The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-06
A NEW SEWER PLAN
City Council Takes Steps to Sc
cure Plan for the Building
of Overflow Sewers.
NOW BEING WORKED OUT.
Will Provide for an Addition to Main
Sewer at York St. and an Overflow
Sewer on Congress St.

ne H1OSL important business taken
up by the city council Monday even
ing was the step to secure plans for
the building of sewers to relieve the
present demands and a plan of this
nature will be presented to the city
council by the Committee on Sewers
and the City Engineer at the next
meeting of the council. The plan is
now being worked out but in order to
clear the decks for action the council
Monday night by unanimous vote
decided to reconsider the action in
adopting the plan for sewers which
was turned down by the people and
the vote on the adoption of the plan
laid it on the table for all time.
With the old plan out of the way
the City Engineer and the committee
on sewers and paving have started
work on a new plan. This new plan
will not be SO comprehensive as the
one laid before the people at the re-
cent election but it is claimed that it
will furnish relief for many years to
come. The plan is to make an addi-
ton to one of the main sewers and to
build an overflow sewer in the south
part of the city. The system of the
overflow is not as yet worked out but
it is planned to have it start near the
corner of Strong and Congress streets
and run to the creek at the Ashland
avenue intersection. The sole plan
IF hi Will no 4o
storm water. The addition to the
main sewer is planned to be built
from the corner Of York street and
Ashland avenue to the river, passing
through the property owned by the
Kenosha Gas & Electric Company. It
is thought that the plans will provide
for forty-two inch sewers in each case.
The matter will be laid before the
council in more tangible form in two
weeks and it is probable that early &C
ton will be taken. It will not be pos
s1ble for the sewers to be built until
after the opening of the new season
and for this reason some time will
e1apse before relief can be granted to
the people in the western part of the
city. The Engineer believes that this
plan will relieve the sewers in the
business portion of the city and fur
nish relief for many years. No esti-
mate of the cost of carrying out the
plans has been made but it is stated
that the cost will be insignificant in
comparison with the great cost of the
plan submitted to the people a short
time ago.
Bid for "Dog Catcher"
Thomas J. Ryan sent a proposition
to the city council offering to serve
the city as ''dog catcher" Mr.. Ryan
promises to see that the dog license
ordinance is enforced without charg-
ing the city cent for his services.
His plan is that he is to capture the
untagged dogs and hold them for
period of five days. When he discov-
ers the owner of the dog the latter is
to pay him twenty-five cents for each
day the dog has been in captivity.
Should the owner not be discovered
within five days the dog is to be killed
by Ryan and the city is to pay him
dollar for each dog killed. Ryan is
also to look after the prosecution of
people violating the ordinance and
for this work he is to have the fees
which would be paid to the officer in
any action. The offer was not accep-
ted by the council but it was referred
to the committee on police with the
attorney added.
Fixtures for Engine House.
The committee on building and
grounds was empowered to secure
bids for the plumbing and gas fitting
in the new Third ward engine house
and let the contract to the lowest bid
der. The committee was also ordered
to secure some plan for the heating
of the building, and to report this to
the council at the next meeting.
Other Council Business.
Collins street is to be opened at
once, and the clerk was instructed to
draw an order on the city treasury for
the North Western railway company
to cover the cost of the opening of the
street. This order will be deposited
with the local agent of the company
until the work is completed.
The old contest over the ownership
of the sidewalk just back of the prop
erty formerly owned by the late S. Y.
Brande, at the corner of West Main
street and Prairie avenue, was def
nite1y settled. Fritz Tanck, the new
owner of the property, offered to deed
the portion in dispute to the city if
the city would build a cement walk
along it. The offer was accepted.