The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-18
CITY COUNCIL MEET.
CITY FATHERS HOLD A VERY UNI
INTERESTING MEETING.
PEARL STREET WILL BE PAVED
Report of Highway Commissioners in Re.
gard to Opening of S. Exchange st. is
Not Accepted and Project of Open
ing Street will Be Discontinued.

The meeting of the Common Council
held at the city hall Monday evening
was one of the most uninteresting
meetings ever held by council in this
city. ALI the aldermen were present
with the exception of Aldermen Cal
kins and Brister.
Under the head of petitions petit
ton war presented by the residents
about the Park asking that the streets
surrounding the Park be sprinkled
during the summer. The petition was
referred to the committee on streets
and alleys, as was also similar one
from the residents of North Main
and Union streets and Milwaukee ave.
nue..
Permission was granted to the Keno
sha County Wheelmen to rope in Park
and Wisconsin streets during the Deco
ration day road race, and to use a
portion of the park in making out the
route for the race.
A petition was received asking for a
sewer on Rowland avenue from Park
street to Prairie avenue. The petition
was referred to the committee on
sewers and paving.
The old question of the paving of
South Main street came up in the way
of petition from four property owners
asking that the street be paved. The
petition was referred, as was the petit
ton of the residents of Garden street
between Maple and Pearl, praying for
the construction of sewer.
A petition was presented by the
representatives of the two daily papers
asking that table and chairs be
placed in the council chamber for the
use of reporters. The petition was
granted and the clerk was ordered to
secure the new furniture.
The committee on bonds reported
! that the bonds of E. j. Moore and of
Hanson & Co. were in proper form and
recommended that they be accepted.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The special committee who was
appointed to secure legal assistance in
the suit against the railroad, reported
that they had secured the services OF
Charles Quarles, j. G.. Slater and Peter
Fisher
The Clerk was ordered to send 500
to Charles Quarles, as retainer and
the committee announced that all the
future work of Mr.. Quarles would be at
the rate of $50 day.
From the report of the committee
the citizens will! be given to understand
that litigation comes high, but it seems
we must have it.
The report of the Board of Highway
Commissioners who laid out the eXten-
sion of Exchange street, from Eagle
street to the city limits, was not &C
cepted and the Council decided to take
no further action in the matter. This
action was taken on the advice of the
City Attorney, who held that as the
Commission had been appointed by the
Mayor instead of being elected by the
Council, their doings could not be law
full and any decisions which they had
made could not be defended in the
courts. No action was taken to select
other commissioners and the road will
probably not be opened.
The question of the opening of an
alley between Jenne and Garden and
Jay and Ridge streets was authorized
and the following commissioners were
elected by the Council to assess bene-
fits and damages: James S. Barr,
James II. Charles, George A. Yule,
William O'Donnell and Jos. Bendt.
The question of the granting the
petition of z. G.. Simmons to pave
Pearl and Lake streets also came up
and the petition was granted. From
Investigations made by the City En-
gineer it developed that the remon-
STRANGE against the paving was only
representative of small portion of the
| frontage and the Council decided to
order the paving and the Clerk was
ordered to ask for bids for the work at
once.
According to the report of the sewer
committee catch basins were ordered
put in on Exchange street, between
Town Line and South streets.
A sewer was ordered constructed on
South Main street from the end of the
present drain to the intersection CT
Town Line street; and the old question
Of the South street sewer was settled
by the committee reporting in favor of
laying the remonstrance on the table
and ordering the construction of the
sewer. The report of the committee
was adopted by a unanimous vote.
An order was issued which will place
considerable extra work on the Street
Commissioners and the police force, for
in the future they will be required to
gather all the evidence for the city in
regard TO accidents which result from
defective sidewalks.