The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-08
City Council Meets, but Aldermen
Spend Evening Listening to the
Accumulated Minutes.
THE PAuPERs TO GO TO WORK
People Receiving Aid From the City Will
be Utilized for City Work-Contracts
Let for Milwaukee Avenue Sewer


met in regular session at the city hall
Monday evening and while the Coun-
Gil was in session for nearly four hours
very little of Importance was done.
When the meeting opened it was dis
covered that the minutes had not been
read for several weeks and for this
reason the first hour and a half was
spent in reading this collected batch
of minutes. When this was over it
was hoped that the Council could get
down to work but her the report of
the commissioners on opening Ex-
change street was presented and an
other hour was consumed in the read
ing of this report. 1t was half past
ten O'Clock before any business started
and by this time the members were all
so tired out that they began to prepare
for an adjournment.
The report of the commissioners in
regard to the opening of South Elk
change street seemed to give general
satisfaction. However, three protests
against the report were filedlby w. M.
Cowel1, the Harrison heirs and Char
lotta Ratke. All protested against the
street being made sixty-sixgfeet wide
and against the benefits allowed the
property of the Balm estate. No action
was taken on any of the protests and
the report of the commissioners was
adopted. The work of opening the
street will probably start within few
days.
The petition of the Third ward re-
sidents asking that ar engine house be
erected in the Third ward was received
and received favorable notice. Alder
man Tu11ey was in favor of granting
the prayer of the petitioners at once,
but after consideration the matter was
referred to the committee on fire de-
partment who will look into the mat
ter of locations and report at the next
meeting of the Council. It now APP
pears possible that the new engine
house may be built during the present
year.
The report of the poor master showed
that there were sixty-two people now
living on the city and in this connec-
ton Alderman Hermann asked that
the poor committee be given power to
put the paupers to work on the streets.
Alderman Pirsch favored the addition
of city prisoners to this list and the
matter was referred to the chairman of
the committees on streets and alleys,
paupers and judiciary with power to
act.
The city attorney filed a report with
the city to the effect that the suit of
Emma L. VanIngen against the city
had been withdrawn from court with
out costs to the city.
The judiciary committed reported
that the attorneys of Theodore Wan
dreyka had decided to accept the offer
of the city to settle the suit which he
had threatened against the city and
the Council appropriated $3.50 which
was paid to Wandreyka as damages
for injuries received in the explosion
of the Beck saloon year ago.
H. r. Cumiskey, a former employe
of the water company, asked that the
council make an investigation of some
charges which he alleges had been
made against him in connection with
his leaving his position at the city
water works plant. The matter was
laid upon the table by an almost unan-
imous vote, the council deening it inn
proper for them to take up the troubles
of the water company.
The park commissioner was allowed
salary to the extent of $27, and the
committee reported in connection that
the park man had been seen sleeping
three different times on the shady side
of the baud stand at Eiche1man park.
The fellow evidently earns his money
and should be given small allowance
of sleeping time.
The council ordered bids be taken
for repainting the two nose carts and
the hook and ladder truck A new
plat of cemetery lots was received and
ordered placed on record with the reg
lister of deeds.
Alderman Pirsch started move in
the right direction when he moved
that the minutes of the city council De
printed in the future and that slip
containing them be sent to each alder
man, thus making it unnecessary to
spend half the time of the meetings
reading minutes. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on printing to
Investigate and report at the next
meeting of the council. This should
certainly be done as it could be done
with almost no expense, and it would
be great saving to the aldermen in
the way of time.
Bids for the sewer to be constructed
on Milwaukee avenue were opened and
the con tract was let to the Reichert
Construction company of Racine,
which company presented the lowest
bid for the work.
When this routine business was over
it was close to midnight and after al
lowing a few bills the council adj
iourned without considering the street
railway ordinance or any further i'm
portant business.
Misses Brown and Weeks have ar
rived in Buffalo, and will spend two