The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-10
ACCEPTED THE VETO.
M. r. & K. ORDINANCE is TURNED
DOWN BY THE COUNCIL.
NOT A VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
Alderman Ca1kins' Veto Was Accepted
Without Comment.-Counci1 Do
Large Amount of Interesting
Business.

The City Council met in regular
session at the City Hall Monday night,
and the prospect that the veto of the
railway ordinance would come drew out
about as large crowd as went to the
opera house to attend the last Demo-
cratic demonstration of the campaign.
All the Aldermen were present and
President Calkins was in the chair.
The first half hour was used in read
ing the minutes of several previous
meetings. The railway ordinance and
veto was at once taken up and Presi
dent Calkins read his veto to the or
dinance together with his reason for
taking such action.
Aid. GOnnermann moved that the
veto be placed on record and that the
Council reconsider the vote taken on
the ordinance.
The motion was carried without
dissenting vote. The ordinance was
then brought up for passage over the
veto. Every alderman answered nay
and the veto wasa accepted and the
prospects for the NJ, r. & K. railway
getting franchise through Kenosha
during the coming winter vanished.
No other petition was presented and
no speeches were made by either the
representatives of the street railway
company or the property owners.
The people along Pomeroy street,
between Crate and Charles streets,
petihoned for sidewalk, in order that
they might enjoy the benefits of mail
delivery. The petition was referred to
the committee on streets and alleys.
The Milwaukee avenue sewer has
already begun to cause trouble and A.
F. Weiskopf registered a kick against
it on account of the fact that it was not
low enough. The remonstrance was
referred to the sewer committee.
George Melville was in q quandary
in regard to the manner in which he
could dispose of quantity of waste
paper in the rear of bis business house
on Main street and asked the CvLncil
to give him relief. The matter was
referred to the committee on fire de-
partment and it was suggested that
the paper be given over to the Repub-
| lican committee to assistin the election
| Notification this evening.
The monthly report of the poOrmas-
ter was received and placed on file.
A letter was received from Richard
Reynolds, at Dillon, Montana, offering
to sell the city team of sOrrels for a
fire team for $3.50, f. o. b. at Dillon.
The letter was very interesting and
gave an excellent description of the
horses, but tbesCouncil did not decide
to buy and the matter was referred.
The different committees reported
the usual number of bills, after which
an equal number of new bills were
presented.
The bond{for the Reichert Construc-
tion Co. and Hanson & Co., the sewer
contractors, :sswas placed at $500 and
5000, while A. E. Rutledge, the paving
contractor, was ordered to give surety
for 1000.
A sewer was ordered constructed
along South Main street, from South
street to Town Line street, and the
property owners ordered to put in gas
and water connections before the Is of
November.
The grade of Church was recon-
mended changed from 23.7 to 24.7, but
the matter was laid upon the table on
account of the fact that it would be
great annoyance to many property
owners who have already improved
their property.
The two health ordinances we're
brought up, but the aldermen were not
DESTROYS of considering them and they
were laid over until next Monday night.
Aid. Weier logged up the fire de-
partment committeeabecause they had
not purchased a team for the North
side department, and thought that a
great deal of money was being wasted
in renting team when one had been
ordered purchased.
Aid. Gonnermann and Weier ex-
changed compliments on the subject
and Aid. Brister stated that every
thing was being done to purchase
team and action was finally taken to
give the committee power to purchase
the team, with limit of $3.50 expense.