The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-22
City Council Sends Notice to Electric
Light Company That StreetLights
Must Burn.
NO OvERCOATs FOR POLICEMEN.
Council Declines to Take New Step IN DIE
rection of Municipal Ownership. Rail-
way Company Must Spruce Up.

The city council has taken up the
matter of securing lights for the streets
of the city and the Electric Lighting
Company was given notice at the
council meeting last night to get busy
and see that the system of street lights
was put into working order at once.
The bill of the company which was
presented for payment last night show
ed that the useage during the month
of September had amounted to more
than $176 and the reports from differ
ent parts of the city indicated that the
lights we're burning only a portion of
the time on the South Side of the city
while the North Side was practically
IN pitch darkness all of the time. One
of the aldermen brought word from
Manager Bowen that new machine
had been purchased and was now in
the city but that the Northwestern
company had refused to transfer it to
| a proper witch track for unloading.
Alderman Rowe suggested that the
city teams be ordered to haul the ma
chine to its destination. Alderman
Rowe also brought up the question of
municipal ownership of lights and
urged that the council take some i'm
mediate steps to secure an electric
lighting plant to be owned and oper-
ated by the city. Alderman Kauff-
mann urged that the present lighting
contract be referred to the city attor
ney for an examination and if any
flaws were found in it that the city
should Immediately declare it void and
make some plans for the immediate
building of plant. The matter was
allowed to pass without any decisive
action being taken but the ball has
been started rolling and it is probable
that in the near future some plan will
be made.
Aldermen Kaufman, Pirsch, and
Greenwald put themselves on record as
friends of the police officers by voting
that the council provide overcoats and
caps for the use of the police officers
during the winter months. Alderman
Rowe seemed to be in facetious mood
and he urged that the aldermen and
the representatives. of the press be
added to the list to secure free storm
coats but the amendment of the alder
man from the First Ward as we'll as
the original motion to purchase the
coats for the police officers was defeat
ed by such decisive vote that it will
probab bly, never come up again. The
council is not as yet ready to go into
the new form of municipal ownership
and the police officers will either shiver
on their beats or purchase their own
coats for the winter. AS balm for
the feelings of the police chief and his
assistants the council decided to place
desk telephone in the Office of the de-
partment and this will in measure
be commensurate for the loss of the
coats.
The Electric Railway company came
in for the usual amount of roasting
and the usual number of defects we're
discovered in the work of the agents
of the company. In order to make
final settlement with the company
Alderman Greenwald was added to the
special railway committee and the
clerk was ordered to notify Mr.. Arnold
to meet the committee on next Satur-
day evening at which time it is expect
ed that the troubles will be settled in
an amicable manner.
A sidewalk ordinance was passed
and it demands the immediate build
ing of walks on Market, Edward, Wis
consin, Congress and Middle streets
and Grand avenue.
The usual number of bills were al
lowed after which the council adjourn
! ed.