The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-20
CITY COUNCIL TAKES POSITIVE
ACTION IN REGARD TO HARB0R.
MARKET STREET TO BE PAVED.
Pearl Street Residents Ask That The
Street be Paved the Full Width
and the Petition is Granted
Canvass of Election.

tine members pT0S0uG, anu tuOo0 WIZ
were absent are to be congratulated.
The first order of business was the
reading of the minutes, and as no min
utes had been read since the early part
of May, it required several hours to get
rid of the accumulated stock The
reading of the minutes was finished
about 10 o'clock and the Council then
got down to business all the members
thoroughly worn out.
The first petition was for the con-
struction of a sewer on Grant street,
from Bronson street to Division street,
and continued on Bronson street to the
city limits Connected with this petit
ton was long remonstrance against
the sewer. The petition and the re-
monstrance were referred to the. com
mittee on sewers.
The citizens of Pearl street appeared
and petitioned that the paving Of the
street be AZ feet wide. The petition
was granted and the sewer committee
was ordered to see that a sewer was
laid in the center of the street between
Main and Exchange streets before the
paving was laid.
Joseph Fitting sent petition to the
| Council asking that the city aid him in
paying the expenses of the treatment
of his son, Charles Citing, who was in.
| iured in the Park on the day of the
celebration of the Fourth of July by
being struck by stray bullet. The
matter was referred to the committee
| on claims.
The harbor matter was brought up
and letter was received from Capt.
Warren stating that the Council had
not taken sufficient action to show the
engineer and the government that it
would see that the necessary dockingin
the harbor was done by the city. The
letter also assured the Council that the
city would not be expected to dc any
of the dredging necessary for the i'm :
provement of the harbor. A resolution
was offered by Aid. Tarbell, that the
| Council do the docking and that the
work be done as fast as the channel is
widened and the necessary dredging is
completed by the government. The
resolution was unanimously passed and
a certified copy of it was sent to Capt.
Warren this morning, 1t is now
thought that the work will be begun in
earnest and rushed as much as possible.
Later in the evening the Council or
dered the City Engineer to prepare
plans and specifications for the building
of the city docks as we'll as an estimate
of the expense of the work. These
plans will be presented at the next
meeting of the Council.
The first report of City Treasurer
| Steinmetz was received and referred to
the committee on finance. The report
was dated July 18th, and showed that
the total amount on hand at that time
was $11, 954.44
| The city attorney presented an
opinion in regard to the action of the
gas and electric companies in the city
tearing up paved streets. He held
that under their grants they had a
perfect right to lay pipes and fixtures
under the paved streets, but that they
we're bound to put them back in as
good shape as they were when they
disturbed them. The petition was
placed on file for further use.
A petition was presented from the
owners of the Bendt subdivision on the
North side, asking that they be per-
mitted to plat the streets in the sub
Idivislon in manner not conforming to
the general run of the streets of the
city. After a short discussion of the
matter the petition was granted
The returns of the special election
held last Tuesday we're canvassed and
the successful candidates, George D.
! Head and M. Greenwald, we're declared
elected and the Clerk was ordered to
issue certificates of election to them.
The bids for paving South Main
were opened and the lowest was that
of the Reichert Construction Company,
of Racine. The bid was: Per square
yard of brick paving, $l.38; curb, per
foot, SIC; for excavating, 22c a cubic
yard The bids we're all referred to
the committee on sewers and paving.
! The contracts for street sprinkling
were awarded to B. Boehn and j. 81
: O'Brien.
The Council voted to grant the pc.
tition for the paving of East Market
street and the City Clerk was instruct.
ed to advertise for bids for the work tc
be received at the next regular meeting
The improvement has been needed fol
long time and all the citizens will be
glad to know that it has been ordered
The committee on sewers reported in
favor of the construction of sewers or
Congress street, from South to Wiscon.
sin street and on Dayton street, from
| Chicago street to Ashland avenue
The improvements we're ordered
After the transaction of the usua
ron+ipo hI7a iDoss COuncil a0iournod