The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-01
Street Assessment Committee Makes
Final Report to the Council on
Milwaukee Avenue Paving.
RAILWAY COMPANY TURNED DOWN
The City Council Refuse to Take UP the
Amended Ordinance at the Adjourned
Session Wednesday Evening.

DAY evening, anu 1IOI4l LIS AAOhoA' LIN
Mavor. to thc1ast man from the Eighth
ward, the mem bers of the august body
laid aside their coats in order to com
bat the effect of the heat. The session
was an interesting one.
Milwaukee avenue is to be paved.
At the meeting Wednesday evening
the Street Assessment committee,
which, under the new regime has
charge of public Improvements, made
their final report on the avenue paw
ing and within few days bids for the
work will be asked for. 1t is expected
that the work will be fully completed
before the beginning of the winter
season.
There was a vast amount of un1n-
portant routine business transacted
during the meeting.
Henry Howard asked for the right to
maintain a shoe shining parlor under
the stairway at the Merchants Bank
corner, and the request was referred to
the committee on streets and alleys
with power to act.
The Balm Wagon company and the
Simmons Manufacturing company
asked for the permission to erect
railway scales on Pearl street, and the
matter was referred to the committee
on streets and alleys to be reported on
next Monday evening.
The residents of Grand avenue sent
lengthy petition to the Council, ask
ing that the Northwestern Railway
company be forced to furnish better
protection at the crossing of the road
at Grand avenue and West Main
street. The people declared that this
was the most dangerous crossing IN
the city and asked that a night watch
man be stationed at the crossing be-
tween the hours of 7 P. m. and a. M
The prayer of the petitioners was
granted, and the Clerk was notified to
order the Railway company to provide
the Waterman.
The matter of repairing the break
water between South and Dem1ng
streets came up and the City Engineer
presented a report showing that the
expense of the proposed repairs would
be about $685.. AS other repairs have
been found to be necessary the matter
was referred to the Harbor committee
with the City Engineer added and
they will make a report at the next
meeting of the Council.
The returns of the recent special
election in the Sixth ward were can
vasscd and Thomas Nader declared
A 4 10 H01a
made vacant by the resignation of Ed
ward Schultz. The Clerk was ordered
to issue a certificate of election to Mr..
| Nader. In this connection it was de-
cided that the seven inspectors who
served at the election should be paid
So a day.
The matter of the removal of the
Main street bridge was brought up by
| the Street committee, which recon-
mended that the bridge be removed
and placed at the crossing of Middle
street leading to Washington Island IN
a straight line. In order to have the
bridge placed in this position the com
n1ittee reported that it would be neces-
sary for the city to purchase thlrty-tWo
feet of land from the estate OF the late
John Irving. The heirs of the estate
had offered to sell the land to the city
at the rate of 500 foot, but the COM
n1ittee thought that the price was too
high, and the Mayor will appoint three
appraisers to place the value on the
property In the meantime +. J.
Gottfredsen has offered to sell the city
fifty feet of land adjoining the Irving
property for 81, 300. The offer of Mr..
| Gottfredsen is good one and is being
favorab1y considered by the members
of the committee.
At this point an effort was made to
| have the Council take some action on
the amended Street Railway ordinance,
but the effort was promptly sat on by
several of the Aldermen who claimed
| that no action was to be taken on the
ordinance except at regular meeting.
| Alderman Tu1ly reported that nothing
had been done with the protests from
HAYNES and C1ausen in regard to the
change of the route, but that the COM
mittee would be ready to report on
next Monday evening.
| The ordinance for the annexation OF
a small piece of property in the town
of Somers was given it's first reading
and ordered to take it's regular course.
| OF interest was the decision of the
| Council to improve Ashland avenue at
the corner of Julius street. The street
is now covered with sand to the depth
of over foot, and the Street commit
tee were given power to act in the re-
pair of the street.
Property owners residing on paved
streets used by the Railway COM
pany can now receive their rebate
money at any time, as the City
Engineer was ordered to issue certif-
Gates of the amounts to the different
property owners and these will be
cashed by the Northwestern Loan and
Trust Company.
There being no other business, the
Council ad journed.