The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-23
MUST PUT UP BONDS.
City Attorney and Council Decide
Against the KenOsha Light and
Power Company.
WILL ENFORCE ORDINANCE.

! u 0oubu G41CcSo anu JULIUS o6IeeLS ASA
for Paving. Northwestern Company
Turned Down-G> rDage to be collected at
the Expense of the City.
! The pipe has broken and the Keno
sha Light and Power company have
met their first turn down at the hands
of the City Council. At their meeting
Monday night it was decided that no
amendment should be made 20 the Or
dina nee recently passed regula ting the
eea~ing open of the paved streets and
in the future if the Kenosha Light and
Power company desire to open the
Gets they must put up with the City
| Clerk bond at the rate OF $3.50 for
evcly surface yard opened. The mat
ter was brought up by an opinion from
tie City Attorney, in which he declat-
cd 5lIat II the amendments to the
street. opening ordinance recently pre-
ssented, were passed the ordinance
would be null and void, as it would
ben be Purely a piece of class 1egisle-
4on.
the opinion of the attorney was aC-
cep,ed and adopted and this action Pr
i quietrs on any action on a new o.
dinance, which was then Introduce.
Ii is the same as the original law viii
! he exceptions that by the new ordia-
rance the Kenosha Light and Powec
company, the Kenosha Gas company
and the Kcnosha City Water company
were e lenpt from all the de4nd nds Of
the ordinance.
AT lais point Mr.. Schott, manager
of tie Light company, addressed the
q sorney and asked him if he did not
ninK the company, under their con-
:r1ct and bond were exempt from the
pcna1tles of the ordinance.
The city attorney was evidently not
giving any free advice and he retorted
Il am not subject to inquiries from any
one save the Mayor and the Common
Coruci1'.
La lcr at the request of the Mayor the
ttorney said that he thought that the
city would be safe from any loss from
The company both on account Of the
bond put up and of the large monthly
bills paid by the city. He further
@tated that the ordinance was perfectly
good, but cou1dlbe enforced at the dis
cretion of the Council. Then the
| Clerk asa ed for more instructions and
was ordo ed TO see that bonds were put
up by all parties and if there were any
v1ot1 .o4s 70 cause their arrest and pun
i-nment as provided by the ordinance.
This construction will undoubtedly
cu1 c a clash between che company
nd the city, but the City Attorney
avs that the ordinance is perfectly
/ 1cga1 and that he has no doubt Of the
outcome of any suit in the courts.
| Howe7e~ this may be the people ex-
poet to hear great deal of contest be-
cwee contract and "ordinance'' in
lie next six months.
Another matter of interest was
brought ~ when il was announced
that Mrs. Anna M. Rogers had brought
suit against the city for SIS, COCOA ma ges
for pelsona1 injuries received from
falling on a defective s.dera1k last
| spring. Attorney Bohm1ich annornced
nat the 1adyshad offered to settle the
claim for s., 500 but the city decided to
decline the generous offer and the case
will probably be heard in the courts.
Another epidemic of the paving
ever has apparently broken out as
pc ions were received asking that
Sos h Chica 20 street, between Den1ing
al J 1iors streets, and Ju1ious street,
be cwcen South Chicago street and
/ Ashland avenue be nacadamized. The
| pei ions were both signed by a large
number of representative property
owners and favorable action by the
coruc. may be expected. Mr.. Simmons
is very anxious. that the work, at least
the excavation, be done this fall Ill
order that he may have the dirt to use
in the grading of the park.
/ TIE discussion of the dirt problem
-howed quite little difference of
opinion. some of the aldermen holding
shat the city needed all the dirt taken
from these streets for the grading of
Ashland avenue. The whole matter
was finally referred to the committee
on sewer and paving to be reported on
at special meeting on next Monday
levening.
While the Aldermen were in the
,turnin' down" business they also
took a shot at the Northwestern rail
way company and refused the request
or the company to put in a gate tower
on Middle street. The company were
further ordered to put in gates at the
Main street crossing at once.
The much ve4ed question of the
disposal of garbage in the city was
brought up by Alderman Head and
the city clerk was ordered to advertise
FOR bids for the hauling and disposal
Of all refuse matter.
Alderman Curtis brought up the
matter of the violation of the bicycle
ordinance and the mayor was notified
to have the police enforce the present
ordinance to the very 1ette~. This will
mean great change 70 Gle riders
md they are hereby give o@e- notice
TO comply with the law.
| The finance corn mi flee were ora tef