The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-02-16
Congress Finally Takes Notice of
the Prayer Of Kenosha Peo-
pie for a Public Building
SITE TO BE PURCHASED SOON
Years Will Probably Elapse Before
Other Appropriations are Secured
to Allow the Erection of Suit
able Building on the Site.

The public building bill was pre-
sented to the National House of Rep
resentatives on Tuesday, and contrary
to ali expectations the bill carried an
appropriation for Kenosha, and if the
bill becomes law this city will re-
ceive an appropriation of $4,000 to
be used for the purchase ola site on
which to erect a public building.
This seems to be an abundance for
stIe purchase Of the site for the build
ing, and by the time that Congress
gets ready to make the appropriation
for the building it is probable that
the city will have grown to such pro-
portions that an appropriation OF at
least 500, 900 will be needed.
The bill will undoubtedly be passed
at the present session of Congress,
and if such is the case the money for
the site will be available at once. A
commission will be sent to Kenosha
to select the site and complete the
purchase. When location has been
secured the matter of erecting new
building will be taken up by the COM
mittee.
The appropriation is in keeping
with the bill introduced into the SEN
ate two years ago by Senator Quar-
les, and while he has not been in any
way urging the bill daring the present
session of Congress, he has casually
called the attention of some of the
members of the committee to the con-
ditions and demands of Kenosha.
The Wisconsin members of this
commission have been so used to
| kicking this county and appropria-
tons asked for it into an obscure cor
ner, that the mems consciences finally
1revo1ted, and it was decided to put
4 Kenosha on the list to stand up at the
pie counter just once more.
There are many people in Kenosha
kwho fail to believe that the present
appropriation will purchase suitable
I,site for the government building. AT
| the time that the first petition was
seat to Washington $4,000 would
have purchased half a dozen sites in
the business district and any one of
thern would have been suitable but at
tIisstime the price of this real estate
has so increased that there is some
fear if the government will be able to
get the site within the appropriation.
Should this prove to be the fact the
purchase of the site would have to
wait for two more years until another
on1116 toc
Kenoshaiis sadly in need of per-
sonal representative in Washington
to urge her claims before congress.
Senator Quar1es, who has been con-
siderable OF a Kenosha champion will
retire from the senate in a few weeks,
and Governor r. Fo11ette can not be
expected to take more than passing
notice OF the demands of this city.
Congressman Cooper has become a
national figure to such an extent that
his time is fully taken up with more
weighty questions and he has no time
to play with such little matters as APP
preparations for smaller cities of his
district.
This need of champion is shown
by the success that Waukegan is hav-
ing along similar lines. While Keno
sla received an appropriation of $10,-
600 for the purchase of a site for a
public building the sum of 500, 900 was
appropriated for Waukegan. This is
only one example and an examination
of the report shows that smaller
cities in al parts of the country are.
receiving appropriations which are
far in excess of the amount given to
Kenosha. The appropriations for pub
lie buildings in Wisconsin included
the following items:
Green Bay, $4,000, increasing total
appropriation to $175, 900; Baraboo,
5000, increasing appropriation to $48,-
600; Marinette, has site, 500, 900; Chip
pewa Falls, has site, $40, 1000; Manito-
voc, site and building, 5000; Water
town, site, $1,000; Waukesha, site,
$8, 900; Kenosha, site, $4,000, and APP
pleton, site, $751;
MARKET REPORT.