The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-24
SAM REYNOLDS KICK.
DIDN'T WANT SEWERAGE DUMPED
ONTO HIM.
EXPLANATION OF THAT DITCH
He Has Had to Pay for Sewer to Drain
off His Filth and Don't Think 1t Fair
to be Obliged to Take 9th
ers On His Lots.

Mr. EDITOR: [ have been re-
ferred to, directly and indirectly, in
reference to filing up certain ditch
on Dayton street, in justice to myself /
will give you some facts in regard to
the same, which have been omitted in
all former articles which | have seen.
All we have read is in regard to sur
face water. Fortunately, or unfortun
ately, Il think the latter), | own the
southeast corner Of Dayton street and
Pleasant avenue, 222 feet on Dayton,
and 125 feet on Pleasant avenue. Mr..
Kelly owns the southwest corner, and
Mr.. Lyman owns the northwest corner,
and Mr.. Frost owns north OF Mr.. Ly-
man. Each has a drain from his eel
lar that empties into an open cesspool
about three feet deep on the south
west corner of Dayton street and
Pleasant avenue. From the cesspool
there is a drain laid across Pleasant
avenue to the corner of my lot. From
there has been dug an open ditch east
along my lot, say three feet deep, until
the sewerage runs out on my lots and
in said Dayton street. The bitches
west of Pleasant avenue on Dayton
street are very shallow and the lots
east of Pleasant avenue are lower than
on the west side Of Pleasant avenue.
If the bitches on the west side Of Pleas
ant avenue will carry off the water,
why is it necessary to have ditch, say
three feet deep, east of Pleasant ave-
nue.? Simply this; the cellars can't be
drained unless there is a ditch that
deep. The sewer just laid on Dayton
street, liz front of my lots, cost me
$113.40. | think it a good investment
Now is there any sense, fairness, or
justice, in my paying for a sewer to
drain my lots, then for others to drain
on my property and let the sewerage
run out on the surface of the ground !?
In justice to Mr.. Frost, will say that he
told me to fill up the ditch, as they had
no right there. have been requested
several times in the last three years by
those who own east of me to close up
the ditch, but [ have put them Off
from time to time, thinking that the
parties who made the ditch, would in
the near future, be part of Kenosha,
under the annexation law, and have
sewerage, but as some Of the parties
wish to stay out, the cellars [ hope will
be drained some other way than on my
lots. The writer of former article
says: "My sewerage has run there
eighteen years and there has been no
complaint" The writer must remem-
Der that he has lived there compare
lively alone until the last few years,
and in the time mentioned, as | have
said, there have been many COM
plants Does that make it right be-
cause it has run eighteen years, to con-
tinue for all time | believe the same
law is good in all parts of the city.
Now suppose W. P. Robinson. DR..
Gillespie and Mrs. Petit should lay a
sewer on Market street to Ann street,
across Market to VIM. F. Fishers cor
ner, then dig a cess pool say three feet
across and three feet deep, leave it
open, and from there lay sewer across
Ann street to my corner, then dig
ditch in front of my house three feet
deep and leave it open, for the sewer
age to flow on the surface of the ground
in front of the county property, how
long would such nuisance be toler-
ated? That is just what has been done
on Dayton street.
The above mentioned writer also
says" Let us take census of the vo-
tiers on these streets where the sewer
assessments will fall, who owned their
homes and signed for annexation. On
Elizabeth street there is just one man,
and he signed under apprehension
and wishes to sign remonstranee.
On Dayton street, three such signed.
On Pomeroy street, there We're two,
and one of them is proprietor of the
valuable Frost & Tuttle subdivision
needing drainage.
Through the kindness of the city
clark, have been able to find that the
following named property owners,
signed the petition on the following
streets named above:
ELIZABETH ST., west of Pleasant.
Vim Tillottson, 6 Simmons,
Ernst Krantsch, G Schulz,
Chas Boerner Benjamin Jensen
DAYTON, ST, west of Pleasant.
A Novack, Anton Kremen
Nike Ludwig, Thos Farrell,
John Zanner, anl Mrs E w Becker,
j LStevens, i afaS.C Newman,ali
w M Rove, nn.Sq John Quinn.
] B Weth,y ,ee John ,Sharding,e
Samuel Reynolds, ,,..l. IS. s..so......e
PoMERoY ST., west Of Pleasant,
Chas N Frost, Thos Donahue,
Mrs. j Pennefeather,E H Hollister, "a
H af1dsR lEkDRng sk6 Butler,
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