The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
City Council Passes Amendment to the
Charter Providing For the EIec-
ton OF Three Assessors.
TO RECOVER STOLEN PEST HOUSE
Balm Wagon Company Presents a New Pc
tition Asking For Vacation Of Church
and Pearl Streets.

The tickets presented to the voters
at the coming municipal election vii
contain one more name than in pre-
vious years, for at the meeting of the
City Council Monday evening The
aldermen, by unanimous vote, passed
the ordinance to increase the numbe1
of assessors in the city from one tx
three. The ordinance amending the
charter will go into effect at once ant
two assessors will be elected at the
coming spring election.
According to the terms of the ordi
nance two assessors will be elected
in each of the even numbered years
and one in the odd numbered years
In this way one of the assessors vii
always be familiar with the work tina
is being done to ascertain the value
Of the property of the city. The com
mittee in charge of the ordinance i
of the opinion that this plan will give
the people of Kenosha a perfect sys
tenn for the assessment Of taxes. The
salaries of the assessors are fixed a.
three hundred dollars a year.
To Recover Pest House.
The city is unwilling to stand idly
by and see an Italian workman using
the city pest house for a barn and or
this account the Council Monday
night notified the members of the po
lice force and the city attorney K
take immediate steps to recover the
pest house. The Council is opposed
to the use of force and the attorney
was notified that the pest house mus
be recovered in a peaceab1e manner
It is probable that it will be necessary
for the city to institute suit of re
plevin before it will be able to ger
possession of the little building. II
the meantime the police officer wi
get the house located and secure wha'
evidence there is in regard to it's ap
preparation.
New Petition From Bains.
The officials of the Balm Wager
company presented two new petitions
to the Council in regard to the vaca
ton of Church street east Of Market
street and twenty-five feet of Pear.
street, the property to be used for the
enlargement of the Balm Wagon com
pany's plant. The new petitions are
signed by the owners of thirds, 81
the property on the two streets af
fected.- The matter was referred Il
the committee on streets and ALLEYS
and It IS probable that a report will bt
made on it at the next meeting of the
Council. The sentiment of the Coun
Gil seems to be in favor of making
any reasonable concessions to the
company. The company is anxious fol
the Council to take action in the mat
ter as soon as possible as it is planned
to make changes in the plant during
the coming spring and summer.
Kenosha Buildings Safe. eB
Alderman Howard Robinson, chair
man of the committee on public safe
ty, gave a verbal report of the worl
that has been done and is being done
by the committee under his direction
He spoke of the different investiga
tions that had been made and assured
the Council that the buildings of Ke
nosl1a were safe and that their condi
ton was wholly satisfactory to the
state factory inspector.
Mr.. Robinson stated that there was
not building in the city which was
not safe for the use of workmen ant
that the schools and churches are il
splendid condition so far as fire pro
lection is concerned. Alderman
Robinson stated that the committee
would present a more detailed report
OF their action at the next meeting OF
the Council
New Regime For Sprinkling.
The Council declared for new re.
gime in the matter of sprink1ing the
streets OF the city and the clerk was
ordered to have notice published tc
inform the city tax payers that the
City Council would not consider any
plan for sprink1ing streets in the city
unless petitions requesting such ac-
ton were presented to the Council be.