The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-27
REFUSES TO SIGN IT.
CITY CLERK JACOB CALLS FOR THE
NORTH SIDES RIGHTS.
MAYOR THREATENS A VETO
And the Victory of the NJ F. & K. ordin-
ance is Very small-Must Have the
Consent of the Property own
ers by Saturday

The smiles which were so very evil
dent on the faces of the NJ r. & x.
officials when the ordinance passed the
city council Monday night have all
vanished and in place of them have
come frowns and fears. When the
Mayor. City Clerk and officials of the
road came together this morning TO
sign the proposed franchise a bomb
was exploded in their midst when City
Clerk Jacob refused to atfix his name
to the document to make it legal
document of the city of KenOsha.
Everything was moving smoothly
enough and the ordinance would prob
ably have been properly signed had not
the NJ. r. & K. company shown its
hand all too soon and gave the Mayor
and Clerk to understand that the
council could not legally hold them to
the resolution to secure anew the con-
sent of property owners on Milwaukee
avenue. As soon as this was discOv-
cred Clerk Jacob sat down on the thing
and come down on it hard saying that
he would not sign the ordinance until
the resolution protecting the north
siders had been incorporated in the
franchise ordinance. The Mayor took
O. hand at this point of the meeting and
threw further CONSERVATION into the
ranks of the railroad by making di-
rect statement that he vetoed the or
dinance but would withhold the veto
until next Saturday morning leaving it
in the hands of City Attorney Fisher,
and during this time he laid down two
conditions under which he would sign
the ordinance. The first condition was
that the company should secure the
consent of the residents and property
owners along Milwaukee avenue before
the time of his veto power expired, or
the second condition, that they must
make satisfactory arrangements with
the city attorney and city clerk to bind
themselves that the resolution would
be observed not only in letter but also
in spirit.
In defending t. g veto May or Petit.
the ordinance was the fact that he
represented the interests of the people,
and that the north side residents had
made these demands on the company,
and before the Council had any moral
right to grant the franchise the wishes
of this large number of citizens must
be complied with The words of the
Mayor had telling effect on Mr..
Bishop and he ut once stated that the
conditions placed upon them were such
that it made it almost impossible for
them to make any plans which would
keep the veto hack beyond the stated
time, and as the words Of the Mayor
and Clerk we're such that retIaction is
almost mpOssible, it now appears that
the Nj. r. & K. must meet the demands
of the Milwaukee avenue property
owners or else give up all hope of
gaining their entrance into the city.
The affair is now in the hands of City
ATTORNEY Fisher and there is little
doubt that the company will be forced
to fulfill every section of the ordinance
and the resolution or the veto will be
filed with the Clerk Saturday morning.
The officials of the Company refuse to
say anything for publication, but 1T is
evident that they still have hopes of
reaching a compromise, and, notwith-
standing the heavy rain which was
falling this morning the representatives
could be seen vending their way from
door to door on Milwaukee avenue
begging their way into Kenosha.
Several of the Milwaukee avenue
property owners were seen this morn
ing and said that they wous I'd not finch
one iota from the position which they
had taken, but would demand that
every change they had asked for be
stipulated in the contract before any
consent to lay tracks was given.