The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
PURCHASE A SITE,
City Council Buys Site for an
Engine House in Third Ward
of Alderman Rowe.
WORK TO BE STARTED SOON.
Council Decides That Third Ward Peo-
pie Will not Have to Wait Long for
Engine House. Other Business.

The people of the third ward will
soon have better fire protection, tor
at the meeting of the council on Mon
day evening that body, by an almost
unanimous vote, decided to purchase
as site for new engine house, lot
{, formerly owned by Alderman William
Rowe, and situated on Dayton street,
fifty feet south of Pleasant street.
The lot has frontage of fifty feet on
Dayton street and is 100 feet deep.
The purchase price was 5000. Deeds
for the transfer of the property will
| be made at once and it is probable
that the work of building the new en-
CINE house will be started early in
September. The plans for the new
city building have been approved and
the house in the third will be dup1i-
cate of the engine house on Mi1wau-
kee avenue. Bids for the construction
of the house will be received at the
meeting of the council to be held on
September 9th, and it is expected that
the building will be completed by the
first of December.
Six pieces of property were offered
to the council as sites for the pro-
posed building and the committee re-
ported favorably on three of the lots.
The three were the one purchased,
one owned by Father Wines of Mil
waukee, and situated just back of the
Deming school, the price of this lot
was 500, and the other site favorab1y
considered by the committee was one
offered by Henry Jordan. It was stu
ated on Pomeroy street, between Ly-
man avenue and Pleasant street, and
the price was $525. The balance was
turned in favor of the Rowe lot on &C
count of the fact that it had already
been graded and was ready for the
building.
Other bids received were one from
B. ]. Cameron, his lot being situated
on Lyman avenue, the price was $3.50.
Fred G. Babcock offered the council a
triangular piece at the intersection OF
Elizabeth street and Salem and How
land avenues, the price was $500. The
last piece of the bunch was offered
by H. B. Kotz. 1t was in the Fouth
ward on Prairie avenue, and for this
reason the committee decided that
the location was not suitable. Mr..
Kotz offered his lot for $3.50.
Sewer Ordinance Laid Over.
The aldermen seem to be willing to
tight shy of the passage of the ordi-
nance to provide for the building of
the big sewer, and three of them we're
not present at the meeting last even
ing and on this account the action of
the ordinance was again postponed
until the next regular meeting of the
council. AS this meeting will be held
on September 9th, the matter will be
settled by the people at the polls be-
fore the aldermen are asked to act. It
is thought that a majority of the
council will favor the passage of the
ordinance.
Badger Wants Sewers.
A petition was presented by the
Badger Brass company asking that
the council take immediate steps to
have sewer laid to the property re-
Gently purchased by the company.
The property is to be used for the
erection of large plant, and in order
to make it suitable a sewer must be
secured. The company has asked
that sewer two hundred feet in
length be built south on Lyman av-
enue from Elizabeth street. The mat
ter was referred to the committee on
sewers, and it is probable that the re-
quest will be complied with. The Of
tcials of the company were present at
the meeting and stated that the work
of building the new factory would be
started soon as the sewer was built.
Mrs. Paschke wants Damages.
The council received a notice from
Mrs. Gus Paschke that she would
claim damages from the city on ac-
count of the injuries received by fall |
ing while crossing the North Western |
Railway company's tracks at Park |
street on the evening of August 9TH.
Mrs. Paschke was seriously injured, |
but the officers of the city claim that
the blame should rest entirely on the |
railroad company. The notice was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
No other matter of Importance came
before the council and it adjourned |
until the next regular meeting night.
In the absence of Mayor German |
President Greenwa1d presided over
the meeting.
The hunting licenses are going fast
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