The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-19
City Council Will Make Contract
for the Lease Of the County
Building as a City Hall.
STRANGE ERROR IN PLAT.
Property Owners on Milwaukee Ave.
nue. Ask for the Vacation of Gar
field Street = Railway Company
Must Pay Up at Once.

The City Council at its regular
meeting Monday evening took formal
action TO accept the offer of the County
Board for lease of the old county
building for use as city hall and the
contract will be made at once.
This was the most important bust
ness of the meeting. There was a
small attendance and there was de-
cided desire on the part of the alder
men to get away in order that they
might be able to attend the annual
dance given by the fremen. Notwitl-
standing the fact that Mayor German
had spent a pretty strenuous day on
Monday he was able to be at the coun-
Gil meeting and he presided over the
session just as if nothing had hap
pened.
The first matter Of interest to come
up was petition from Joseph
Thomas, alderman of the Eighth
ward, and seventeen other people,
asking that the city vacate that part
of Garfield street running between
Milwaukee avenue and Chicago street.
There is an unusual story in connec-
ton with the petition. The property
IN question was plated six years ago
and a street dedicated to the city in
plat. 1t was not the intention Of the
property owners to record the plat,
but in some way and without authority
of the former owners of the street the
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the portion plated as street was
dedicated to the city. Last year
Alderman Thomas, supposing that
the plat had never been recorded,
built a fine new house, and it is now
discovered that the house is in the
very center of the proposed street.
Shortly after the house was COM
p1eted it was discovered that the plat
had been placed on file and that the
city was really in possession of the
land on which the house was located.
The city has never taken any action
to accept the street as plated, and
the only thing that has been done by
the city is the payment OF pavement
for thirty feet.
The error was fully explained to
the council and it is more than posi-
bic that the aldermen will vote for
the vacation of the street.
The council decided to make an i'm
mediate demand upon the Kenosha
Electric Railway company for the
money alleged to be due to the city
in the way of taxes. The company
sent a communication to the city last
night stating that the taxes would be
paid by the last Monday in February,
but it is claimed that under the law
the taxes are already due and as the
city needs the money the city attor-
ney will ask for an immediate pay
ment. Secretary Arnold was in Ke-
nosha today and it is probably that
the matter can be arranged.
Then came the matter of the lease
of the old county building and after
the contract with the county had been
ratified the committee which had been
in charge of the negotiations was
given power to repair the county
building for the use of the city. It is
expected that the city will move
into the building about the first of
May.
The semi-month1y discussion of
the sewer problem took place but some
one sprung a motion to adjourn be-
fore any final action could be taken
in the matter.