The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-12
CITY LOSES DOCKS,
The Old Washington Street Docks
Transferred to the C. n. Starke
Dredge and Dock Co.
WE'RE TO BE USED FOR A DOCK

The Dock Was Built by the City Two
Years Ago at a Cost of $500, But the
Advance in the Price of Material Makes
It More Valuable at the Present Time
Work on the New Piers will Probably
be Completed This Year.
The city of Kenosha found itself
several hundred dollars poorer We'd
nesday evening when it was an
nounced that the dock which runs
along the water front of Washington
street on the Island had been sold by
the United States government to the
c. H. Starke Dredge and Dock Co. and
will be used by this company in fur
Their work about the local harbor.
1t had been the intention of the Off
Gals of the city to have the docks torn
away in order that the material in
them might be disposed of to the con-
tractors for the new city docks, but
when the matter was investigated
Wednesday the managers of the
Dredging company announced that
according to their contract with the
government all the docks with the ex-
ception of the stone in them became
the property of the company. The
dock was not considered very valuable.
1t was built about two years ago by
the city for the purpose of keeping the
street from caving into the harbor.
There is sixty-six feet of the docks
and at the time of their construction
the city expended about $500 on the
improvement. The material is consid-
cred as good today as when the dock
was built and the rise in the value of
material has made it worth nearly
docks were built entirely of pine and it
was the intention to have the piles re-
moved for use for anchor piles in the
new city dock. It was thought that it
would cost about 800 to have the piles
drawn. The officials have no contest
to make of the sale of the dock, but it
had been considered as positive that
the city would be permitted to remove
the dock after the transfer of the prop
erty to the government was made.
The deed, however, which conveyed
the property to the government also
conveyed the dock, and according to
the custom of the engineer the docks
have been given to the contractor.
One of the managers of the Dredging
company stated this morning that the
dock was not of great value, and that
if the city desired to purchase it they
could make deal at any time.
The work in the harbor is progress
ing very rapidly and it is barely posi-
bic that the work on the long pier will
be completed during the present year.
1t is hardly possible that the work of
the dredging company will be COM
p1eted this year. The great amount of
the work for this company will come
when the piers are completed. All the
material for the latter work is now on
hand and the land about the harbor
has the appearance of a great lumber
yard. The work is being closely
watched by Kenosha people and the
amount of work which has been done
would be surprising to the uninitiated.
One of the men on the dredge said this
morning that when the work here was
completed the city would have the fin
est harbor on the lake. He also stated
that the city would have a great adj
vantage over the other cities. The bids
for the work at this city have been de-
cided1y low and when the work is COM
p1eted 1.-THE city will have nearly
$4,000 of the appropriation of Con-
gress still unexpended.