The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-07-14
To the Public.

AT special Meeting OF Engine Co. No !
held June 10th 1859, committee of three ver
appointed "to wait on the Common Council an,
INFORM Them that the Company would delive
up the Engine and apparatus to the city author
tiles on Tseseay evening, at o'clock" A com
! hl'tee OF three were also appointed to draft reg
buttons which "sheuld embody in a con lensa,
form, the reason as previously discussed in tn,
meeting which induced the company to adop
such course of action" The committee on reso
lutions reported as follows:
Hhereas, This Company has respectfully ma,
titioned the Common Council to enlarpe on,
room and also to appropriate a small sum q
money OF celebrate the Fourth of july and
whereas, that in the debate following the intro.
duchon OF our petition, it was stated by some
OF me Aldermen, and allowed to pass uncontra.
Iolcleu-that TINS company cost more than !,
came to-that the Council never met without
being annoyed by some request from as and tba,
,ee nave finally became nuisance" Therefore
| ReSoLoed, That as good citizens it is on, d,t :
TO lessen as much as possible the burdens and
expences OF the city, and also to abate this mi.
sance.
| ReSotrsd, That in order to do this we will srr.
render up our Engine into the hands of tho
common council, and relieve the CITY of an
organization which in the words of the Alder
men-cOsts more than it comes to.
In accordance with this action, we met on
tuesday, the 2lst Of June, when the Engine. af-
ter we had tried her and shown her to be in ner-
feet order, was delivered up to Aid. Petit and
Crosit, who were appointed to receive her on he
nan OF the common council, having had charge of
her with little or much credit to ourselves, for
II or IA years.
In thus placing part of our records before
The public we have had in view the idea of do.
ing simple justice to ourselves, and rebutinp q
variety OF stories which have been circulated
here, and were calculated to place us in n false
position before our fellow citizens.
we have been accused of making exorbitan,
and improper demands OF the common council
Coupled with this it was asserted that we made
such impertinent demands because "we had an
laea that the common council could not oct
along without us" and would comply with orr
demands-no matter how ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
than have us abandon the Engine. One of the
Aldermen compared our position to to that of the
hired man who thinks his employer cannot do
without him Here are the facts. We found
the room where we had been accustomed to hold
our meeting, was too small and uncomfortab,,
for our purpose. We accordingly petitioned the
common council to enlarge our room, at an ex-
pense of from IS to 100 dollars This petition
was referred to the committee on Fire depart-
ment. They reported our request was reasona-
BILE and should be granted. 1t was then refer
red to the committee on Roads and BRIDGES. and
finally to the Pauper committee. Every time it
was brought before them, several of the A!dere
men, thinking. perhaps, the mere action of the
council in tossing it from one committee to an
other, was not sufficiently insulting-took occa
sion to apply to US, as company abusive cpl
thetS of various kinds They refused orr re-
quests We also heard it stated that, because the
common council did not Immediately comply
with our request, we thereupon, 'hared up and
surrendered our Engine. This is not so. They
had perfect rig hit to refuse our request; but
they had no right to pursue towards us, such
course OF gratuitoss insults as characterized
their proceedings when our petition was under
going discussion. And more; the fact that sew,
eral OF our citizens-who were Honorary Mem
bers of our company, thought proper to with
draw from us and join the other company, went
to show, in our estimation, that we were not re.
garded with any great degree of favor, by other
portions of the community, and furnished anoth-
er reason why we should cease to be murders.
Our communication is already too long, or we
might attend to other circumstances which had
share in causing our determination, but enough
has already been said, we think, to exonerat.
us from having acted hastily without cause.
We may, on retiring, refer with honest pride
to the fact that during the term of twelve or
fourteen years, we have had charge of the En-
CINE, we have never been found reluctant or
slow to do all we could to save the property OF
our fellow citizens.
Thank God, the occasions which rendered our
services necessary, were very few. May they
continue 50, We have always been careful to
have our Engine in perfect order, and ready at
all times for active and efficient service. One
word more it has been stated that we are in
debt, and wish to avoid payment We hold our
selves ready to pay Immediately any and all of
our debts, and respectfully request any person
having demands against us, to present them
without delay for payment to the undersigned.
JNO. E. BAILEY, A. 2. TYMESoN.
Acting Sec'y. Foreman.
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