The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
City Council Decides that Middle Street
Bridge will Have to be Replaced
with Steel Structure.
TENDERS FOR THE STREET CARS
COuncil Begins TO Make Suggestions to the
Railway COmpany-Breakwater
Petition Referred.
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considerable business of importance
was transacted.
The council decided that it would be
necessary to build new bridge 10 re-
place the rotten structure on Middle
street, and to this end the committees
will begin to curb expenses in order to
save the amount of money needed for
the bridge. Traffic has grown so great
over the bridge that it has been deemed
necessary to put in modern steel or
iron structure and the engineer was
ordered to draw UP plans and esti-
mates for such bridge. 1t is planned
to build a bridge costing in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. 1t cannot be built
until next year as the council has made
no provision to pay for it. In the
meantime it is probable that the old
structure will be condemned and the
city will post signs to show that it is
dangerous for the use of the public.
Tenders for Railway Cars.
The troubles of the Kenosha Electric
Railway company have started with
the first meeting of thes council after
the opening Of the line and last night
the council instructed the City Attor-
ney to look into the matter of forcing
the Street Railway company to place
tenders on all cars run in Kenosha.
It was stated by the advocates of the
fender idea that a"little girl narrowly
escaped being killed yesterday by slip
ping and falling in'front of one of the
cars. There is but one way to force
the company to place tenders on the
cars and that is by passing a city ordi-
nance to this effect This means will
probably be recommended by the City
Attorney and the ordinan nee passed in
a few weeks. 1t is not probable that
the company will make any opposition
to the passage of the ordinance.
Rebates for Churches and Colleges.
Petitions gwere, filed by Otis l..
Treuary, of the College of Commerce,
and by the members of Grace English
Lutheran church asking that the
council rebate the taxesson the prop
erty Of the two parties on the ground
that they we're used for educational
and church purposes. rlMr. pTrenary in
his petition stated that his school was
the only school IN the Fcity that was
taxed and that as it wasI doing a great
good for the city it should be exempt.
Under the law if the school was incor-
porated it would be exempt, but Mr..
Trenary states that it is not desirable
to incorporate the schoolsat this time.
The Grace Lutheran congregation
owns lot on Prairie avenue on which
it if planned to build "a church and
they ask rebate on the ground that
the property is church property. The
petitions were referred to the COM
mittee on taxation.
Break-Water PetitiOnsPresented
The petition of the people of South
Durkee ACCOMPLISHING for the extern
sion of the presentB break-water from
Vermont street to the South limits of
the city, was presented TO the Council.
1t was signed by every tax payer in
terested in the proposed improvement.
The Council took no action in the mat
ter but referred the petition to the Har-
Dor committee with instructions to re-
port at the next meeting. From the
plans that have been made for the
building of the proposed break-water
the cost 10 the city would be in the
neighborhood of"fifteen thousand dol
lars, and in order to raise such a sum
of money it would be necessary to have
a special levy for the purpose of build
ing lake 'front.' protection. The plan
would undoubtedly meet with consider
able opposition.
Paupers on the Increase.
The report of the poor master shows
that the recent decision to purchase
poor farm for the use of the city has
resulted in an increase of the number
of dependents and seventy-four people
are now receiving full or part support
from the city. OF this number seven
ty-three are receiving full support.
The clerk was authorized to advertise
for bids for the position of superin-
tendent of the poor farm and the deal
4 for the purchase of the farm will prob
ably be completed Gthis afternoon. If
the deal is completed today the city
will take charge'of the farm in another
fortnight and an effort will be made to
place all the dependents there.
Sewer Ordinance Read.
The ordinance which is.to revolution
ize the building of sewers in Keno
sha, which was noticed at length 10
this paper Monday, was presented to
the Council and ordered published.