The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-10
No ACTION TAKEN.
CITY COUNCIL LEAVE THE POLICE
MIDDLE FOR SPECIAL MEETING.
VOTE rs AGAINST THE MAYOR.
But His Friends Claim That the Action
in Discharging orth Will be Rati-
fed at the Meet1ng.-other
Business Transacted.
VOTE is AGAINST THE MAYOR.

/ L uO NlUy OPONLoA INV
ing last evening for the expressed pur
pose of taking up the police controversy
which has been agitati0g official
circles for the past two weeks. As a
matter of fact nothing was done in the
matter but sufficient was said to show
that the fight on the question when it
| does come will be about the hottest
thing ever seen in the council chamber
AS the meeting was about to adjourn
the police matter was brought up by
the Mayor himself when he presented
a me sage to the council stating that
he had suspended officer Joseph Ortiz
on account of conduct unhecoming an
officer. He further asked that the
council sustain his action. The matter
at once made fight. O'Brien, who was
rated as friend OF Ortiz, moved that
the matter be referred to the council as
whole and Tarbell was on his feet
with an amendment that the officer
who had been suspended be permitted
to be present at the meeting. Curtis
moved the second amendment that the
action of the Mayor in suspending Ortiz
be sustained and that the officer be
dropped from the force. AT this time
Head moved to adjourn but the alder
men seemed to be in favor of fighting
the matter out while they were at it
and the motion to adjourn was lost by
an overwhelming vote. Then Sershon
1 h. = fox.
and consider the matter, and although
there were two other motions before
the house the motion to retire was
carried and the board went into secret
session. The aldermen when seen this
morning we're reticent in regard to the
| dOings of the committee in the little
side room, but it is learned that the
meeting was a very exciting one. When
a vote was finally reached it was for
the purpose of test and it resulted in
a tie vote. Both the Mayor and Ortiz
were present at the meeting and it is
reported that the two had very ex-
citing personal argument. The action
of the Mayor was evidently not favored
by the aldermen and the friends of the
head of the city government made
every effort to stand the matter off in
order that some compromise should be
made The discussion of the merits of
the case in the committee room was
lost on account of the personal debates
between the interested parties. Finally
q decision was reached which was
agreeable to both parties and it was
decided that special meeting of the
council will be held on next Thursday
evening at which time the whole matter
will be gone over and some action
taken. This hearing it is thought will
lay bare all the stories of the police
and will be instrumental in placing the
police on q new basis.
The Council transacted quite little
other important business. The City
Attorney presented an ordinance for
the purpose of protecting the paved
streets of the city against being torn
open by plumbers and filters. The
ordinance is modelled after similar
ordinances in force in other cities. 1t
| provides that before the pavementmay
| be opened the contractor must secure
| from the City Clerk a license for the
work AS soon as the work is proposed
an application must be presented ana
the City Engineer will be required to
furnish an estimate of the expense of
restoring the paving to it's original CON
dition and then the contractor will be
compelled to make a deposit of this
amount. The work of restoring the
pavement is left entirely in the hands
of City Engineer and as soon as it is
replaced the contractor will be paid
back the remainder of the money
which he has deposited.
The ordinance did not meet with
favor from the aldermen and it was
referred to a committee for investiga-
ton.
When the usual number of petitions
were presented one of them was kick
from the residents on Durkee avenue
asking that the people living on the
east side of that street be required to
build the sidewalk as ordered in the
ordinance passed several months ago.
This matter was referred TO the com
mittee on streets and alleys and they
we're ordered to have che walks laid at
once.
A sewer was ordered laid on Jay
street, between Grand avenue and
Middle streets.
A petition from Sarah Harmon, as
the executrix of the estate of William
Lynch was received and it requested
that the Council provide sewerage for
the nrnnartv of the estate on Chicacn