The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-29
City Council Meets and Grants
Saloon Licenses to Sixty
three Saloon-keepers
LIBRARY COMMISSION NAMED
Mayor German Re-appoints Jos. Rendt,
e. C. Theirs and w. w. Strong onte
Library Board. - Charges Made
Against Police Officer Ryan

censed to do business for another
year at special meeting of the city
council held on Monday evening and
the issue of the licenses will be
started on next Monday morning,
The number is the largest in the his
tory of the city and this is not alias
it is stated that one mere license will
be issued next week aad several APP
plications are now peading. Last
year the number of sa4 looms touched
the sixty mark but at the opening of
the year the number was smaller.
From this source the citg will receive
a revenue of more than $4,000 this
year and added to this the govern
ment will also receive the sum of SIS
for each saloon doing business in the
city. Not one of the old saloons has
dropped out and the list is increased
with many new ones. .s40g
While the council was dealing with
the license business the chief of police
was ordered to see to it that the
licenses of Junk dealers in the city
were paid at once or that the men be
stopped from doing business. AT the.
request of the junk dealers the
license fee was placed at $35 and ever
since the ordinance was passed the
dealers have been seeking to have it
repealed. The Junk dealers have not
paid license for nearly year and If
the sum is not paid into the city
treasury at once all of these men will
be put out of business. ztoo
Library Commissioners Named.
Mayor German recognized good
service Monday night in making his
appointments of members of the
board of commissioners of the Gilbert
M. Simmons library, and Col. w. W.
Strong, Joseph Bendt and E. C.
Theirs were all re-appointed for
term of three years. The ANIMAL re-
port of the library recently published
in this paper was laid before the
council and placed on file for future
reference. The showing made by
the library is a decidedly good one,
and the aldermen were greatly
pleased with it. With the appoint
ment of the three new commissioners
it will be necessary for the board to
|re-organize, and the matter will be
taken up at the next meeting of the
board.
Charges Against Ryan.
Chief of Police Fred Reinold sent
communication to the council prefer
ring charges against Thomas ]. Ryan,
special police officer. The commu-
nication stated that several COM
plants had been brought to the chief
stating that Ryan, while intoxicated.
had hourished a revolver. The mat
ter was referred to the committee on
police, and in the meantime Ryan was
suspended from the service by a
unanimous vote of the council. He
had been special officer for some
time, having been employed as ''dog
catcher" and his duties have not been
beyond the calls of that Office. Until
the charges have been disposed of the
city will be forced to struggle along
without a dog catcher.
The matter of the opening of Wes-
colt street in the Third ward was re-
ferred to the committee on streets
and alleys with power to act. The
committee on fire department was
given power to act in the mater of
putting new floor in the North side
engine house.
The council took up the matter of
paving on Exchange and Eagle streets
and Contractor Jones was notified
that the work would have to be gone
over again before the job would be
accepted by the city. After the usual
amount of routine business the coun-
| Gil adjourned.