The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-11
City Treasurer is Ordered to Resort
to Law to Collect Personal
Taxes Due.
WELL KNOWN MERCHANT BEHIND.
City Council Meets without the Mayor or
President and Quite Little Business is
Transacted.--Gorman Has 21S.

The city council met in adjourned
session Thursday evening and while
both the mayor and the president of
the council were absent the solons man
aged to hold a meeting by appointing
Alderman Weier chairman. The most
important business of the meeting was
the decision of the council to collect
the delinquent personal taxes due the
city. It is probable that before the
taxes are collected some exciting times
will be produced. The amount of de-
linquent personal tax is small but it is
strange to relate that the amounts are
charged up against many of the best
known business men of the city. The
The treasurer was ordered to collect
the taxes at once and if necessary he
was empowered to employ an attorney
and bring suit against the delinquents.
Since the order of the council was sent
forth some of the de1inquents have
paid up and it is very probable that
others will hurry to get this little item
of expense out of the way before their
names as de1inquents are brought up
in the courts of the city and county.
The finance committee placed it's
seal of approval on the report of the
finances of the city as recently made
by the city clerk and the city treasurer
was ordered to reserve 1882 for the
payment of interest due on the refund
ing bonds and to reserve the sum of
$14, 576.40 to pay the interest and prin-
cip1e on city improvement bonds fall
ing due during the year. The COM
mittce failed to find any brighter pros
poets in the financial condition Of the
city.
Superintendent Mcdowell, of the
city schools, sent to the council the an
nua1 financial statement of the schools
of the city. The statement showed
that $48, 974.57 had been received dur
ing the year and of this amount $780,
5000 had been expended, leaving a
balance of $17, O89.78 on hand. This
amount will be used in operating the
schools for the remainder of the year.
The Council took up the discussion
of plan to provide the city with wa
tering troughs at convenient locations
aud committee was appointed to re-
port on this matter at the next meet
ing.
In regard to the junk dealers and
their rebates, the Council took a firm
stand and decided not to make any
further rebates in the licenses to junk
dealers. This action is causing great
deal of dissatisfaction, as the Council
recently granted to one man portion
of years license and other dealers
who had paid full years license are
demanding similar treatment.
The old fight with the Wisconsin
Telephone company was called up and
the committee in charge of the matter
was ordered to telephone to the head
officers of the company and demand a
report on their agreement with the
city. The company had promised to
make some proposition to the city on
March 5th, but the proposition was
not forthcoming and the matter will
now be investigated and the company
will be forced to make some concession
to the city.
The matter of providing the city
with proper dumping ground came
up and the committee having the mat
ter in charge was ordered to make
report at the next meeting of the
Council.
The Council then proceeded to cam
vass the vote of the city election. The
official ma jorities, as given out by the
Council for the city officials elected
are as follows: Mayor-James Cor
man, 218. City C1erk-Gustav Jacob,
517. City Treasurer Stein
metz, 5o1. Assessor Henry Bienne-
mann, 3O8. Justice of the Peace
Calvin Stewart, 425. The official count
on the wards tickets was practically
the same as the vote published.
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