The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-05
VETO TURNED DOWN
City Council Passes the Street Rail-
way Ordinance Over the Veto Of
Mayor by a Vote of Is to 8.
PROMOTERS WILL BUILD LINE
They State That They Will Fulfill the
Demands of the Franchise and Be-
gin Work in Short Time.

| been removed and Messrs. Haynes and
!! C1ausen walked out of the Counc1l
chamber Monday night, having been
granted the best franchise ever granted
by any former Council. Whatever
may or may not come of the action the
/ future must show, but as the ordinance
stands today it is claimed by attorneys
that the method of its passage is with
out flaw.
The veto of the mayor was presented
as soon as the meeting was called to
order and the members promptly pass
| ed the ordinance over it by a vote of 10
to 8. The only votes registered against
the ordinance were those of Aid. Head,
Greenwa1d and Pfennig. The latter
made statement as to why he voted
against it and said that while he was
| in favor of the street railway he was
| opposed to this ordinance On the same
grounds as those cited by the mayor in
his veto which was presented to the
Council.
| Now the ordinance is passed and the
people have a right to ask as to what
| the promoters will do with the favor
which has been granted to them. Rail
way men hold that the Chicago men
have secured a gold brick and 9thatit
will be impossible for them to do any
thing with the ordinance under the
! conditions, but undaunted with these
statements the men connected with the
Haynes Clausen company state that
road will be built and that work will be
started at once. @
This is their statement and they APP
pend to it detailed plans for the road,
but it is useless to enter into a discus
sion of these plans until the ORDINANCE
has been accepted by the promoters
and some work on the line has been
done.
Legal fights are expected by the pro-
moters and the most dangerous one
expected is a fight with z. @. Simmons
as to the validity of the ordinance.
Mr.. Simmons has been opposed to the
ordinance from the first and while he
has not as yet announced an open fight
he stated to the promoter few days
ago that it was possible that he would
be constrained to test the validity of
the ordinance in the courts. Of course
if Mr.. Simmons starts fight against
the ordinance a strong struggle will
undoubtedly follow. The reason for
Mr.. Simmons stating that he might
enter a fight against the ordinance is
not plain, as he is not known to be in
terested in any other franchise and his
only reason for fighting the ordinance
would be to protect the interests ofethe
city.
No contest is expected with the Mil
waukee company and it has been
limited that the two companies are in
"cahoots'' and that the Milwaukee
company will lease the Haynes
C1ausen lines as soon as the road is
built.
The action of the Council in passing
the ordinance over the veto of the
Mayor is received with indifference by
the people. The long contest has worn
the people out, and while many of
them may be opposed to the measure
as it stands, they are pleased to have
the matter settled and will hope that
the road will be built, 6
Outside of the railway franchise lit
tie business of interest was transacted
at the meeting of the Council. During
the last few weeks the Council. has
been treated as a man in the narket
for the purchase of ''Go1d Bricks'' and
every man who has piece of property
on hand which is burden is trying to.
sell it to the city for use as poor.
house. The latest proposition was.
presented by H. C. Horning, Of Watt.
kegan, who desires to trade the city
the old Matteson house on Z Prairie
avenue with an encumbrance Of some.
thing over six thousand dollars on it
for the present poor house, the engine
house on Wisconsin street and the lot
owned by the city just north of the
cemetery and facing Balm street. It is
useless to state that the proposition
was not accepted.
The report of the Poormaster showed
| that the city still has large contract
to support the paupers, as there are
/ now twenty-four families of eighty
seven persons receiving full support
from the city, while families are re-
ceiving partial support and ten people
are living at the poor house.
To offset this report the city treasur-
er submitted a report showing that the
city had now on hand 81 ,694. 48.
The committee on judiciary reported
against sprink1ing Fremont avenue
and the matter of disseminating the
sprinkling of West Prairie avenue was
referred to Aid. O'Brien.
The harbor committee reported that
Contractor Galloway had completed a
portion of his contract on the city
docks, and the Council voted to allow
him s., 900 on the contract.
The committee on sewers and paw
ing reported favorably on the petition
to pave South Chicago street to a
width of thirty-four feet, and the rec
ommendation was adopted.
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