The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-21
City Council Discusses Street Assess.
ment Report, but Matter is Laid
Over Till Next Monday.
PLAN SEEMS TO BE IN FAVOR
Council Decides to Adopt an Order System
to Keep Track of Expenditures. Elmer
Van VIE Appointed Bridge Inspector

The problems connected with the
adoption of new plan of sewers fol
the city proved to be too hot pro.
position for the members of the com.
mon council at the regular meeting
Monday evening and as result OF
this feeling the entire matter was laid
over and will be taken up at a special
meeting of the council to be held at
the City Hall on next Monday evening
Before the matter was disposed of
IN this manner there was a general
discussion of the plan and it became
evident that the council was pretty
well divided. Alderman w. H. Robin
son led the fight for the adoption of
the whole system while Alderman
eraser and Mayor German seemed to
be leading in the contest for the adop-
ton of only portion of the plans.
The city attorney decided that ii
would be impossible to adopt portion
of the plan without adopting it all.
The people from the west side came
down in force to fight for the building
of an intercepting sewer which would
give that territory relief, but the peo-
pie were not in favor of the adoption
OF the entire plan. For more than an
hour the council discussed the matter
taking up both of the propositions.
There was no likelihood of an agree.
ment last night, but tits thought that
after the members of the body have
time to think the matter over they
will be ready to make decision on
next Monday evening. Many of the
aldermen are in favor of holding out
for the adoption of the entire system
as proposed IN the plans as they hold
that the city will be forced to take
this action sooner or later and that
they may as we'll get done with the
matter at this time. A possibility OF
compromise has been brought out
by the suggestion that the price to be
charged to the property owners be
placed at dollar instead of two dol
lars foot and many of the aldermen
expressed themselves as pleased with
such a proposition. However, this
plan has it's draw backs as such a
move would result in the amount to be
drawn from the public exchequer
being largely increased. With an as
sessment of a dollar foot Alderman
w. H. Robinson, who has offered this
proposition, states that the property
owners would pay in the neighbor-
hood of $751; and the city at large
would have to make up the remaining
$88, 600.
It is expected that the matter will
be fully discussed at the next meet
ing of the council and it is probable
that the decision will be reached at
that time.
Order Books for the City.
The council last night decided to
adopt new plan for the expenditure
of the city funds and to this end the
clerk was ordered to secure at once a
number of order books which are to
be placed in the hands of the COM
n1ittees and every expenditure author
lied by these committees will bear an
order. In this way the bills can be
easily checked up. Bills under the
present regime have been forced to
lay in the hands of committees for
weeks before they were paid and by
this new order system this delay can
be eliminated. The plan is a pet
measure of Mayor Germans and it is
expected that it will work wonders.
The delay of committees in. re port
ing on these bills was rebuked by the
council last night when the aldermen
voted to allow quite number of bills
for supplies for the fire department.
These bills had sbeen in the hands of
Chairman Scho1ey of the committee
on fire department, and when he
failed to make report on them the
matter was brought before the entire
council and as the bills were shown to
be right the amounts were allowed.
VanWie as Bridge Inspector.
Elmer E. VanWie, the inventor of
the building blocks, got little sur
prise from the council when he was
named as inspector of the work on the
new Middle street bridge. VanWie
was not the only person surprised, as
the Democratic majority had slated
another man for the position, but he
failed to receive the vote necessary.
VanWie will receive a compensation
of $3.50 day.
He is said to be competent work
man for the position.
The work of paving South Ex-
change and Eagle streets will go for
ward at once, and the street assess
ment committee was instructed to adj
vertise for bids for the work.
After the usual round of routine
business the c0f1nci1 adi011ruods