The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-18
Bids are Asked for a Site for an
Engine House in the Third
Ward by the Council.
NO ACTION TAKEN ON SEWER
Matter is Laid Over Until Next Mon
day Evening Pending Presence of a
Full Board. Aid for Collins Street

It now looks as if that old PROPOSE
ton to secure an engine house in the
Third ward was to become a reali y,
for at the meeting of the common
council held at the city hall last
night City Clerk Harrington was or
dered to secure bids for site for such
building. The request for bids will
not seek to name the location for the
new engine house but it is understood
that the city council will consider
only sites situated west of the railway
tracks. The present site, Just op-
posite the brass works, is regarded as
splendid one and it is more than
probable that this lot will be offered
to the city at very low figure. The
money for the purchase of the site is
not in the hands of the council at the
present time but it will probably be
secured when the next tax levy is
made. AS soon as the site is secured
it is probable that immediate steps
will be taken to erect the building,
and if necessary the city will borrow
the money needed to complete the
building. Many lots. have been con-
sidered as sites for the engine house
and it will probably be difficult thing
to make the selection. The bids will
be opened at the adjourned meeting
of the council on next Monday evening.
Sewer Ordinance Laid Over
There was no ballot taken on the
passage of the big sewer" ordinance
at the meeting of the council last,
night on account of the fact that a
number of the aldermen were not in
their places, and when the vote is
taken the Mayor and the members of
the council desire to have the express
sion of every one of the members of
the council on record. The ordinance
will be given its final reading at the
meeting of the council on next Mon
day evening, and while it is thought
that the ordinance will be passed, it
is conceded that the vote will be close.
If the people vote against the levy of
the sewer tax at the election two weeks
from today the ordinance will have no
| effect.
Aid For Collins Street.
The council decided that the city at
large should aid in securing the OPEN
ing of Collins street, which has so long
been sought by the people of that sec
ton of the city, and resolution was
| passed by which the council agreed
to pay one-ha1f of the cost of opening
the street if the property owners
would pay the other half. According
to the figures submitted by the rail-
way company, the cost of opening the
street will be in the neighborhood of
two hundred dollars.
Makes Good Report.
Chief of Police Reino1d submitted
| his quarterly report to the council last
night and it shows that the members
of the force have been decidedly busy
during the past three months. The
report showed that the department
| had made one hundred and three ar
rests and of the number arrested sixty
four had paid fines, ten had served
time, nine had been discharged, two
| bound over to the circuit court, one
sent to Waupun, one to the industrial
school, five turned out and one had
skipped his bail. The largest number
of arrests for any one charge was on
the charge of intoxication there being
thirty-seven arrests under this charge.
In the list of the number of arrests
by the different officers Chief Reino1d
was in the lead with record of TWENTY
four arrests and officer Euting was
second with record of twenty.
Chief Reinold sent to the council
the notice of the appointment of
Joseph Bienneman as police officer
and the appointment was approved.
Want Street Preserved.
twenty-five of the people, residing
and owning property in the neighbor-
hood of Seminary street, sent a re-
monstrance to the council protesting
against the vacation of the short
street to Kemper hall. They alleged
that the street was used a great deal
by the people in that section of the
city and that it would prove hard
ship to them if it was given to the
educational institution. The remon-
STRANGE was referred to the counci1 as
a committee of the whole for consid-
Grafton.
Street Commissioners Want More.
A petition was sent to the council
by the two street commissioners ask
ing that their salaries be increased
ten dollars month. The council &C
cepted the petition and it was placed
on file and will probably be acted upon