The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
Members of the Retiring City Council
Take Final Shot at the
KenOsha Railway Co.
MUST LIVE UP TO THE CONTRACT.
Committee Is Appointed to Make a Gene
raj Investigation of the Manner in vvb,o.,
Road is Operated-CounoiI Matters,

The kenosha Electric Railway Com.
pany was under fire for two hours last
night when the mem bers of the retir-
ing city council met in their last regu.
lar session of the year at the city hall.
and as result of the discussion. a
general investigation is to be made of
the street. railway and the COMPANY
will be compelled to live up to the very
letter OF the law under which the COM
pany claims its franchise. Since the
operation of the line started it has
oeen Claimed that the company was
not living up to its agreements with
the city, and that the cars were not
being run over the entire line. More
over, the workmen of the company had
lett the streets marred by great piles of
dirt and rubbish and broken pave
ments.
All of these defects will be rene
died, and the committee appointed to
look after the company consists of AL
dermen Pirsch, Anderson and Her
mann. 1t is claimed that the cars of
the company have never been operated
over the entire line on account of the
fact that the two cars stop at the
North and South side of Prairie ave-
uue' and passengers desiring to con.
tlnue the circuit of the line are forced
to pay an added fare. The committee
will demand of the company either
that the cars both make the entire cir.
cult or that suitable system of trans
ters be established that will make it
possible for passengers to go from any
part OF the city to another for the uni
form rate of five cents. The methods
adopted in the running of the cars
nave caused no end of trouble and the
expense from lack of transfers has
been considerable.
The council demanded that notice be
sent to the company at once to remove
the brick and dirt that has been LETT on
the various streets, and that the pave.
ment be put back at once. Other
streets must be placed in the same
condition they were in when the work
OF building the railway was started.
The committee in charge of this work
will meet with Mr.. Arnold and there
will be warm session. Added to the
improvements that are demanded in
carrying out the contract with the CITY
the council has given orders to the
company to have tenders placed on the
cars at once and to see that some svs.
tenn is arranged for the lighting of the
Main street bridge.
The work of taking the fall out of
the railway company took up most of
the time of the aldermen during the
evening.
Thereport of the City Treasurer
showed that there was not a cent left
IN the city's strong box and that little
was due save the small balance of
personal taxes. It is possible that as
in other years the city will be able to
wlggle along some way and meet its
obligations with borrowed money until
after the saloon license funds become
due.
The report of the Poormaster showed
that there are seventy-three people re-
ce1vlng help from the city and the
opening Of the poor farm has not done
a great deal toward reducing the num-
Der of dependents.
The annual report of the Board of
Education published in this paper
some time ago was read and ordered
placed on file.
The important matter of laying out
new sewer districts for the city was
not taken up and the committee was
given more time to prepare report on
the matter.
The Council ad iourned to next Mon
day evening, at which time the vote of
the city election will be canvassed and
some decision will be made in regard
to employing public printer for the
coming year.