The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-22
THE COUNCIL MEETS.
TO TALK OVER THE WATER
WORKS BUSINESS.
OF INTEREST TO EVERY ONE.
Recommendation of Mayor FAIR and
the Council.
SPECIAL MEETING.
August Is. 1895.

August Is, 1895.
Called to order by Mayor Farr.
Present-Ald. Brister, O'Donnell,
Zens, Schend Yule, McGivern and
Christman. Aid. Head came in later.
To the Honorable Council:
This meeting has been called princi-
pally for the consideration of the water
works. 1t behooves the city to take
! possession of the plant at the earliest
possible moment so that we will have
no intricate accounts to settle with the
water works company. In order to be
ready for the transfer we ought to have
a plan mapped out for the economical
operation Of the plant. The question
will have to be decided whether the
council will hold the management in it's
own hands or delegate to a body OF
commissioners some or all the manage
ment There are some reasons that
have occurred to the chair that leads
the chair to think it may be we'll for
the council to take this burden on its
shoulders. The city has some officers
whose duties are such that they could
do most of the executive work. Our
city clerk with small addition to his
salary could collect and receive the
rentals and keep the accounts. The
street commissioner could attend to the
tapping and labor, while the city en-
gineer would naturally, from the nature
of his position, be superintendent with
out any increase of salary. By using
these officers the expense would prac-
tically be reduced to the cost of rum
ming the pumping plant. A day en-
gineer and day fireman and night en-
gineer without fireman could do the
work at the power house.
The principal objection advanced
against the management by the city is
partisanship; but that is nonsense, there
will be no disposition to interfere with
the efficient working of the plant. Our
sexton has held his position for eight
or ten years and there has been no
change in the engineers of the steamers.
W. H. Wheeler & Co. stand ready to
erect the stand-pipe as formerly agreed
and wait for their money until the tax
es are collected. He will also put in
all needed pipe extension on the same
terms. Advertise and find out what
extension is wanted and if it will be q
paying investment have Mr.. Wheeler
put in the pipe at once.
Instead of pumping water into the
lake the park should be saturated with
the water and save the trees that are
fast dying.
Aid. O'Donnell moved that:
Whereas, the water works system in
the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, con-
structed by the City Water company of
Kenosha under and pursuant to the
provisions of ordinance No. 154, and
the ordinances amendatory thereof and
supplementary thereto, of the City of
Kenosha, has been duly tested and
Whereas the said water system COM
plies in all respects with the provisions
of said ordinance No. l54, and the Or
dinances amendatory thereof and sup
Elementary thereto, and
Whereas the test of said water works
system made on the 18th day of Aug
ust, 1895, was and is satisfactory to
the common council of the City of Ke-
nosha, and said council being fully sat-
| isfed that said works have been and
are completed in full accordance with
the terms, provisions and conditions of
said ordinance No. 154, and the several
ordinances amendatOry thereof and
supplementary thereto,
Now. therefore, be it resolved by the
common council OF the City of Keno
sha: That said water works system be,
and the same is hereby accepted as
fully completed according to the terms,
conditions, and provisions of said or
dinance No. 154, and the several Ordi-
nances amendatory thereof and sup
Elementary thereto.
Seconded by Aid. McGivern and car
ried by the following vote:
Ayes-Ald. Brister, O'Donnell, Zens,
Schend, Yule, McGivern and Christ
man. Nays-None.
The following resolution was offered
by Aid. Yule:
| Whereas, the Common Council of the
city of Kenosha have accepted the wa
| ter works system constructed in said
city of Kenosha by the City Water
Company as fully completed to the sat-
isfaction of the said Council, and,
| Whereas, the said Council desire at
this time to express it's sentiments and
the sentiments of the people of the city
of KenOsha in regard to the said water
work, and in regard to W. III. Wheeler
and his associates who have had in
charge the construction of said water
works;
Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the
Common Council of the city of Keno
sha That the thanks of this Council
and of the people of the city of Kenosha
be and are hereby rendered to the said
w. Fl. Wheeler and his associates for
their interest and untiring effort to pro-
vide first class water system for the
city of Kenosha.
We feel that we owe a debt of graft
tude to w. FL. Wheeler for his honest
and conscientious dealings with the city
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