The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-13
CITY FATHERS MEET BUT TRANS.
ACT LITTLE BUSINESS.
MAY DELAY WORK ON HARBoR
Alderman Takes Steps to Defend the
Paved Streets of the City Prom the
onslaughts of Plumbers
Business of the Council

All the aldermen were present With
the exception of Aid. Weier.
A petition was presented asking for
the construction of a catch basin at the
corner of York and Congress streets.
| The petition was referred &c the COM
mittee on sewers.
A petition asking that Lake avenue
and Schwan's court be sprinkled during
the remaineer of the season, was re-
ceived and referred to the committee
on streets and alleys.
A letter to the mayor from Captain
Warren, who has charge of the govern
ment harbor work, seeking to know
what the city intended to do in regard
to the docking of portion of the
harbor, was read and ordered placed
on file.
Later the Council took up the much
discussed harbor matter. A plan of
the work to be done by the city was
presented by City Engineer Moth. The
work will include docking of about 1929
| feet and the estimated cost of the work
proper will be about Sill per running
| foot. This does not incluce the cost of
dredging, which the contractors an
nounce will also fall upon the city.
The contractors have advised the city
engineer that it will be best for the city
to proceed with the work at once and
complete it as soon as possible. If the
city is forced to pay for the dredging
of that part of the channel which will
be locked by them the work will be
very expensive to the taxpayers. Ac-
cording to the estimates made if the
work is done by the city the improve
ment of the harbor will require the
expenditure of nearly 500, 900, or nearly
double the amount at first anticipated.
The city engineer has also recon-
mended the use of the Wakefield triple
lap sheeting in the construction of the
docks, and, as this method is patented
it will require that the city spend over
$500 in royalties.
The Council finally got so mixed in
the matter that it was decided to refer
the whole thing to the next meeting,
and in the meantime the clerk was
ordered to write to the chief engineer
and find out what is demanded of the
city.
The sprinkling of Park and Durkee
avenues also caused quite discussion,
as the people of these streets raised a
kick. on the price demanded by the
sprinklers for the work on these streets.
They complained that the contract for
sprinkling these streets for four months
called for a higher price than the
sprinkling of Prairie avenue for the full
season of six months. The contract
was finally awarded to Aid. O'Brien,
with the understanding that he was to
sprinkle the streets for the remainder
of the season for the price of cents
lineal foot. This same method will
probably be carried out in regard to
the sprinkling of Deming street, for
which the clerk was ordered to adver-
tise for bids.
The aldermen also started crusade
paved streets. It was reported that
many of the plumbers of the city have
torn up the paved streets and failed to
put them back in proper style. On
account of these instances the clerk
was ordered to secure legal opinion
from the city attorney in regard to the
course to be pursued by the city to
force the managers of the new heating
plant to replace the streets in perfect
condition. The matter was made
more specific when a resolution was
introduced by Aid. Pirsch, instructing
the city attorney to see that the Keno
sha Gas company replace the paving
on Main street recently torn up for the
purpose of putting in mains and con
nections. 1t seems that the officials
have been very easy on the plumbers
and gas filters and as a result the
paving on several streets is in bad
condition. The movement which was
started will result in an ordinance be-
ing passed providing that the company
or companies tearing up the streets
will be forced to deposit with the City
Clerk sum equal to the amount need
ed to replace the paving if it is DOT put
back in manner satisfactory to the
Council. This is move in the right
direction. The paved streets have
cost the taxpayers thousands of dollars
and it is the duty of the Council to see
that they are properly cared for. The
matter will be taken up at the next
meeting of the Council and by that time
an ordinance covering all these points
will probably be passed.
The sewer committee reported that
William Davidson was the lowest bid
der for the sewer work on Lake avenue
and Pearl street and the contract was
awarded TO him.
On the recommendation Of the com
mittee on license eight liquor licenses
| we're granted The committee alsn