The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-07
POLICE GET INCREASED SALARY.
AT the Recommendation of the Police and
Fire Commission Salaries of Police and
Firemen Are Placed at $50.

| the past two years. The Council had
considered plan to elect the chief of
police to the Office but the opinion of
the city attorney which was presented
to the Council was that the Office
should be given to a practicing physi-
clan and on the first formal ballot DR..
Eastman received large ma jority of
memb ers of the Council had made a
| hard fight for the retention of DR..
Spaulding in the Office but the Repub-
licans gave their support to DR.. East
man. The salary of the official was
placed at fifty dollars year but the
office by the state law will largely in
crease the salary. Indeed the fees are
many times the salary paid by the
| Council.
The annual report of the health
officer was presented to the Council
Monday night and it showed that dur
ing the year there had been 164 cases
of contagious diseases quarantined IN
the city. Of this number 148 were
scarlet fever, Is diphtheria and l
smallpox. The number of deaths re-
corded in the city during the year was
LAP; births, 238. The health officer
paid into the city the sum of $3.50
collected for licenses Of milk dealers.
Outside of the election of health
officer the most important work Of the
Council was the fixing of the salaries
of the police and fremen. This will
be done by ordinance and the ordi-
nance as presented provides that the
chief of the police department will re-
ceive salary of 5000 year and the
chief of the fire department will re-
ceive $500 annually.
The salaries of the patrolmen and
for the membe of the fire department
are fixed at fifty dollars month.
for the first year, and after years
service the men in both departments
will receive ffty-fve month.
Under this rule all the men in both
departments except three will receive
| ffty-fve dollars month.
| Both Aldermen Kaufman and Robin
son desired to increase the pay of the
police but the members of the Council
were of the opinion that the present
condition of the city finances would not
warrant such a change at this time.
The ordinance fixing the salaries will
take the regular course.
The report of the fire and police COM
mission which has already been made
public was presented and approved.
In the report the commission urged
that at least one more patrolman be
employed to take charge of the Office of
the department and that patrol sys-
| tenn be added to the equipment of the
department as soon as possible. In
regard to the fire department the COM
mission paid a pretty compliment to
the present force and announced the
election of William Jensen as mem
Der of the department. The board
urged the necessity of the repair of the
equipment of the department at once.
The Council ordered the sprinkling
of Deming street and portion of
Durkee avenue and awarded the con-
tract for sprinkling Prairie avenue to
J.H. O'Brien at the rate of twelve
cents foot.
The report of the poor master show.
ed that fifty-seven people we're receiv.
ing full or part support from the city.
In this connection the Pauper Com
mittee was ordered to have the old
poorhouse repaired, and placed in. con.
: dition to place three or four families
, in it, and in this manner reduce the
rent lists of the city. The city attor.
!. ney sent an opinion to the council stat
ing that it would not be necessary to
employ poorma ster longer, and it is
probable that this office will be done
away with, and the work placed under
the direction of the committee on
paupers.
The water commissioners were given
permission to erect water tower on
the city lot just south of the power
! house.
The way in which the promises OF
/ the railway company are being, carried
; I.out, took up little of the time of the
; council, and a committee consisting Oh
Aldermen Pirsch, Anderson and Rob
inson, was appointed to see Mr.. Arnolt
and insist that his promises to the
committee be carried out.
Fred Parker, Charles Parker ant
Henry Vetter, the conductors on thu
street cars, sand the ianitors of the cit,
? schools were appointed special police
r without pay.
The committee on sewers reported
e to the council that it had not as We
4 been able to arrive at ary 1ecision ii
c regard to the new sew stem, and
. special meeting will be held on mex
/ Monday evening, to which citizen!
will be invited to be present. At Thu
time a general discussion of tn,
Question will be taken up.
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