The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-18
Plan For The Building Of New Sewer
System to Be Submitted to the
People at City Election.
LIMITS OF NEW SYSTEM FIXED.
Committee Plans to Extend System West OF
O'Neil's Corners and Half a Mile
South of city Limits.

Chairman Charles H. Goodman of
the sewer and pavement committee of
the common council announced this
afternoon that the committee had
practically completed the work of ar
ranging a new sewer system for the
city and it is probable that the voters
of the city will be asked to express
their opinion on the plan at the COM
ing spring election. In order to carry
out the plans of the committee it will
be necessary for the city to issue
bonds to the extent of 100000 and be-
fore this can. be done the bond issue
must be ratified by the people at the
polls. The committee will present its
report to the council before the close
OF the present month and at the time
the report is presented the committee
will ask that the council place the
matter before the people of the city and
allow them to decide it by the ballot.
The committee has been at work on
the plans for the new system of sewers
Tor more than eight months and when
the report is presented to the council
it will be Snost comprehensive one.
In arranging the new system of sewers
the committee has not only taken into
consideration the demands of the city
as it stands today but efforts have
been made to provide for the people
who will be residents of the city in
future years. The ggrowth of the city
to the south and west shows that in a
few years large tracts of territory will
be added to the city from both of these
directions and to this end the commit
tee has arranged large extension of
the sewer system. G According to the
plans made the western boundary of
the districts-wi11 extend to the west as
far as O'Nei1's corners whi1eit will be
extended to the southwark to half a
mile south of thesspresent city limits.
This it is thought will furnish dis
trict sufficiently large to take care of
all the demands of the city for many
years. The work of planning the de-
months and the committee will ask the
council to empower them to employ
an expert engineer to assist the city
engineer in laying out the new lines
and making arrangements for the
building of the main sewers. It is
thought that this work can be com
pleted by late in the spring but no
work on the new system will be done
until the summer or possibly before
the spring of 1905.
The committee has no estimate of
the exact cost of the new system more
than a rough estimate of 100000
which was furnished by the city en-
gineer. A more detailed estimate will
be submitted to the council as soon as
the plans have been fully worked out.
The members of the committee seem
to be of the opinion that the people of
the entire city are In favor of a new
sewer system and there is little doubt
but that the vote of the people will be
largely in favor of the bond Issue for
this purpose. Should bond issue fail
the council will have to take the other
alternative of 1evying sewer tax on
the whole city for period of I'VE
years in order to secure the funds
needed for the installation of the sys-
tam