The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-06-28
had MONEY TO BURN
City Fathers Destroyed $l65, goo in
Bonds by Fire at the City Hall
Monday Night.
MANY LICENSE APPLICATIONS
Fourtv-Four Liquor Dealers Asked for
Another Ysar-Cape & sons Secured
Chicago Street Paving

Notwithstanding the fact that the
| city of Kenosha had been reported as
| financially embarras sed for some time,
| she had money to burn Monday night
and9she burned in true and approved
style. While the Council was in ses-
Sion fire was started In the stove in
the council chamber and before the
| fire was extinguished sos, 900 in bonds
formerly held against the city were
reduced to ashes.
The action of the Council in burning
the large amount of money was the last
act in the recent refunding OF the city
debt, as proposed and carried out by
| Hon. Z. O.. Simmons. All the money
which was cast into the stove by Mayor
German and Aid. Curtis was in bonds
bearing 5 per cent interest and they
had all been paid and in their place
bonds had been issued by the city bear
ing interest of 3 per cent. The cere-
mony attending their destruction was
very impressive one and was greatly
enjoyed by the large crowd who had
gathered to watch the finish of the
street railway fight. 1t is doubtful if
SO large aquantity of bonds were ever
destroyed by any city in Wisconsin at
one time before.
Outside of the burning of the can
celled bonds and the passage of the
street railway ordinance the meeting
of the Council was a very interesting
one and considerable business was
done. The applications for liquor IL
cense were presented, and, as stated by
this paper Monday evening, the num-
Der was considerably less than in
other years. Last year there were
| fifty-three licenses granted. but Mon
| day evening only forty-three app1ica
tons were presented. It is reported
that one more will be brought III later,
but this will leave the number nine
less than was granted last year The
city will be short $4, 500, which had
been counted on as income from the
licenses, and the surplus in the treas
ury will be decreased to that extent.
| A petition was presented from the
property owners on Chicago street
asking that the street be widened to
uniform width of thirtY-four feet.
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and alleys, and will
probably be granted. Later in the
evening the sewer aud paving COM
n1ittee reported on the paving of the
street, and the committee recon-
| mended that the contract for the
work be given to James Cape & Sons,
Of Racine, who were the lowest bid
=,
dation was adopted by the Council,
and the work GA the paving will prob
ably Begin within the next few days.
The Reichert Construction company
were given the contract for the con-
struction of the short sewer on West
street, and the Middle street sewer
bids were all rejected, as the Council
has decided not to construct the sewer
at the present time.
On motion of Alderman Scho1ey the
Council decided to issue an invitation
to the Modern Woodmen of Racine
and Kenosha counties to hold their
picnic in Kenosha, The alderman
stated that Hon. Z. G. Simmons had
offered the Woodmen the use. of Wash
ington Island for the picnic, and the
Mayor will at once send the invita-
ton. There is little doubt but that
the invitation will be accepted, and
the meeting will be held here some
time during the next two months.
After the passage of the railway or
-dinance, as noted IN another column,
the Council adjourned until next Mon
day evening.