The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-04
Short Session Held by the Aldermen
at the City Hall Monday Evening
With Little Business.
BREAKWATER TO BE REPAIRED
City Engineer is Ordered to Prepare Es-
Inmates for the Work-Special Election
for the Sixth Ward.

The City Council met in regular
session at the city hail Monday even
ing and the meeting will probably go
down on record as the most uninter-
esting session ever held by the city
fathers. The night was hot and when
the hour for the meeting arrived only
a few Aldermen were in their places
and it was necessary to call Chief
Newhouse in to assist in securing a
quorum. There was nothing to dis
turb the deliberations, mot a rival
railway man was present, and the
committee having in charge the pro-
tests and amended ordinances were
not ready to make any report to the
Council, and the only question that
caused even show of an argument
was the sidewalk along the south end
of the Meiselbach factory. In defense
of the people of the Third ward Aid.
Tully delivered philippe demanding
that the Meise1bach company take out
the cinder walk and build one of good
soft pine, out the ma jority Of the
Council were in favor of allowing the
walk to remain as it is and it is proba-
BILE that the Street Commissioner will
be given a silent tip not to modest it.
Under the head of petitions the
Council received request from E. j..
Moore to have his license transferred
to Park City Gardens for the South
port club picnic on July 4th, and the
petition was granted after the usual
discussion of the right of the Council
to transfer licenses.
A petition was received from people
owning fifteen lots in the town of
Somers, just north of the city, asking
that the property be annexed to the
city. The petition will probably be
granted and the population of the city
will be increased by some seventy-five
people in this manner.
The report of the Poormaster showed
that progress was being made in pnrg-
ing the city pauper lists and at the
present time but seventy-6ve people
are being supported in whole or part
by the city. It is thought that before
the end of the summer the conscien-
tious efforts of the pauper committee
will reduce the list to fifty.
The Council decided that special
election should be held in the Sixth
ward on July 10th to select. an. Alder
man to fill the place made vacant by
the resignation of Alderman Schultz.
Little interest is being taken in the
election and thus far not a single cam
didate has been suggested by either
party. - -,
I In regard to the coming reunion of
the First Wisconsin Cavalry the Coun-
Gil decided to turn the whole matter
over to the members of the Fred S.
Lowell Post of the Grand Army. The
city has made an appropriation of 800
for the purpose of entertaining the
veterans and this amount will be
available whenever the reunion is
held.
The matter of the repair of the
breakwater at the foot of South street,
English Court and Deming street was
brought up and -the-City Engineer was
ordered TO prepare an estimate of the
cost of the work demanded and submit
the same to the Council at their first
meeting in August.
After allowing the police and other
city officials little spending money
for the Fourth in the way of salaries
the Council adjourned.