The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-26
Council Meet and Transact Great
Deal of Business on Monday
Evening.
POLICE ARE ALL REELECTED.
Evening.

I1GGL11Qi
in the Office of the city engineer ant
clerks Office. What went on in thesr
meetings is yelled in mystery. A
soon as the council had been called t.
order Mayor German delivered his sec
: ond inaugural address to the council.
The committee then announced tbs
rules for the year, which were the sd me
as last year with the exception of {
few changes in regard to the selection
of committees; the amended rules pro
viding for the election of committees
The Mayor then nominated the fol
lowing committees:
Finance-Curtis, Pfennig, Schend
Judiciary and Ordinances-Gaster
O'Brien, Greenwald.
Buildings and Water -Tu11ey
Head and Scho1ey.
Claims Scho1ey, Sch1enk-
er.
Taxes Sershon, Weier, Smith.
License-Ne1son, FULLY, Weier.
Bonds Head, Tu11y, Curtis.
Public Grounds and Cemetery
Schultz, Curtis, Head.
Harbor- Weier, Sershon, Smith.
Fire Departments hend, Pirsch,
Schultz.
Police Smith, Caster, Sershon.
Printing Scho1ey, Pirsch, Nelson.
Streets, Alleys and Bridges Green
wa1d, O'Brien, Caster.
Pauper-Pirsch, Schend, Pfennig.
Gas and Light-Sch1enker, Schultz,
Nelson.
Sewer and Paving-O'Brien, Green
valid, Sch1enker.
Under the head of presentation of
petitions the bonds of the newly elect
ed officers of thescity werereceived and
referred to the committee on bonds.
The Milwaukee avenue residents
have already begun a crusade against
street sprink1ing and petition pro
testing against the sprink1ing was pre-
sented.
The people residing on Edwards
street asked chat the street be laid out
south from Prairie avenue. Both pc
titions were referred to the committee
on streets md alleys.
P. H. Carr presented an application
for the position of street commissioner
The application was received.
The report of the city treasurer
showed a balance on hand of S9,831.90
Attorney Bohmrich sent a communi
cation to the council in regard to the
suit of Anna M. Rogers against the
city and urged that the Council take
immediate steps to carry the case tt
: the Supreme court. He held that the
: Judge had not as yet decided that dam
ages were due to Mrs. Rogers and tina
arguments on this point would be heard
in the near future.
No action was taken on the co1nmun
ication more than to refer it to conn
n1ittee.
The special street railway committee
then presented their report as follows
: To the Mayor and Common Council o.
the City of Kenosha.
5 CENT EMEN:-
Your committee to whom was re
ferred the ordinances granting fran
chise for Street Railway in the city O.
Kenosha, would recommend that nt
action be taken on the ordinance pre-
sented by Messrs. Patrick F. Rayne'
and Gustav L. C1ausen, jointly, anC
q the ordinance presented by Mr.. Ed
ward P. DeWo1f, as neither of thes
ordinances meet with the views o
your committee. Instead they wou1t
: recommend the granting of a franchis
5 for a street railroad which, in addition
, to the general features of both tn
1 above ordinances, will embody the fol
lowing:
No. /. That said road be, permitte
= to use any motive. power other thai
: steam power. &
4 No. 2. That the right of way aske
a for in the DeWo1f ordinance be take
: as the most practical and satisfactor
route.
Nc. 8. That no franchise be grant
. ed that does not give to the city G
s Kenosha local service.
+ No. 4. That if at any time in tn
future extensions on the local servic
be desired, such extensions be on1
i granted upon the written consent c
s. over half the landowners along tn
right of way asked for.
No. 5. That the rails to be use
# shall be of the "girder" pattern only
- and that the space between the raj
;, be either macadan1ized or bedded
~ such a manner that vehicles can easi1
# cross the tracks at any point.
d No. 6. That if the railroad is I
d cross what is known as the ''Mai
,r Street bridge that the bridge now
,e use be removed, and new and SUI
IS stantia1 bridge be built at the expenS
S. of the grantee.
or No. Z. If Milwaukee avenue sha
m be taken as a right of way: that tt
l. grantee pay one-ha1f the expense
5. excavating, curbing, and paving sal
S, street; and this would also apply
I'd such other streets as may be used fl
Id what is termed through line"
a. No. 8. We would also recommer
t. their paying into the treasury of Il
q, city of Kenosha half the cost of Il
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