The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-10
REPORT FAVORABLY,
Council Committee Recommended the
Haynes CIausen Amended Ordin-
nance for Passage.
NO ACTION ON THE REPORT.

tee Before the Special Meeting Thursday
Ntght-Many Bids Received for City
| Physic1ar-other Business.
The Common Council met in regular
session Monday night at the City Hall
and the crowd that gathered in the
lobby showed the interest that is being
taken in the affairs of the city. The
railway promoters were all present and
good1y number of doctors had
dropped in to see the finish of the fight
for the appointment of the City Ply
stefan. A crowd of applicants for the
position of Street Commissioner of the
South division were also present.
After the reading of the minutes a
petition was presented asking that a
number of oil tanks placed in ground
owned by the Northwestern Company
be removed. The petition was re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
Henry N, Beck petitioned for sa-
loon license. This was referred to the
committee on license.
Petitions were presented asking that
Prairie avenue and Union street be
sprink1ed. Both petitions were grant
ed and the Clerk was ordered~to ask
for bids for the work.
A number of applications were re-
ceived for the Office of Street Commits
sioner. All were accepted, but none of
the applicants elected. @r
The report Of the Poormaster showed
that twenty-four families with ninety
three people were receiving full sup
port from the city, seventeen partial
support, and the poor-house has ten
inmates.
Harry Kupfer made a proposition to
the Council to haul the hook and lad
der wagon for one year for 5000. The
proposition was referred to the COM
mittee on fire department.
After lot of routine business Aid.
Schend moved that the pauper COM
mittee be instructed to investigate the
entire pauper list of the city and weed
out, if possible, some of the people
now dependent on the city.
The G.. A r. was granted permission
to erect seats on Park place for the
dedication.
The Council then took up the matter
of appointing a city physician. The
buddy, S275; Paul Malmstrom, $3.50;
George A. Pugh, $500; H. H. Ham
stein, $500; c. G. Coates, $500.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on paupers.
Aid. Curtis brought up the old street
question and the street and alley COM
mittee was ordered to see that the men
who had torn up the streets put them
in condition at once.
The Council then proceeded to take
several ballots for the office of street
commissioner. The reporters on the
city papers received complimentary
votes, but sad to relate neither of them
could secure an election. On the fourth
ballot P. Carr received majority of
the votes and was declared elected.
The railway matter was then taken
up and the committee presented the
following report.
To the Honorable Mayor and the Com
mon Council of the City of Kenosha.
Gent1emen-Your special committee,
to whom was referred the matter of
the street railway franchise, begs to
report that after several meetings with
Messrs. Haynes & C1ausen, they have
agreed upon the recommendation of a
| franchise to Messrs. Haynes & C1ausen
on the following conditions:-the
conditions being the major part of the
recommendations of your committee
as laid before you and approved by you
on the 23rd of April.
On our first meeting with these gen
t1emen they agreed to all Of our recon-
mendations with the exception of the
clauses relating to the Milwaukee
avenue paving, the new bridge on
Main street and the article regarding
compensation.
At this first meeting your committee
decided to drop from their recommend
atoms the one in which we asked for
the lighting of their right of way.
| This we did as we feared it would
bring about a misunderstanding be-
tween them and the company now
furnishing us with electric lights.
At our second meeting, youv COM
mittee decided TO drop from the recon-
mendations that part referring to the
rebate of half the cost of the Main
street paving, believing that this mat
ter should be left with the property
owners on that street.
With these out of the way, Messrs.
Haynes & C1ausen had agreed with
your committee on the following:
1st. That they would not use steam
or animal power on the railway.
That they would run part of their
line, called the local line, from the
North limits of Milwaukee avenue,
across Main street bridge and on south
through Main street to the corner of
South street; thence west on South
street to Fremont avenue; thence
south on Fremont avenue to Elizabeth
street; thence west on Elizabeth street
to Crate street; thence north on Crate
and Newell streets to Market street;
thence east on Market street to the
AZ Main On this local