The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-27
New Plans for ReIiefto the Sewer
System Filed With the City
Clark for Examination.
TRUNK LINE PLAN is UP AGAIN
Aldermen Still Seem to Favor Plan
Which Will Provide for Future as
Well as Present Needs of the City.

and the decisive CONNECT over the
adoption of the plans for an overflow
system has been put off for another
month.
At the special meeting of the council
Thursday evening the plans were re-
ceived from the street assessment
committee and they will remain on
file with the city clerk for the next
thirty days, when the council will
hear protests and take final action.
The meeting was not devoid of in
terest and long before the call to
order was made there was a goodly
number of residents of the south side
in the lobby and most of them came
to protest against any more sewers
running into Jerome creek.
! There were a few from the west
side who came as spectators in hopes
that something might be done to pro-
vide relief for that section of the city.
There was no lack of interest on
the part of the aldermen and all OF
them in the city were present.
The.people in the lobby were de-
termined lot and before the meeting
opened they stated their position
clearly, sdec1aring that they would
file protest and that if the city
made any effort to make Jerome
creek an outlet for other sewers they
would protest such action in the
courts and fight the sewer with an
injunction against the city.
AS soon as Mayor German called
the meeting to order the report of the
street assessment committee was pre-
scented. DIT was in substance: 'that
in their opinion the only relief to be
givenf the main sewer would be the
construction of an overflow sewer on
Elizabeth street, and that it would do
most good if laid in Congress street. :"
The estimate of the cost of the work
was placed at $12,173.
Alderman Hegeman started the ball
rolling by asking that the mayor see
to it that the lobby refrain from ex-
pressing itself in the way of Kisses
and cat calls. In concluding the al
derman declared that such action
was "a stencil in the nostri1s of all
decent people and an insult to the
common council"
City Engineer Moth, in explana-
. ton Of the report OF the committee
said that several streets had been
added to the drainage territory since
the plan had been revised.
decentralization seemed to think
that little ,had been gained by the
changesin the plan.
The aldermen seemed to fear the in
functions threatened and they dis
cussed a plan for carrying the over
flow sewer to the lake, which would
demand an added expenditure of
$4,000. Alderman Anderson said that,
with this loop hole, he would be in
favor of accepting the plan at once.
Alderman Goodman raised the ques-
ton of the right of the. council to
adopt this plan without submitting
it to the people for protest. The opin-
ion of the city attorney on this point
was asked and he held that the former
plan had not been rejectedaand that
if the'present plan was a revision of
the old plan there would be no need
of republication. The city engineer
held that the present plan was not a
revision but new plan and in keep
ing with the ruling of the attorney, it
will Replaced on file for thirty days
before itscan be adopted by the coun-
Gil.
Alderman Hegeman expressed him
self as favorable to the plan if it was
a plan which would furnish the sewer
age needed.
Alderman Sullivan again raised the
question of proposed injunctions and
the city attorney gave his opinion
that the injunction could not be main
tainedsun1ess the sewer was nuis-
ance and could be so declared by the
courts.
Alderman Greenwa1d stated that if
a sewer was to be built to the lake he
was in favor of building a sewer large
enough to take care of the property
on both the north and south sides of
the creek. Alderman Robinson
brought up the ghost of the trunk
line sewer2and spoke in favor of the
plan that thespeople had turned down.
He stated that he could not vote for
the building of!an overflow to Jerome
Creeksas.she believed it would be a
damagegsto that gportion of the city
rathersthan aebenefit.
He spoke of the sewer enlargement
Of the city and urged the council to
take such action'as would provide for
the future and thelpresent.
Alderman Head stood with Alder
man Robinson on the certainty of the
coming of the big sewer, but he
stated that he was in favor of the
overflow which would give the pres
ent population of the city the relief
desired.
The report of the committee was
accepted without a dissenting voice.
Alderman Head then moved that
the plans for the south and north
sewers be accepted. Alderman Good
man thenadec1ared that in his opinion