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Guide to the La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Utilities, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Utilities, 1874-1932 La Crosse Series 029

Guide to the La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Utilities, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Utilities, 1874-1932

La Crosse Series 029

Summary Information

Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Public Utilities to the Common Council, 1874-1932. The materials are arranged in chronological order. The Committee on Public Utilities was organized about the mid 1920s and was responsible for Streetcars (1921-1931), Telephone/Telegraph service (1930-1931), Water & Waste Water utilities (sewers and water). The majority of this series are resolutions related to sewer (1883-1932) and water service (1874-1932).
Collection Title
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Utilities, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Utilities
Date of Materials
1874-1932
Creator
La Crosse (Wis.). Committee on Public Utilities.
Call Number
La Crosse Series 029
Amount
5.6 cubic feet
Physical Description
14 archives boxes
Language of Materials
English
Repository
La Crosse Public Library Archives

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Utilities, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Utilities, La Crosse Series 029, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

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Historical Note

Before the mid 1920s when we believe this council committee was organized, resolutions dealing with public utilities were handled by whatever committee Council decided should discuss it. For instance, wires associated with telephone and telegraph service were referred to the Streets & Alleys committee, except those wires on the municipal bridge which the Bridge committee had control of. Another example is street lighting and the discussion of a municipally operated power utility was referred to a committee on Street Lighting. Many of these public utilities were privately owned and a separate committee on Railroads dealt with those companies. The Public Utilities committee may in fact be an expansion of the Railroad committee to encompass all public utilities.

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Scope and Contents

Common Council resolutions and reports began to be organized by a numbering system in Dec. 1932. Before that time the resolutions were kept folded up in chronological order, roughly by subject or Council committee (such as Parks, Judiciary, Fire, Police, etc.). This set of pre-1932 resolutions represents those labeled as Public Utilities, and date from 1874-1932, though the committee was not organized until the end of the 1920s or early 1930. The original order of these reports was maintained.

The resolutions deal mainly with water (1874-1932) and sewer (1883-1932) resolutions, although a very small amount is dealing with streetcars (1921-1931) and telephone/telegraph service (1930-1931).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

La Crosse Public Library Archives 1998 November

800 Main St.
La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
(608) 789-7136
archives@lacrosselibrary.org

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Acquisitions Information

(Accession no. 1996.004) Resolutions were located in the City Clerk’s basement area of City Hall; came to the Archives as part of the Mayor’s Special Committee on Historic Records, Dec. 1996

Processing Information

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering with assistance from Jaime Dechant, November 1998

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Related Materials

Related Materials

(La Crosse Series 011)
 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Streets and Alleys, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Streets and Alleys
(La Crosse Series 015)
 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Water and Waste Water Utility Records
(La Crosse Series 023)
 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Street Lighting, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Street Lighting
(La Crosse Series 025)
 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Buildings and Grounds
(La Crosse Series 032)
 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Railroads, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Railroads

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • La Crosse (Wis.). Common Council.

Subject(s)

  • Cable cars (Streetcars)--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Municipal government--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Public records--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Public utilities--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Sewage disposal--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Telegraph--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Telephone--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Water-supply--Wisconsin--La Crosse

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OCLC Number

47597242

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Sewer, 1883-1932 

1 3
2-4

Streetcars, 1921-1931 

1 1

Telephone/telegraph, 1930-1931 

1 2
Box

Water, 1874-1932 

5-14