The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-09
Council by a Unanimous Vote
Enacts Law to Prevent Spit
ting on Sidewalks
CUSPIDORS NOW In DEMAND
City Council Refuses to Increase the
Salary of Chief of Police English
Court Ordered Paved School
Board Wants $4,000

Kenosha will have an anti-spitting
law in force after next Friday as the
city council Monday night by a unani-F
nous vote passed the ordinance re-.
Gently presented which makes spittings
on the sidewalks or in any public
place. misden1eanor punishable With
a fine and Imprisonment. It was
thought that the ordinance would
meet with opposition but when il was
proposed for passage every member
Of the council present voted in favor
Of it. The ordinance will be signed
by the mayor today and will be pub
l1ished in the official paper on Thurs
day, after which it will become law
and the police will be asked to enforce
it to the letter.
The ordinance makes it a INSIDE.
meanor to spit on any public side;
| walk, stairway or on the floors of any.
depot, public hall or other public
building. It also makes it necessary
for the owners Of public halls and
buildings to provide cuspidors. The
violation of the law may be punish
able by fine of a dollar and costs or
| by inpris onment in the county jail.
The law has been strongly urged
| by Health Officer Spalding and he
will make every effort to see that it is
enforced. Laws of similar nature
are now being enforced in nearly all
| of the larger cities of the state, and
while it may be necessary to make a
good many arrests to secure it's en-
forcement in the city of Kenosha, the
police will make the effort.
The ordinance providing for the
/ increase Of the salary of the chief of
police from 5000 to ST., 900 year came
up for passage but the council by
vote of 10 to 4 refused to pass the
ordinance and the salary of the chief
will remain at the old figure. The
ordinance providing for license fee
of SIS for junk dealers license was
passed by unanimous vote and it
will go into effect as soon as pub
lished.
The council took up the matter of
the condition of the paved streets in
the city and the clerk was ordered to
notify the Kenosha Gas and Electric
company and all sewer contractors
that the paved streets must be put in
condition at once. It is claimed that
in some places where connections
have been made with gas and water
mains the paved streets have been
left in bad condition. The gas corn-
pany will also be forced to repair the
streets over the mains of the hot
water system.
The requisition of the school board
demanding that the city raise SIS, 200
for school purposes next year was re-
ceived without comment and referred
to the committee on finance. This
committee will make a report in re-
gard to the matter at the next meet
ing of the council and it is probable,
| that it will urge the council to take
some steps to issue bonds to provide
for the building of the new west side
school.
The city decided to purchase a car
. load of vitrified brick to be used in
building new street crossings in the.
city and in the future brick will be
used instead of plank for all such
crossings.
The committee on fire department
was authorized to purchase buggy
for the use of the chief of the fire de-
partment and it will be added to the
equipment of the department at once.
George Yu1e, John O'Donnell and
G. G. Brown were reappointed direct
ors of the Gilbert M. Simmons library
by Mayor German and the appoint
nents were approved by the council
The street assessment committee
was ordered to advertise for bids for
paving Of Park street from Main to
Exchange street, English court from
Park avenue to the breakwater, and
Durkee avenue from English courtsto
Deming street and if possible the
work will be done during the present
year. The council will meet in special
session on next Sunday afternoon
and go in a body to Eichelman Park
to make an examination CT the break
water and plan for such work as may
be needed for its repair.
A proposition was laid before the
council to publish the official notices
of the city in the Union as we'll as
in the Telegraph Courier but the
proposition was lost, only four Of the
aldermen favoring it.
After the usual routine business
the council adjourned.
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