The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-06-19
Aldermen Get Together After Two In
effectual Attempts and Trans
act Much Business.
NO ORDINANCE FOR FREE LUNCH
Northwestern Company Ordered to Put in
Gates at Many Crossings - Railway
Bonds Returned Other Business.


in regular session Monday night at the
City Hall, all the Aldermen being
present with the exception of Alder
man Nader.
The first hour of the session was
taken up with the reading of minutes
of preceding sessions.
Under the head of petitions, the Ke-
nosha Electric Railway Company pre-
scented to the Council written accept
ance of the ordinance recently passed.
The acceptance was placed on file.
President Arnold, of the Railway
company, presented a petition to the
Council asking for the return of bonds
and money deposited as securities un-
der the old ordinance. An order to
this effect was offered by Alderman
Pirsch and adopted by a unanimous
vote.
The liquor license of Andrew Ander-
son was transferred from the CONNER
cial Hotel to the new Anderson Hotel.
Residents on York and Congress
streets asked that the grade of the
street at the corner be raised one foot.
The petition was referred.
Application for pharmacists liquor
licenses were received from seven
druggists.
Forty-eight applications for liquor
licenses were received from the differ
ent saloon keepers and brewery agents.
They were referred to the committee
on license to report at a special meet
ing. The bonds of the saloon men
were referred to the committee on
bonds. The Council decided to ad-
journ until next Monday night to give
the committee time to examine the ap.
p1ications.
Joseph Larkin asked permission tc
erect a boat house on the beach near
Eichelman Park. The matter was re.
ferred to the committee on public
grounds with power to act.
The bill of the Presbyterian Hos
pital for the care of Bertha Varnisch,
city charge, was referred to the
Pauper committee with power to act.
The terms of w. w. Strong, Joseph
Bendt and E. C. Theirs as directors of
the Gilbert M. Simmons Library will
expire on July LIST and each of the di-
rectors was re-appointed by Mayor
Pfennig. The nominations were con-
firmed.
A letter was received from Mrs.
Martison, of Sleepy Eye, Mimi,
claiming damages of 800 for injuries
received from falling on a defective
sidewalk while visiting in Kenosha.
The matter was referred to the COM
nittee on claims.
The invitation to attend the Racine
Fourth of July celebration and take
part IN the tug of war was enthusiast
tically accepted and City Clerk Gus
Jacob was appointed physical director
of the Kenosha team.
The care of Ame1 Vets, pauper, is
causing the Council lots of trouble.
Vets, an Austrian by birth, is help
less cripple, and some action is planned
to send him back to his native land.
The matter was referred to the Pauper
committee with power to act.
The Judiciary committee reported
that the Council could not enforce the
"free lunch" ordinance as asked for by
the saloon keepers and the petition
was laid upon the table. The commit
tee on judiciary also offered a dupli-
cate for the present ordinance regula+-
ing the business of junk dealers. The
license fee in the new ordinance is
placed at $35 for each vehicle used by
the junk dealer.
The first move for the improvement
of Eichelman park was taken when
the Council'orde the street commits
sioner to have the ash piles in the
park graded at once and that these
ashes be covered as soon as possible
with dirt taken from the streets now
being graded. The carrying out of
the work will greatly improve the ap.
pearance of the park.
Alderman Head made proposition
to the Council asking that some action
be taken to dredge the channel of Pike
river near the Main street bridge. Ac-
ton in the matter will be taken later.
The North side engine house will
have a brick platform, the Council
ordering the platform built during the
paving of the street.
The committee on printing reported
two bids for the city printing but the
aldermen decided to wait few weeks
in order tolallow the proposed editor of
the rejuvenated Gazette a chance to
get the work.
The pauper committee reported that
the city was not on financial basis to
purchase a poor farm and therefore
asked further time to consider the
Harmon proposition.