The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-08

First National Bank Presents the
City With Interest on Money Ad-
vanced to Pay Orders.
A NEW GARBAGE ORDINANCE


Number of Bills Allowed Again Gets Rid
of All Surplus in the City Treasury
Aid. schlenker Defends the North Side
and Gets an Electric Light
The city council met in regular ses-
sion at the city hall last evening and
for many reasons the meeting was the
most important one held by the city
fathers in many day. In the first
place the largest part of the meeting
was given over to the payment of bills
and ali the old terrors of the past were
raked up again and retired to oblivion
by orders to pay. AS one of the alder
men put it, before 9 o'clock that $35, 900
which the jealous tax gatherer had
taken in was well nigh exhausted by
the drain of bills long overdue. All
sorts of bills were allowed and will be
paid as long as the funds hold out.
But ali the time of the council was but
spent in talking of bills. Garbage and
Horse each had a turn at the attention
of the city fathers and the question of
the change in the electric lights
brought out the oratory from the North
side.
In regard to horse. The question
was brought up by Alderman Schend,
who moved that the city council pur-
chase team for work on the streets
and to haul the hook and ladder truck.
It was announced that as Mr.. Griffin
did not have team it would be neces-
sarY for the city to take some action.
Here was where the discussion began
and Alderman O'Brien took an inn
portant part. He favored the leasing
of a team and stated that the city
could lease a team for $50 a year. The
matter was finally cleared up by order
ing the clerk to advertise for bids for
the lease of a team for the year.
The report of the poor master showed |
that there were twenty-one families
receiving full support from the city
and eight families receiving partial
support. The poorhouse has ten in
mates.
petition was received from the
Volunteer Fire Department asking
that the salary of the chief engineer
be increased to $500 per annum. This
matter was referred to the committee
on fire department. The action of the
volunteer department in e1ecting
James S. Barr chief engineer of the
department was confirmed by the
council.
The matter of the erection of new
poorhouse for the city was taken up,
but no action taken.
The appointment of a city physician
also came up, but was dismissed with
out action.
A new electric light was ordered
placed at the intersection of Caledonia
and Hanson streets, on the North side.
This subject brought forth quite a
little discussion and Aid. SCh1enker
waxed eloquent in defense of the peo-
pie over the Rhine. Some of the
members suggested that the North side
was being pretty well taken care of,
and this brought forth the following
burst of e1oquence from the alderman
from the North ward: ''What did the
North side ever get since 1852? Nothing
And all these South sides and new
sides have been given all modern i'm
provements and when they were
nothing but COW pastures, the North
side was paying good revenue to the
city,. This settled it and the lamp
was at once ordered.
A pleasant little departure from the
usual business of the evening was
made when the finance committee re-
ported that they had communicated
with the First National Bank in regard
to the interestto be charged for money
advanced to pay city orders during the
last six months, and had received the
confronting reply that the Bank had
asked the city to accept the use of the
money as present. The gift was ac-
cepted- and the Council, by unanimous
vote, passed a resolution extending
the thanks of the entire city to the !
Bank and the officials for their action
in the matter.
The old question of garbage came
up again in the way of ar ordinance
presented by Aid. Schend, providing
for the removal of the garbage. The
ordinance is a new wrinkle, as it pro-
vides that the individual citizens bear
all the expense of the collector. The
ordinance provides that no garbage be
dumped on the streets or in private
lots. 1t is to be divided into two I
classes and is to be placed in boxes
and barrels provided for the purpose.
The collector who is to be appointed by
the Council is to visit each house once
in week and remove the waste mat
ter. He is to be paid by the citizens at
the rate.of ten cents for barrel con-
tanning thirty-two gallons and FIVE
cents for all parts of barrel. The
ordinance provides penalty of fine
of SIS for it's violation. The ordinance
was referred to the general health
committee. In speaking of the ordi-
nance City Attorney Bohmrich stated
that the proposed ordinance was not as