The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-14
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
Aldermen Held an Uninteresting Meet
ing at the City Hall Last
Evening.
ELECTION OFFICERS NAMED

Will Serve the City at Elect1ons.-Re
port of the City Treasurer Shows
Small Balance to Meet the Demands Of
the Remainder of the Year Another
Street Ordinance Presented.
The city council held special ses-
sion at the city hall Wednesday even
ing, a bare quorum being in attend
ance when the meeting opened. After
the reading of the minutes the council
took up a number of communications
and reports, among them being the re-
port of city treasurer. The report of city
Treasurer showed that within the last
six weeks S14, 618.O1 had been expended
with the exception of the S1.38 now IN
the vaults of the city. Of course the
report of the treasurer shows how all
the money has been expended, but the
report does not in any way otter
plan for relief. Some of the aldermen
! were n favor of the issuance of orders
just as if the city treasury was full OF
good coin but others argued that this
was not possible and that the city had
no right to issue ordes unless it had
money on hand to pay them. All the
labor bills, regardless of how bad the
money was needed by the laborers,
were laid over until the next meeting
of the council two weeks hence and the
workmen who are employed by the city
must find some way to meet their
debts in the meantime. Whether the
council will be able to find way out
of the difficulty or not remains to be
seen but at the present no remedy ap-
pears in sight. One of the aldermen
in speaking of the financial condition
of the city said: II have never seen
in Kenosha such a condition of the city
treasury. It is always expected that
the city will be short at the end of the
year but the shortage this year is
much greater than ever before. The
council has made a great many I'M
provements during the year and they
have spent money which should have
expenses The shortage of money
was the main feature of the council
meeting and all action of the aldermen
was handicapped by this shortage.
; The matter of building new sewers
was taken up but it was urged in the
reports of committees that no action
be attempted until there was balance
; in the city treasury and it is very
probable that no more work in the way
of public improvements will be at
tempted until the spring of 1900.
A document was presented by At
torney Norman Baker notifying the
council that J. D. HarH would demand
damages from the city on account of
) the fact that he was badly injured by
falling on a defective sidewalk. The
matter was referred tc the committee
on claims.
Frank E. McCordy was granted a
saloon license and his bond was ap-
proved.
The contract for the construction of
a sewer on Jay street was let to Hanson
=, & Thompson, of Racine, but the con-
, tract was not let until the aldermen
had been assured that the proposed
| improvement would not require the ex-
penditure of a cent on the part of the
city.
The council took action on the fact
that the Northwestern company had
disregarded the notice served on them
some time ago in regard to the placing
of gates at the crossing at Main street
bridge and the City Attorney was
notified to order the company to see
that gates are at once erected both at
the Main street crossing and at the
crossing on Strong street.
Alderman Preddis presented new
ordinance to prohibit the opening of
the paved streets of the city and it was
ordered to take the usual course. The
!; ordinance was a slightly changed
copy of one introduced for the same
purpose short time ago.
The bids for the paving of South
Main and East Market streets were
opened and the lowest bid was pre-
scented byJ. O. Jones, of Racine. Ali
the bids were referred to the committee
on sewers and paving. Hanson &
Thompson, of Racine, were the only
bidders on the sewer on South Chicago
street.
The Mayor presented the following
: list of election officers for the ensuing
, year ending Sept. /, 1900:
FIRST WARD.
Inspectors-S. c. Newman, Chris.
Bockenheuser, William J. Boyle.
Election Clerks William Dickhaut,
John Burg.
Ballot C1erks-Michae1 Sullivan,
Henry Ha1berstadt.
SECOND WARD.
Inspectors William Dorsey, James
H. Charles, Louis G.. Bohmrich.
Election C1erks-George Limpert,
Jerry McCarron.
BaAot C1erks-George McCarron,
: Robert Wa1dron.
, THIRD WARD.
spectors-Joseph H. Tu11y, John
Prentiss, John ]. L,angin.