The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-10
City Attorney Slater Sends Coun.
Gil an Opinion On the Sewers
Emptying Into Jerome Greek
ALL MUST HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS
Quarterly Report of the Police Depart
ment Shows That the Officers
Have Been Kept Busy DUR
ing Time Mentioned

The long contest in regard to emp
| tying sewers into Jerome creek was
given its quietus last night when City
Attorney Slater sent an opinion to the
council IN which he held that all RI
parian property owners would have
equal rights to empty sewers into the
creek. He held that the fact that
some OF the property owners were now
using the c. sck as a place for the
lemptying of sewers rendered it impos-
sible for them to secure redress in
damages If other people should insist
IN claiming the same rights. For
many years the creek has been used
as an outlet for sewers from some of
! the houses along its banks, and only
recently other property owners have
ought the same rights, bat their re-
quests have been met with protests
| and with threats Of actions in the
court. In HIS opinion Attorney Slater
reviews the case at length, and insists
that so long as these people have used
the creek for this purpose they have
lost their right to protest.
Must File Bonds
Two new ordinances were brought
before the council at its meeting last
night to regulate the licensing of
plumbers and drain layers in the city.
The ordinances are similar to those
that have been on the books of the
city, but they demand that both
plumbers and drain layers must furn-
ish to the city bonds of $1,000 and
$1,000 respectively. These bonds must
be made by surety company and
must be on file with the city clerk be-
fore the first day of May of each year.
The fee for license for drain layer
is4hxed at ST., but this fee is assessed
simply to give the city clerk record
of the men doing this sort of work.
Chief of Police F. w. Reinold sue.
mitted to the council his quarterly
report Of the work of the department.
for the three months ending with July |
3lst, and the report shows that the |
force has been decidedly busy. Dur
made. OF, this number 60 paid fines,
one was bound over to the Circuit
Court, two sent to Greer Bay reform
atory, ten served time and the re-
mainder we're discharged or released |
on the pa nent of the court costs. In |
the three months fees to the amount |
of $114.90 were collected for the city.
Intoxication heads the list of rea-
sons for arrest, there being SO cases
of intoxication in the quarter. Chief |
Reino1d had the largest number of
arrests, and the ranking order of the
other officers was as follows: LEX,
Euting, Hanson, Dunnebeck, Field
schau, Binnemann, Newhouse and
Nelson.
The report showed that the depart
ment had recovered large amount
of stolen property during the quarter.
Other Council Business
The report of the City Treasurer
showed that the city had cash bal
ance of $33, 761.04 on August 4.
The ordinance granting the North
western railway company the right
to build a new switch track to the
Chicago Brass Works was given its
first reading and ordered to take its
usual course,
John O. Jones has declined to take
the contract for the paving of the
Middle street bridge at 5000, and the
committee on streets and alleys was
ordered to secure bids from other con-
tractors.
A sidewalk ordinance covering some
twenty pages of paper and covering
walks in many parts of the city was
given it's first reading. It will take
its usual course.
The special committee in charge of
the installation of heating plant at
the city hall was authorized to receive |
bids for the work.
The Kenosha Gas & Electric COM
pany was instructed to file new
bond with the city clerk as one of the
sureties on the old bond has died since
the bond was filed.
The Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany was Instructed to saw off the
rails owned by the company on the
Main street bridge in order to make it
possible for the bridge to be more