the treasury. Three days later the resolution came before a council composed of Mayor Lawson, Aldermen Lenz, Vaughn, Schneider, Voissem, Miner, Strange, Linsdau, AYhipple, all of whom voted to submit the proposition at the April election. There were 655 votes cast on the question, which was carried by a majority of 243. The council thereon accepted the gift and established the free public library. The first board appointed was: E. D. Smith, P. V.
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Title | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Title of work | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Author | Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920 |
Description | This 1908 history of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the county from the early years of European exploration and settlement. Topics covered include agriculture, educational institutions, Winnebago County residents in the Civil War and Spanish-American War, the legal and medical professions, civic and social organizations, businesses and industries, railroads, newspapers, schools, and churches. Histories of the cities and villages of Oshkosh, Neenah, and Menasha, as are biographical sketches of county residents. |
Place of Publication (Original) | Chicago |
Publisher (Original) | C.F. Cooper and Company |
Publication Date (Original) | 1908 |
Language | English |
Format-Digital | xml |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Winn1908000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Winnebago County; |
Decade | 1630-1639; 1660-1669; 1670-1679; 1680-1689; 1710-1719; 1720-1729; 1730-1739; 1750-1759; 1760-1769; 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; |
Subject | Ho Chunk Indians; Fox Indians; Menominee Indians; Sauk Indians; |
Type | Text |
Description
Title | 737 |
Page Number | 737 |
Title of work | History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people |
Author | Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920 |
Publication Date (Original) | 1908 |
Format-Digital | jpeg |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Winn1908843 |
Full Text | CIYIC ORGANIZATION OF MENASHA. 737 The city has only sufficient engine capacity at present to light streets and municipal buildings, none of the current being sold for commercial purposes. The eighty arc lights are of seven amperes and superior to 2,000 candle power, and are lighted eleven hours per night. The actual cost for fuel to make the current is forty-five gallons for eleven hours, or $1.50 a night for the entire eighty street lamps. The council figure that $25, will cover the cost of a street lamp per year; this figure includes a.large sum for depreciation of plant, carbons, trimming, break¬ age, interest, and a sum sufficient to repair all wires if a sleet storm should break them all up every year. The actual cost of the fuel to run one lamp eleven hours a day for a year is $7.30, so that the other expense is put down at about $18, which is very liberal, the probabilities being that the net cost will be much less than $20." The engineer of the plant is Mr. Simon Reimer, whose salary is $600 per annum. Mr. Reimer is assist¬ ant engineer and lamp trimmer, with a salary of $400 per annum. These two officers in charge run the waterworks and electric light plant. The public library was organized in the old National Hotel, November 19, 1895, at which Mr. P. Y. Lawson, Jr., was chair¬ man. A committee headed by Mr. P. D. Lake started out to ob¬ tain a subscription of $1,500 to start a library. By the follow¬ ing March the amount was raised and an organization of a Library Board perfected, with the following officers: P. D. Lake, president; Mrs. R. M. Scott, vice-president; Miss Lucy Lee Pleasants, secretary and librarian; Mr. A. B. Dunlap, treasurer, and Mrs. J. R. Bloom, Henry Fitzgibbon, E. D. Smith, P. Y. Lawson and J. L. Fieweger directors. Books were purchased and the library opened twice a week in Adam Tuchscherer block. Salary of librarian was $50 per annum. At the library meeting March 22, 1897, Mr. Fitzgibbon moved, and Mr. Lawson sec¬ onded the motion offering the library to the city, provided the people vote a one mill tax to support it. The library then con¬ tained 1,458 books, and had $322 in the treasury. Three days later the resolution came before a council composed of Mayor Lawson, Aldermen Lenz, Vaughn, Schneider, Voissem, Miner, Strange, Linsdau, AYhipple, all of whom voted to submit the proposition at the April election. There were 655 votes cast on the question, which was carried by a majority of 243. The council thereon accepted the gift and established the free public library. The first board appointed was: E. D. Smith, P. V. |
Type | Text |