The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-02-20
This is 4 GOOD day te testtbe heat

This is a good day to test the heat
ing apparatus in your house.
The committee on streets, alleys
and bridges reported to the council
Monday evening in favor of paving
Market street from Chicago to West
Main street, with block on six inches of
stone.
Aid. McGivern presented a bill to
the council Monday evening for a bill
for gas for $3.50 where the gas had not
been used all the month. He will get
after the gas company with sharp
stick.
II. Boehn made a proposition to
the council Monday evening to keep
Main street clean from May lst till
winter at $l5 per week. His offer was
referred to the committee on streets,
alleys and bridges.
The ordinance granting fran
chise for an electric lighting plant to
W. Fl. Wheeler & Co., with the speci-
fications was read for the first time to
council Monday evening and were
ordered to take the usual course.
The city clerk and city engineer
were instructed by the council Monday
evening to advertise for bids for the
paving of Market street and Park ave-
nue., all bids to be in before March 16.
Park avenue bids are to be for brick
and block.
Miss Better, formerly teacher in
the College of Commerce here, attend
ed the masquerade of Prof. Wirth's
Monday evening, and surprised some of
her best friends. She was accompanied
by her friend, Miss Secrist, of Des
Moines. Miss Secrist took one of the
prizes.
An ordinance amendatory of the
city charter, providing for the giving
of the power to the city to order by
resolution the laying of all gas, sewer
and water pipes in any street before
the paving of such street is ordered. 1t
passed its first reading and was order
ed to take the usual course.
The Kenosha Electric Light,
Power and Fuel company made three
or four propositions to the city Monday
evening with reference to lighting the
city. The prices for all night lights
range from $72 to $92 according to the
number of the candle power. Then it
gave the city an option to purchase the
plant subject to an encumbrance OF
$4,000 for So, 900 in cash. The matter
was referred to the committee on gas
and light.
Mrs. F. j. Gottfredsen entertained
Monday afternoon in honor of Mes
danes Farr and Hall, of Waukegan.
Hearts was the game of the afternoon,
and the prizes, which were very pretty,
were taken by Mesdames W. M. Farr,
Samuel Reynolds and FL. E. Robbins.
After delightful repast the ladies took
their departure, unanimous in the
opinion that Mrs. Gottfredsen is an
ideal hostess. Among those present
were the following: Mesdames Hall
and Farr, Waukegan; Mesdames Farr,
Kehlor, Redeker, Sieg, Engel, Saunders,
Bates, Yule, Curtis, Villas.
The minister was coming to supper
and mamma taking her little daughter
to one side told her she must not ask
for anything while at the table. The
small girl was very opedient and only
looked at the butter WistfuIy as it
stood in front of the minister. Then
the brown eyes turned appealingly up
on mamma " but she was talking and
did not notice the little one. The child
stood it for some time. then. grew brave
even to disobedience, as she looked at
her unbuttered bread, and remember
ing his profession, said breathlessly,
For Christ's sake, please pass 1.-THE
butter"
4. G.. Simmons appeared before
the council Monday evening to say
that he was opposed to the city's
granting any electric street light fran
chises at this time for the reason that
he did not believe the times favorable
to expenditure. He was opposed to
franchises in the first place and did not
believe that the city with debt of
$1,000 above its head was in posi-
ton to increase that amount, especial
ly in view of the fact that we now are
taxed to the full limit. He thought
some temporary arrangements should
be made until such time as the city's
finance were got into such a shape as
warrant the purchase or building of a
new plant. He offered couple of
suggestions by the way of amending
the ordinance before the council which
were adopted by the council.
Everyone interested should rea6
the electric street railway ordinance
which is published in another column
of this issue. We do not hesitate at
all in saying that the conditions of the
same certainly appear fair and just.