The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Milwaukee Company Presented a Sub
stitute Ordinance to the Council
Monday Evening.
THEY DO BUSINESS AND REPARTEE
The Meeting of the Council Was Rife With
Mayor Will Approve Surety Bond

held at the City Hall on Monday even
| ing, was one of the most interesting
meetings ever held by that honorable
body. It was ming1ing of bust
ness and repartee and it was especially
interesting on account of the fact that
one of the representa- tive citizens of
the Council took occasion to call the
turn on the unbusiness actions of the
Council on many matters.
The repartee with which the meet
| ing was rife started early in the even
ing. AS soon as the tax levy had been
made the Clerk announced that the
Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction
company had presented substitute
ordinance which was to take the place
of the one recently presented by that
company. In speaking of the new or
dinance, Mr.. Cavanagh, who repre-
scented the company, stated that the
ordinance was practically the same as
the one formally presented by the
company. It asked the Council for the
use of West Main street for a railway.
1t offered to pave with macadam the
full length of the street. 1t offered to
build the viaduct over Pike river; and
last, but not least, the amended ordi-
nance offered to pay to the city of Ke-
nosha's treasury the magnificent sum
| of five thousand dollars in cash. Mr..
Cavanagh explained that the company
which he represented were planning to
build line which would tap every fac
| tory in the city. Which would meet
with the E, J. and f. at Waukegan,
and with the Chicago inner belt line at
Mayfair, ILL.,, and which would give
great and added advantages in ship
ping line to Kenosha. He said that
the company had not asked to have
right to carry freight because the state
| law of Wisconsin refused an electric
road this right, but ne stated that the
coming legislature of the state would
pass a law which would confer this
right on the company and he predicted
! that the Kenosha City Council would
be the first one to ask that freight be
carried by the line. He declared in no
uncertain words that the Milwaukee
company had no fight to make with
the Haynes C1ausen people, but were
willing to say "God Bless You" as
soon as the company got their line
completed. He said that his PROPOSE
ton was simply a business PROPOSE
ton. He argued that the ordinance
did not demand further publication,
as the amendment did not grant any
| further rights to the company, but
gave more concessions to the city.
He came into violent debate with
Alderman Curtis, B. ]. Arnold, lawyer
Baker and a property owner from West
Main street, and managed to get the
| laugh on ali of them and still pushed
| the claims of the Milwaukee company.
| He declared that the Milwaukee COM
pany's franchise had been the first one
ever presented to the Council that was
vouched for by Kenosha men who
were tax payers, and declared that they
wire the first ones ever asked to fur
nish money for the expenses of look
ing into the franchise.
All of these declarations were made
during the brief space of an hour in
which Mr.. Cavanagh held the floor.
Then Mr.. Arnold took up the matter
and stated that the Kenosha Street
Railway Company were willing to build
every line the Milwaukee company had
suggested and build it pretty quick,
and a property owner from West Main
street got up and in a frantic manner,
with a we'll defined German brogue,
made howl against the Mi1w aukee
company and the proposed franchise,
and Just as the Council started to adj
| iourn Attorney Baker arose in weak
voice to protest on behalf of his "Cli-
ents' on West Main street. Such was
a running account and it is we'll to en-
| phasize the running" for seldom did
the Council have more pumped into
them than they did Monday night.
| But it all amounted to nothing. In
the heat of the argument the Council
adopted the old tactics of adjourning
and the railway trouble is no nearer a
settlement than it was before.
The talking produced a few hard
feelings. 1t showed that some of the
Council were wavering toward the
Milwaukee company, and it showed
that the Milwaukee company was will
| ing to contribute to the sum of $4,000,
| but all the talk and argument did not
bring results and the fight will be
fought over again at the next meeting.
Incidentally Mayor German men
toned the fact that he was willing to
approve of the bond of the Kenosha
Street Railway Company, but this
came later in the evening, and no ac-
ton was taken on the approval of the
bridge plans presented by the company.
| The winter meeting of the Milwau-
kee convocation of the Episcopal