The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
City Attorney Slater Submits His Re-
port on the Re-DistriCting of Ke-
nOsha Sewer System.
RAISE IN PAY FOR THE FIREMEN
All Firemen VIII Receive Five Dollars a
Month More old Cement Sidewalk
Proposition Comes Up Again.

One of the most knotty problems
that has ever been brought before the
City Council has been found in the re.
districting of the sewer system of the
city, andsthe report Of the City Attor-
ney on the matter which was submit
ted to the Common Council at its meet
ing Monday evening, shows that any
plan for such action will be beset with
difficulties.
In his report to the council the at
torney went into the history and law
in reg ard to the matter. He showed
the various steps that had been taken
In the adoption of the city charter and
the sources from which the council de-
rived its rights to make sewer dis
trict. He showed that prior to 1891
there had been no sewer district IN the
city and that at that time the members
of the council decided to lay out sys-
tenn which would be adequate for many
years. But the people had failed to
count on the rapid growth of the city
and since thisssewer district was made
the city has almost doubled in size.
The attorney showed that for the
past two'years the council had been
granting Epermits for sewers outside
the sewer district and that these had
been allowed to be added without OBJ
iections from people residing in the
sewer district. The attorney found,
however, that there would have to be
halt called as the present system was
rapidly becoming overtaxed, and
should such ! overtaxing result in
damage touproperty of people in the
present system district it would be
necessary for the city to become liable
for suchdamages. He pointed out to
the council that the other course would
be to adopt a new System or if neces-
sary new systems, but these new sys-
TENS can only be'Liaiu out and built
with great expense to the city of Ke-
nOsha andlits taxpayers.
The report of the attorney was &C
cepted and placed on file apd the mem
bers of thelcouncilewill at once take up
the matter of considering some plan to
secure rev system. The people re-
siding in the newiportions of the city
are demanding sewer privileges and
even if the city is forced to issue bonds
to provide for the expense some sys.
tenn Of sewers must sbe granted to these
people who have the same rights and
privileges cas- the people who are SO
fortunate as to- reside IN the districts
fas 11v Suup1ied with SewerS
In connection with a demand for
sewer on South.Oak street, permission
was granted to the people to lay pri-
vate drain In the street but it is to be
laid with the understanding that it
will not be'a part.of the regular city
sewer system.
Raise,F Firemen.
The fremenof the city are rejoicing
today, for at the meeting Monday even
ing the council, cdecided that in the
future all the fremen regularly en-
ployed by the city who have been in
service for asyear or over should re-
eeive an increase of FIVE dollars
month. This will bring the salaries of
the fremen upSSto ffty-fve dollars
month, and 1t will make them among
the best paid 6remen in this part of
the State. The raise in salary will
affect about ten(men and the increase
IN the pay rol1Eof the city will be about
fifty dollars month. This action of
the council was taken on the recon-
mendation of.sAlderman Schend, who
has a1wayslbeen "a firm friend of the
fremen and who has foro some time in
sisted that they..ssreceive more pay for
their work
RequestssFrOm Arnold.
President B.sJ. Arnold, of the Keno
sha ElectrictRailway company, sent a
communication to the council asking
that the company have the right to
erect a temporary building on Mi1wau-