The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-09
THEY BACK DOWN,
City Council Decides to Leave Ap-
pointments to Fire Committee
and Chief of Department.
CHIEF BARR WILL REMAIN

Similar Arrangements Are Made in Re-
gard to the Appointment of the Police
of the City-Nathan Allen Resigns His
! Office as County Supervisor in the First
Ward and William P. o'Donnell Named
James S. Barr is to remain at the
| head of the Fire Department in the
city. This was the decision of the
| Common Council at their meeting
Monday evening, and in order to bring
this about the Council made a COM
p1ete back down on the position they
had taken at previous meetings. The
Chairman of the Committee on Fire
Department did not attend the meet
ing, but he sent resolution which the
Council was asked to adopt. The res
o1ution was presented by Aid. Head.
It's substance was that the full power
of employing and discharging men in
the Fire Department of the city be left
in the future entirely to the Chief and
the Committee on Fire Department.
This was bitter pill for some Of the
Aldermen and Aid. Schend moved to
amend the resolution by giving the
Chief and committee appointive pow
ers with the sanction of the Council.
| The amendment was lost, Aid. Schend
and Sch1enker alone voting in the af-
firmative The resolution was then
presented and carried by unanimous
vote.
This quasi civil service was also ex-
tended to the Police department, and
after the resignation of officer Nick
Gloss had been accepted, on the motion
of Aid. Weier, the Council decided to
place the power of appointing and dis
charging police in the hands of the
committee on police with the Chief
added. The changes should be good
ones for both the departments. and
should make long step toward nom
partisan police and fire department.
The rest of the business of the meet
ing was transacted in short order. A
petition from the c.. & N. w. Railway
Company to place gate house on the
east side of Middle street was referred
y
with power to act.
Permission was granted to John
Bruins to move the old Y. M. c. A.
building to it's new resting place on
Maiden Lane.
A petition was presented by a large
number of citizens asking that the
First Wisconsin Cavalry be asked to
L. h 81
in 1900. AS the granting of the petit
ton required the expenditure of a
small sum of money the matter was
referred to the committee on finance.
The saloon license of James Mikke1-
son was transferred to Andrew Ander-
son.
The report of the city treasurer
showed a negative balance of $2.55.
The report of the poormaster showed
that sixteen families with sixty-two
| people were now receiving full sup
port from the city while eleven fani1-
les with thirty-three members were
receiving partial support. The poor
| house has ten inmates.
Nathan Allen sent a letter to the
council stating that it would be neces-
sary for him to be absent from the city
during the meeting of the board of
supervisors and that another man be
elected in his place. The resignation
was accepted and VIM. P. O'Donne11
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Leonard Boresch janitor of the ST.
George church school buildings, was
made a special policeman without
pay.
Three proposals for furnishing the
city with fifty cords of oak wood were
presented, the lowest bid being pre-
scented by Henry Conrad. The matter
was referred to the pauper committee
with power to act. Council then adj
journed.