The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-09
OLD KICKER KICKS.
JOHN T. YULE TELLS ABOUT THE
REYNOLDS SEWER.
FACTS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
Costs to the City, County and Auditing
Property Owners, as Compared
With the Compliments Cost
and Benefits.

The present council has been en-
gagged all through the year in fixing up.
affairs which had been left unsettled
by its predecessors. Last night it dis
posed of Sam'l Reynolds sewer ques-
ton by rebating one half the amount
assessed him. The old council had
constructed a sewer II feet in length
in front of his property on Market
street, and had charged him up with
his entire frontage of "a feet. Mr..
Reynolds had offered to pay an assess
mento of AZ feet for IL feet of sewer, but
objected to paying for 81 feet of sewer
that had never been built. After hav-
| ing been up several times before, the
council last night voted to rebate one
half of the original assessment and
charge up but for AZ feet. -
Mr.. Editor, Kenosha City Daily
News: Please give me space in your
columns to answer the above editorial
which was in the Gazette of Nov. 30.
! He, the mayor, says that the present
council has been engaged all through
the year in fixing ny affairs which had
been left usettled by it's predecessors.
Last Monday night it disposed of the
Sam'l Reynolds sewer question, and
now, Mr.. Editor and citizens, as the
writer was one of those illustrious pre-
decessors, [ feel called upon to refute
the above in full. Now | hardly know
Just how or where to begin, without
going over too much ground, but in the
first place I will prove by the records
that the sewer question of Sam Rey-
nolds was settled for good, and in a
proper, legal manner on November %,
1896. "On motion of Aid. Yule the
special assessment on the property of
S. Reynolds for the sewer on Market
street was referred to the committee
on sewers to investigate and consult
with city attorney.as to whether any
compromise could be made regarding
! this sewer; committee to report at next
regular meeting" Now this commit
tee did not report until January 4,
1897. The attorney in a carefully
written opinion, stated in SO many
words that Mr.. Reynolds should be
assessed for his full frontage, then at
this meeting Aid. Schend moved that
the report of the committee, that is
that the opinion of the city attorney
be accepted and adopted. This was
carried unanimously.
Then at a regular meeting January
Is, 1897, on motion of Aid. Frost a
special assessment of 70 cents per front
foot was levied for sewer against the
property of Samuel Reynolds, fronting
on Market street. Now, Mr.. Mayor,
was there any more finishing touches
that we, your predecessors, could have
made on this sewer question of Rey-
nolds? This being settled beyond dis
pute, must give a short history OF
this celebrated sewer. [ might say
right here that the vote on this assess
ment question stood seven for and one
against. That one dare not vote aye
| because he did not want to be buZzed
any more about that sewer. Before
| Market street was paved Sam had a
private sewer running from his prem
Uses east on Market street to the Bailey
canal. When it became necessary to
grade Market street for paving, the
workmen uncovered part of this sewer,
then Mr. R. was in peck of trouble.
He went for the mayor, the city engin-
eer, aldermen and everybody, to get
sewer before his private one froze up.
Well, the only thing we could do, was
to build sewer commencing at the
intersection of Chicago and Park streets
mot Park avenue) north on Chicago
street to Market, west on Market
street to Sans east line, say II feet,
and then II or IA feet more with a
manhole at the extreme end. Now
am sure that few, if any, of the pres
ent board of aldermen knew just how
this sewer was laid. Now I will tell
just how much this thing q am tired
saying sewer) has cost the city, county
and the several private individuals
who were unfortunate enough to be
anent this sewer:
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