The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-19
THE FINANCES AGAIN
Finance Committee Reports That the
City is Again in Financial
Difficulties.
NO MONEY FOR CONTRACTS
City Council Hears Gloomy Report of
the Finances of the City and Have
No Hope of Remedy

| The city has returned to the time
check method of paying again, for at
the meeting Monday evening the
finance committee reported that after
careful investigation of the affairs of
the city treasury, they had found that
the city was in no condition to meet
the obligations imposed upon it, and
that the city treasury was empty. The
committee added to the gloom pro-
duced by their report by informing
the City Council that there would be
no more money for the use of the city
until spring, and that in the mean
time the City Council would be called
upon to meet a contracted indebted
ness of $4,000.
The committee made no recommen-
dation as to how the money was to be
raised to meet these demands, and in
deed, it seems that it is not posi- ole
for any rec concentrations to be made,
| The people in the employ of the city
must wait for their money. Of course
| it will be necessary for the city to
attempt to make some provisions for
the banks of the city to pay the city
| orders, but this means that the banks
must carry the Indebtedness of the
city for fully nine months, and it is
hardly possible that they will he will
ing to assume this responsibility with
out some security.
a bond issue has been suggested,
but the people of the city would hardly
be willing to listen to any added in
debtedness for the city if ,such indebt-
edness could be legally added to the
burden of the city debt.
| It is useless to attempt to give
causes for this financial embarrass-
ment. 1t is the old story, and all that
is needed to be said is that the city is
"busted again. as one of the aldermen
put it. The financial trouble, how
ever, comes earlier this year than ever
before, and places the Council in a
hard place to carry on the growing de-
mands of the municipality.
Beyond this statement of the finan-
cia1 condition of the city the meeting
of the Council was devoid of interest.
! The Pauper committee made a step
| in advance when Aid. Smith moved a
resolution that in the future the Poor
master issue no orders for paupers
without the consent of the chairman
of the committee. 1t is hoped in this
manner to do away with many of the
useless calls of paupers on the eX-
chcquer of the city.
The H. C. Horning "Go1d Brick"
scheme to furnish the city with the
Matteson house to be used as city
poor house failed to find favor with
the financial committee and it was
promptly tabled. The Council are not
IN mood at present to invest in bricks
and it is probable that the old poor
house or the island will have to do FOR
several more years.
The old fight over the Middle street
sewer was renewed and the people
seeking the sewer petitioned the Coun-
Gil again. They proposed halcyon
scheme which provided that if the
sewer was built the current in the
river would be so increased that it
would cause it to flow merri1y on it's
way to the lake. Some of the alder
llISIl lOOh lI1C CSlACLo " liz ~ u
zens in a facetious manner and they
even suggested that the building of
the sewer would cause such an influx
Of water that the level of the lake
would be changed and that the fish
ommissioners would have to be called
upon to fill the flowing stream with
ashland all sorts of other foolish
things. The petition was referred.
The Chicago -Rockford Hosiery works
showed fight in regard to the sprink-
ling assessments and notified the
council that they would not pay any
tax for the sprinkling. But time will
bring this fight for the city, and the
aldermen considered that it was useless
to cross the bridge until it was reached
and so no action was taken on thepro-
test. After the usual routine business
the council adjourned