The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27
BEDS ARE ORDERED.
COUNCIL ADOPTS PLANS AND SPEC
IFICATIONS FOR THE HARBOR.
MAYOR AND AID. WEIR CLASH
Alderman Brings Up Old Troubles and
Personalities Exchanged Ordinance
will Be Passed to Prevent The
Tearing open of the Streets


| tablished the greater part of the meet
ing was spent in reading accumulated
minutes. All the old stories of past
meetings were rehashed while several
lof the aldermen rolled over in their
chairs and went to sleep. The pros
pect of fight over the police question
drew large crowd of visitors to the
Hobby but their curiosity was not salts
fed as no mention of the trouble was
made by either the mayor or the police
committee, and the crowd who had
waited through the reading of volumes
of minutes went away disgusted. The
new aldermen, Messrs. Head and
Greenwald, made their first appearance
at the council and were given a cordial
welcome. A remonstrance was pre-
sented from the people who are opposed
to the paving of East Market street,
and it was referred to the committee on
sewers and paving. In regard to the
| harbOr matter a letter was received
from Capt. Warren thanking the city
for their prompt action in regard to the
building of the city docks and stating
that the contractors had been ordered
to begin the government work at once.
In this regard the estimates of the city
engineer we're presented as follows:
The plans for the work show that the
estimated cost of the Improvement will
be as follows: To build the docks with
the Wakefield sheeting $I1.35 per foot
Wakefield sheeting with oak piling
$1185 per foot With ordinary pine
sheeting mot according to the Wake
field patent) $11.05. With the docks
built of oak throughout $12.6 60 per foot.
AS there is about ], 1850 feet of the dock
the cost to the city will be between ten
and twelve thousand dollarsa IA The
council decided to accept the plans
presented by the city engineer and the
city clerk was ordered to advertise for
bids for the work in the Kenosha,
Chicago and Milwaukee papers and
also in some engineering journal. The
bids will be opened at the next regular
meeting of the council. In regard to
to the advertisement for the bids sew
eral of the aldermen got considerably
excited and Alderman Head made his
maiden effort as peace maker. He
opined as how the weather was too
warm for heated arguments and the
mayor took his side of the question
and called the two members to order.
The sewer and paving committee re-
ported in favor of refusing all the bids
for the paving of South Main street
and advertise for new bids on account
of the fact that all the bids received
were above the estimate of the city
engineer. It seems that few Racine
contractors have the idea that they
have monopoly in Kenosha and that
they can make what charges they
please to the city for work. In the
last few weeks the evidences of a com
bine among these men have become
very patent and the council decided
last evening that in the future an effort
will be made to find some new con-
tractors to do work for the city. In
clerk was instructed to advertise fer
bids for the work in the Engineering
Journal. Alderman Pirsch raised
decided kick about the opening of the
paving on Wisconsin street. An ex-
animation of the case was made and it
was found to be wholly the fault of
contractors. The council finally left
the matter in the hands of the sewer
committee and ordered them to bring
in a report reyoking the licenses of all
contractors who have violated the rules
of the city and not acted in accord
ance to the instructions of the city
inspectors.
The city attorney was also instructed
to draw up an ordinance regulating the
issuance of permits for the opening of
any of the paved streets and in the
future if the ordinance is passed the
plumbers and sewer men when they
desire to open a street will be forced to
deposit with the city clerk sum of
money sufficient to cover all repairs to
the street. While talking on the sub
iect of sewers Alderman Wier opened
the old sores in connection with the
construction of the old Milwaukee
avenue sewer. The mayor and the
alderman from the Seventh ward ex
changed some very pointed person
alities and each intimated that the
other was liar. Finally Alderman
Tarbell found a point of order and
called down the mayor and the alder
man for their conduct. The matter
then became real serious and Wier
was talking of removing his coat and
sailing in when motion to adjourn was
made anu carried in time to avert a
personal meeting between the two
men.
w. r. G.
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