The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-30
ROAD TAX TO Be CASH
Good Roads Convention Last Evening
Make an important Move for
Better Highways.
ORGANIZATION is COMPLETED

Chairman and Secretary Appointed for
| Each ofthe Towns of the County and for
Each Ward of the city Rousing Speeches
Made by Well Known Citizens and All are
in Favor of the Conventions
TO be Held i'll All the Towns.
| Quite a number of interested citizens
gathered at the court house last even
ing to attend a symposium on Good
Roads and to assist in completing the
organization of this and Racine county
for the Good Roads movement. A half
dozen people came down from Racine
amor@ whom were George N. Frat,
President of the Southeastern Wiscon-
sin District of the Good Roads Move
nent; Supervisors Frank Cox, Dover;
George Ella, Rochester; H, f. Johnson
and William Lory, Yorkvi11e.
The meeting was called to order by
Supervisor Isaac T. Bishop, of the
town of Somers, and President Frat
was called to the chair. In few words
President Frat explained the cause of
the meeting and the plans which were
being made by the Good Roads associ-
alton. He stated that the association
had not been formed for the purpose of
building any certain 'dr1ve" or road
in the district but for the general i'm
provement of all the highways. The
meeting then elected Isaac I. Bishop
secretary, and at the request of the
President the organization of the asso-
citation in Kenosha county was COM
p1eted by the election of chairmen and
secretaries in each of the towns of the
county. The chairman of each town,
according to the plan of the general
movement, was named as the chair
man of the association and the follow
ing secretaries were selected by the
representatives. of the towns in attend
ance at the meeting.
City of Kenosha-First ward, Nathan
Allen; second ward, E. c. Theirs; third
ward, E. L. Grant; fourth ward, James
Pennefeather; fifth ward, c. A. Tar
bell; sixth ward, Bert Frantz; seventh
ward, Hubert Schwan; eighth ward,
M. Schutts.
Pleasant Prairie, Frank Holt.
Somers, William Rhodes.
Randall, w. H. Harrison.
Wheatland, S. D. S1ade.
Salem, D. L. Burgess.
Paris, l. C. Williams.
Brighton, Joshua Dixon.
Bristol, H. L. Adamson.
The chairmen then asked their duties
and they were referred to the literature
recently issued by the National associ-
alton. In part they were ordered to
follow the following schedule:
After this organization it will be well
to first secure from your secretary of
state the road laws under which you
are working, call meetings and discuss
the strong and weak points of such
laws.
2. Learn how much money is appro-
propriated to the road fund in each
township and county, and the results
secured.
8. Appoint committees in each town
ship to report the location of suitable
material for road improvement and it's
cost.
4. Appoint committee on drainage
to report what sections of main roads
shall be drained, a copy of such re-
port to be filed with road commits
| sioners.
! 5. Appoint a committee to investi-
gate the classes and kind of machinery
what amount of money has been in
vested in same, its present condition,
where kept, eand if producing the
best results. . If not, why not?
A report of the results of each meet
ing should be filed with the district
president, and secretary.
Following the routine work of the
meeting short addresses on the move
ment were made by H, S. VanIngen,
| I. T. Bishop, S. A. Crop1ey, Senator
Reino1ds, Frank Kingman, James
NORM andEJ ohnson Jackson.
At the close of the meeting an i'm
portant step was taken when reso1u
ton was introduced by 1. I. Bishop to
! the effect that it was the consensus of
the opinion of the.meeting that in the
future all taxes for the improvement OF
the roads be paid in money and to be
spent by the road commission.
Meetings for the purpose of creating
interest in the different towns are now
being arranged.
Stole a Sack of Flour
| Thomas Hines was arrested last
evening by officer Fe1dschau on a
charge of pur1oining a sack of -four
from the store of Meiser Brothers Oh