The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-06-05
Saloon Keepers of the City Ask the
Council to Pass an Ordinance
RELOCATING Free Lunch Counter.
LUNCH EATS UP ALL PROFITS
Petition for Ordinance is Signed by Large
Majority of Saloon Men-Council Gets
Busy and Transacts Lots OF Business

The City Council met in regular ses-
sion at The City Hall Monday evening
and the proba bi1ity of action on the
Street Railway ordinance drew quite a
crowd Of citizens to the lobby.
Under the head of petitions to the
Council, application for liquor license
was received from Adolph Groeger. It
took the usual course. The liquor IL
cense held by Frank Malone was
transferred to Paul A. Deli.
The first matter of interest was a
petition from majority of the saloon
keepers in the city asking that the City
Council pass an ordinance providing
against the setting up of free lunch in
any saloon within the corporate limits
of the city. The saloon men claim
that the free lunch business has been
carried so far that the saloon business
and the sale of drinks has been lost
sight of in the effort of dealers to pro-
vide the finest lunch on the street. In
some of the saloons as much as half
dozen kinds of lunch are served, and it
spent for lunch than is secured in
profits. Some of the saloons have
regular boarders and these men reach
the saloons in the early morning and
manage to secure their board for the
day with the expenditure of the cost of
few drinks.
AS far as can be learned Kenosha
saloon-keepers are pioneers in the
fight to do away with the free lunch,
and their action will undoubtedly cause
quite little comment among liquor
dealers in all parts of the State. Just
what action the Council will take in
the matter cannot be forecasted, but
the matter has been referred to the
committee on ordinances and they will
take up the matter with the city at
torney and report at the next meeting
of the Council.
The results of the passage of such an
ordinance are too horrible to even con-
slider and the future action of the
Council on the matter will be watched
with GREATNESS interest by the topers.
The Poormaster' regular report to
the Council showed that fifty people
we're now receiving full and part sup
port from the city.
The committee on printing was
ready to report bids for the city print
ing, but as it was reported that pur-
chaser had been found for the Daily
Gazette plant, it was decided to lay the
matter over and allow the new editor a
chance to bid for the city printing.
A resolution was passed instructing
the Chief of Police to notify the Chi
cago Brass company to discontinue the
nuisance caused by the private sewer
of the company emptying on Strong
street and Fremont avenue.
The old fight over the Lake avenue
sewer was ended by the Council by al
most unanimous vote ordering the
construction of the sewer.
Alderman Goodman introduced a
resolution asking that the city attor-
ney be Instructed to draw an ordi-
nance to extend the sewer districts of
the city in order to extend privileges
to citizens of the city who now have
no means Of draining their property.
The resolution was adopted and the
ordinance will be prepared at once.
All the claims for services for treat
ment and care of smallpox patients
were referred back to the Council by
the Judiciary committee and they will
be referred to the committee of the
whole for examination and allowance.
The claim of Christian Jensen for
repairs to the old engine house was
disal1owed by the Judiciary committee
and their action was ratified by the
Council. 1t was reported that Jensen
had given up the key to the building
and it is again vacant.