History of Milwaukee, city and county . largest vesselson the lakes. Parties are now contemplating the erection of large and exten-sive iron works on one of our rivers this very season, and should they locateabove where dredging has been done, I propose to give them a channel ofsufficient depth of water so that the deepest laden vessel may load or dis-charge at their docks. The City Hall.—In 1846, when Milwaukee was chartered the city had noplace that could be called the city hall. The council met in the basement ofa church, says Professor Larson, the various city officials had their officeswh
History of Milwaukee, city and county . largest vesselson the lakes. Parties are now contemplating the erection of large and exten-sive iron works on one of our rivers this very season, and should they locateabove where dredging has been done, I propose to give them a channel ofsufficient depth of water so that the deepest laden vessel may load or dis-charge at their docks. The City Hall.—In 1846, when Milwaukee was chartered the city had noplace that could be called the city hall. The council met in the basement ofa church, says Professor Larson, the various city officials had their officeswherever they found it convenient. In 1847, the council moved to the upperstory of a stable and remained there three years when the building was de-stroyed by fire. The city government then occupied the Martin Block until1857 when rooms were rented in the Cross Block. This block was burned inI860, soon after which the city moved to the old market building where itremained until 1872. After this time the city rented the east wing of the. THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 453 courthouse for city purposes though some of the departments remained in theold city hall. In 1886, Mayor Emil Wallber declared that a city hall must be built, butit was not until 1893 that it was finally decided to erect such a building. Atlength, on January 1, 1896, a new city hall was completed and occupied. Thecost of the building, including furniture and fixtures, was $1,016,935. Thepopulation of Milwaukee in 1890 was 204,468, and ten years later, in 1900,it was 285,315. Milwaukee Has Had Thirty-three Mayors.—The mayors of Milwaukee, be-ginning with Solomon Juneau, who was president of the Village of Milwaukeewhen it was chartered as a city, and who became the first mayor of the futuremetropolis of Wisconsin, have been as follows: 1846—Solomon —11. N. —Byron —Don A. J. —George II. —Hans —George H. —Byron
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