The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-17
Chicago Brass Company Asks
Permission Of Councilto Divert
the Course Of Jerome Greek
PHYSICIANS BIOS REJECTED
connciito Make an Effort to Dispose OF
Garbage Deposited on Washington
Island Telegraph Courier the
Official Paper of the City

The officials of the Chicago Brass
Works have flied a unique petition
with the city council and if this petit
ton is granted the course of Jerome
creek is to be diverted. The Brass
company is now installing a water
plaat on the lake shore near Balm
avenue and the fact that Jerome
Greek crosses the avenue has inter
ferred with the plans of the co ppany.
Onthis account they have asked the
conncil for permission 70 divert tie
course of the stream SO that it will
not cross the avenue. To do this the
company will be forced to make new
channel for the creek along private
property.
The members of the council have
taken the matter under advisement
and they will go to the creek next
Sunday morning and look over the
ground. It is thought possible that
the petition will be granted. The di-
verting of the course of the little
stream will be quite a feat of engi-
neering and will cost the company a
large amount Of money.
The council meeting on Wednesday
evening was given over largely to
routine work which had been left over
from the last two or three meetings.
The bids for city physician were
opened but both bids were rejected.
DR.. ]. r. Eastman offered to take care
of the duties of the Office for a salary
of $50 year, and DIR. J. B. Spald-
ing offered to do the same work for an
annual fee of 5000. No action was
taken to ask for new bids and it is
possible that the matter will be taken
up later.
Mayor German named a new COM
mittee to have charge of the negotia-
tons with the various railway com
panies now seeking concessions from
the city Alderman James O'Brien is
left as chairman of the committee and
the other men on the committee are
Aldermen Stemm and Alleman A
new committee on municipal owner
ship was named with Alderman Stemm
as chairman and Aldermen Green
valid and Jeffrey as his assistants.
The Telegraph-Courier was named
as the Official paper of the city, the
bid Of this paper being the lowest
presented for the work.
The North Western Railway oom-
pany was ordered TO remove the rail-
way tracks from Railway street at
once, and if the company does not
comply with the order some steps will
be taken to have the tracks removed
by the street commits toner's. The
tracks are no longer used by the com
pany and their presence is objected
to by the people owning property ia
that portion of the city.
The council took steps to dispose of
the garbage collecting on Washington
Island and man will be employed
for mouth to burn this garbage.
If the experiment proves successful
the Office of garbage burner will be
made permanent one.
The chief of police was instructed
to order the fishermen to desist from
making hsh Oil inside the limits OF the
city.
The matter of extending the break
water in the harbor basin was taken
up and referred to the committee on
harbor and breakwater with orders to
report at the next meeting of the
council.
The care of Balm park was placed
under the direction of the street COM
missioner from the South side.
The council decided to improve the
North side park and the clerk was
ordered to advertise for bids for the
laying of cement walks in the park.
The contract for street sprink1ing
for the summer season was let to B,
Boehn the contract price being ~
rents f1Ar running f0nf