The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-11
SEEKS A COMPROMISE
1T is REPORTED THE MILWAUKEE
co, WILL MAKE APROPOSITION.
MORE LEGAL HELP WANTED
Council will be Asked to Hire an ATTORNEY
to Assist City Attorney Bohmrich
in Defending the City in the
Railroad Middle.

The members of the City Council are
being kept busy these days in fixing
up some plan to secure the city in the
coming fight against the railway COM
pan-, which will be on with the open
ing of the June term Of the Circuit
Court, and from all indications there is
certain to bea fight in the Council over
the question of employing additional
legal help TO assist the city attorney in
looking after the city's interest in the
litigation.
For the purpose of settling this ques
ton Mayor German this morning called
special meeting of the aldermen to be
held this evening. The aldermen are
all at sea as to whom they will employ
as an assistant to Mr.. Bohmrich, and
as vet no name has been mentioned
except that of Charles Quarles. The
selection of Mr.. Quarles, however may
be impossible, as it is announced that
this lawyer has been retained as
consulting attorney for the company.
1t is hardly possible that the city will
employ any of the local attorneys, as
they have expressed themselves IN
favor of having man who is we'll &C
quainted with the law in regard to
franchise rights.
Manager Beggs, of the Milwaukee
Light, Heat & Traction company, was
in Kenosha yesterday, and it is report
ed that he announced that he was
willing to make some concessions to
the city if the latter would be willing
to drop the fight against the company.
Mayor German was seen this morning
and when asked in regard to this story
he stated that as yet the company had
made no attempt to settle the matter
in the manner of compromise, but
said it had been intimated to him that
a proposition for such compromise
would be presented in the next few
days.
In regard to such a compromise
Mayor German said that the city had
no grounds on which to seek one and
that Ghey had declared that the Mil
waukee company had no franchise
through the city and were ready to
defend the stand they had taken. City
Clerk Jacob was also seen, but like
Mayor German, stated that he had not
been honored with call from the
President of the company. He further
stated that he heard that the MilWau-
kee company had intimated that they
would seek compromise in the matter,
but as far as he could discover these
statements had been made to private
parties, who were opposed to the fight
that the city was making against the
supposed franchise. Mr.. Jacob said
that as far as he could see the position
taken by the city in refusing to admit
that the franchise had ever been grant
ed would make all efforts for com
promise inconsistent and impossible.
A prominent attorney, who has been
an interested party in the case, was
seen and stated that the offers made by
the company were simplay bluff to
assist them in soaring the city out of
further litigation. The company are
undoubtedly very anxious to secure
right of way Though the city and no
efforts will be left untried to obtain this
right without carrying the matter into
the courts. The very statement that
the company is seeking a compromise
would tend to show that the attorneys
for the company do not regard the case
of the plaintiffs as strong as has been
given out.
The work on the other parts of the
company's lines is progressing rapidly
and they do not intend that the con,
Meeting link of the line in this city shall
delay The completion of the line be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee.
The sentiment of the people on the
subject is very divided. All Of them
are DESTROYS of seeing the rights of the
city properly protected, but they are
also anxious to know that the city has
a case before the money of the tax
payers is spentin long legal fight.