The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-02
CITIZENS WILL PAY 5 PER CENT.
DURING THE COMING YEAR.
NO CHANCE FOR ANY CHANGE
Albert Zens Makes Another Futile At
tempt to Obtain liquor
License other Council
WORK.

toned places.
The first business of the session was
petition from the Typographical
Union asking that the city pass reso-
luton demanding that the union label
be placed on all the official printing.
The petition was referred, and the
question of granting saloon license to
Henry Altoff and Adolph Gloss was
brought up and referred to the finance
committee, but later on an amended
motion the license was granted and
the bonds accepted.
A communication from E. r. Head
was read, in which he offered to sell
the city twelve acres of the Mari farm
to be used as poor farm. The sale
was to include all the buildings on the
farm together with the orchards and
garden plot, and the consideration was
81, 500, Mr.. Head agreeing to take tho
poor house lot as payment of $1,000.
The proposition was referred to the
pauper committee.
The report of City Engineer David
son nthe work done by the Reichert
Construction company was received
and placed on file. At this point a
petition was presented from Samuel
Reynolds asking for reduction of the
sewer assessments on his property, as
he claimed that he only had twelve
feet of sewer service and was assessed
for ninety -four feet. The agreement
of Mr.. REYNOLDS was that he should
pay for forty-seven feet, or one-half
the frontage The city attorney
offered an opinion, suggesting that the
petition be not allowed, but the mayor
and several of the aldermen thought
that the citizen should only pay for
benefits received, and the reduction
was granted, as was also reduction to
Mrs. Katharine Rowe in similar case
Alderman Jacobs, with his usual wit,
moved that the opinion of the city
attorney be placed on file for future
use.
At this point a lull occurred in the
proceedings and Jacobs took occasion
to move that the application of Albert
Zens for liquor license be granted
The silence for few moments was in
tense, but the motion was lost for a
want of o second. The mayor has
turned to take up the question of spec
ial water assessments and bills for
repair of defective sidewalks, all of
which were passed without comment.
The bids for laying the sewer on
Elizabeth street were opened, as fol-
lows:
Reichert Cons. Co., Racine, sewer per
foot, 9Oc, and $25 for man holes.
Harding & Nelson, sewer per foot,
81. O5, and $25 for man holes.
Christ Johnson, sewer per foot, $1.lO,
and $32 for man holes.
Reichert Construction company hav-
ing the lowest bid the mayor and city
clerk were instructed to make ii con-
tract with this company for the work.
The streets and alleys committee
made a report recommending the &C
ceptance of the work Of paving Dur
kee avenue, which was accepted. This
committee also reported favorably on
the@openlng of an alley in block 4, Of
Jennie's addition, and this also was
granted. The committee asked that
the petition for a sidewalk Oh Bond
street, between Elizabeth and Strong
streets, be referred back to the prop
erty owners for signatures, as some Of
the names attached to the petition
were MOB even residents of the street.
On the motion of Alderman Jacobs
the council ordered that Mrs. Fred
Wattles be allowed So q month for
house rent until the first of April.
Albert Zens came before the council
at this time and asked the council to
reconsider the question of granting
him a saloon license, stating to the
council that he had been taxpayer
i'm Kenosha for nearly thirty years and
had kept saloon for several years,
and at no time had any complaint been
made against him. He stated further
that he did not ask for a license for
Swartz but for himself, and he weule
be personally responsible for the con
ditions under which the saloon was
carried on. NcGivern seemed TO lie
in doubt, and spoke against granting
the license. However, Jacobs moved
that license be granted, and on the.
second of Gonnermann the vote was
called, which resulted in the license not
being granted, Jacobs, Gonnermann
and FRANKIE voting aye, and Frost,
German, Weyhe, McGiyern AMI
Behrens voting in the negative.