The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-19
THE c1TY,s BUSINESS.
The Council Takes Action on the Water
Rates and Makes Some Reductions.

Rates ana Makes some he0uctlouS'
REGULAR MEETING.
Sept. 16, 1895.
Called to order by Mayor Farr.
Present: Aid. Brister, ODonnell,
Zens, Schend, Head, Yule, McGivern,
Christman.
The petition of Edward Balm and
others, being all the owners OF lots and
land on certain streets and alleys in the
City of Kenosha, asking that certain
streets and alleys described in said pc
titiOn in E.. Bain's subdivision be va
Gated and discontinued was presented.
Aid. Schend moved to refer the petit
ton to the committee on streets, alleys
and bridges.
Aid. McGivern moved to amend and
offered the following resolution in rela-
ton to the petition:
ResOlUed: That said petition be re-
ceived and that the same be acted upon
at the regular meeting of the common
council of the City of Kenosha to be
held at the common council room, in
the city building, in the city and coun-
ty of Kenosha, and state of Wisconsin,
on the 9TH day of October, 1893, at
EIGHT o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day, and that notice OF such action be
given by posting a notice thereof, sign
ed by the Mayor and City Clerk, in
three public places in the city OF Keno
sha at least ten days before said 9TH
dav of October, 1895, and that the
Chief of Police be and he is hereby re-
quired to post said noticein the manner
aforesaid.
Resolution seconded and carried.
The city engineer reported as follows:
Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City Of KenOSha:
GENTLEMEN:
| W. I'll. Wheeler & Co. under their
contract with the city have completed
the following water mains and | would
recommend that they be accepted:
On the alleys west of Main from Mar
ket to South street, 900 feet Of 6 inch
pipe.
On the alley east of Main from Mar
ket to the alley south of Park street
487 feet of inch pipe.
On Church street from Market tt
Pearl, $40 feet of inch pipe.
On Park st. from Pleasant to Ridge
43O feet of inch pipe.
On Elizabeth st. from Pleasant, east
237 feet of inch pipe.
On Pleasant from Elizabeth, south
449 feet of inch pipe.
On Newell at the intersection OF Park
foot of inch nine making
2734 #. of 6 in. pipe at 59c- -$l6l3Ot
297 it. of 10 in. pipe at $1.10. 326.7C
245 fl. of s in. pipe at 7lc--- l!3.9,
Z 6-inch gates at----------- lI9.OO
l 3 hydrants entertainment 870C
Total. $2319.7
Respectfully submitted,
j. B. DAVIDSON.
On motion of AID. O'Donnell the re.
port was accepted and the amount O
$2319.71 was allowed as per contract
! The following recommendations were
offered by the board of water commits
siOners:
, Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Qfthe City Of Ken0sha:
: GENTLEMEN:
r Tour board of commissioners on waite
works would respectfully recommend
, that your honorable body wonld max,
the following amendments to Ordinanc,
, No. 172:
First: That rule of section 5 b,
changed SO that the payment for TIL
: service pipe shall be in advance instead
of on the completion of the work.
in
ing rates shall be substituted for those
I now established: In private houses
Each additional faucet after the first
$3.50 instead of $500.
First faucet in private laundry, So.
Each additional faucet in laundry, 81
Banks So instead of $40.
Bakeries SIS and 81 per barrel of flou
of average daily consumption.
Private stables, one animal, So. Eacl
additional animal, ST.
Third: That section 20 be amended
so that license fee of $25 be charged
plumbers and that the power of revok
ing the license be vested in the super
g intendent, the chairman of the board Q
water commissioners and the Mayor o
either of them.
Respectfully submitted,
j. B. DAVIDSON, Clerk.
!. On motion of Aid. McGivern the re
: Communications as read were adopted
Ordinance No. 173 was given its sec
! ond reading.
GIN motion of Aid. McGivern the or
dinance was placed upon its passag
: and passed by the following vote:
. . Ayes: Aid. Brister, O'Donnell, Zens
Schend, Head, Yute, McGivern an
Christman. Nays: None.
The following bills were reporte
correct: