The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-05-09
North Side Avenue is Ordered Paved
by the City Council at Their
Meeting Monday Evening.
SMOKE ORDINANCE is PROPOSED
Alderman P1rsch Would Have the Chin
news Blevated~Town Line Street Be-
comes English Court.

The City Council met in regular SEES
sion on Monday evening and quite a
little important business was trans
acted.
The first matter to come up was a
petition for a transfer of a liquor Ii
cense which brought up quite little
discussion. The city attorney was
called on for an opinion on transfer
ring licenses and he held that the
Council had no right to make the
transfer. The Council have been in
the habit of transferring licenses on
request, but it is understood that this
is to be done away with, with the open
ing of the new year on July LIST. The
petition asking for transfer was re-
ferred to the license committee.
The property owners on Ashland
avenue between PomerOy and Julius
streets sent a petition to the Council
asking that the street be sprink1ed
during the season. The petition was
referred to the committee on streets
and alleys.
Peter Jacobs presented a petition to
the Council asking for the annexation
of certain property in the town of
Somers ad joining the city. The prayer
of the petitioner was granted and the
Council will pass an ordinance at once
making arrangements for the annexa-
ton of the property to the city.
The report of the Poormaster for
April showed that eighty-one people
were receiving whole or part support
from the city.
Health Officer Spa1ding sent a re-
port to the Council recommending that
a city dump be opened on Washington
Island near the dock IN front of the
poorhouse. DR.. Spa1ding also recon-
mended that two days be set apart for
dumping days and that on the follow
ing day men be employed with scrap
ers to bury the refuse matter. No &C
ton was taken on the question, but
the report was referred to the commit
tee on public grounds for an early re-
port.
In pursuance to the time honored
custom the Council decided that there
was no need of d Board of Public
Works in Kenosha, and in the future
as in the past the duties of this board
will be transacted by the City Council.
The new committee on judiciary re-
ported on the old personal injury
claims of Herman Meyer, August
Schulz and Mary McCabe to an extent
of sending them to the claims commit
tee for final settlement.
The committee on license reported
favorab1y on the transfer of three
liquor licenses and the discussion ear
1ier in the evening" seemed to cut little
figure in the decision of the Council.
All the transfers were granted. The
committee refused to recommend the
transfer of Cjunk dealers license.
The vote on the acceptance of the rec
ommendation was a tie and Mayor
German sided with the committee
against the junk dealer.
The committee OIL police brought to
the Council a resolution asking that
all streets in the city be opened. 1t
was held that number of streets and
parts of streets are now blocked with
distractions. The resolution was
adopted and the police will clear the
streets.
The committee on sewers and paw
ing recommended that the petition of
Milwaukee avenue property owners
asking that the street be paved be
granted, and that Haynes & C1ausen
be ordered to pave the middle one-ha1f
of the street. The recommendation
was adopted and bids for the work will
be asked for at once. The bids will be
opened at the first Council meeting in
June.
The Council appropriated S25 to the
Fred S. Lowell Post G. A. r. to assist
in defraying the expenses of a ce1ebra-
ton of Memorial day.
Alderman Weier offered a resolution
providing that should any additions
be made to the paid fire department
the new fremen should be selected
from the ranks of the volunteer fire.
men. The resolution was adopted by a
unanimous vote.
The ordinance changing the name of
Town Line street to English Court
was passed under a suspension of the
rules and the street is now properly
designated 'English Court
The janitors Of all schools in the
city were named as special police
without pay.
Just before the meeting closed Aid.
Pirsch addressed the Council on the
question of making some arrangement
for curbing smoking chimneys in Ke-
nosha. For this purpose he offered a
resolution ordering the city attorney
to draw up an ordinance which would