The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-20
City Council has Exciting Time
Listening to Rival Police Call
Agents Monday Evening
ACTION ON SYSTEM DEFERRED
BY Unanimous Vote Rice Park is An
nexed to the ,City-Police Report
Makes Good Showing-Other
Council Business

There was feast of oratory at the
meeting of the city council on Mon
day evening when the rival agents of
the Signal Phone Company and the
Gamewell Electric Company opened
fire on the city in an effort to get the
contract for the installation of
police call. The oratory became so
vehement that it looked as if it would
be necessary to send in a riot call
over the new system, but the council
men were in such a state of doubt
when the arguments were concluded
that the council decided to take no
action at this time, but to lay the
matter over for fortnight and in the
meantime the city will employ a
couple of expert electricians to exam
inc into the two systems. There is a
difference in cost of something like a
Hundred dollars in the two systems,
the reduction being in favor of the
Signal Phone Company. In either case
the cost of the installation of the sys-
tenn will cost the city in the neighbour
/ hood of four thousand dollars. The
Signal Phone Company seems to have
the inside in the fight, but the alder
men have been so we'll satisfied with
the Gamewel1 fire alarm system now
in use in the city that they are leaning
toward police call system made by
the same company.
| After many delays the Council
passed an ordinance annexing Rice
Park to the city. The plat of the SUBJ
division which had been opposed by
some of the aldermen, had been
changed in some ways, but some iogs
still remain in the streets. According
to the law it would have been neces-
sary for the people to wait for two
years It the ordinance had failed of
passage, and after Alderman Stemm
who had led the opposition to the
ordinance, withdrew his fight the
ordinance passed by unanimous
vote. After ninety days the property
owners in the subdivision will have
the rights of any other property
owners in the city.
The quarterly report of the chief of
police was presented. 1t showed that
there had been 162 arrests during the
three months and the fees collected
for the city amounted to $137O4. The
report showed that nearly all of the
business of the city was being done
in the court of Justice Sturges as the
amount of fees received from Justice
McCarron was but $21.51.
Alderman Al1eman appeared as the
new Moses to lead the police force
out of the present condition of low
salary and resolution was passed on
the suggestion of the alderman direct
ing the city attorney to draw an
ordinance increasing the pay of the
chief of police 500 year and that of
the patrolmen SIS month.
| There was the usual amount of
routine business for the Council and
the consideration of the railway
ordinance took up more than an hour
of the time of the aldermen. The
ordinance proposed for franchise to
the Chicago, Kenosha, Milwaukee &
Lake Geneva company did not come
up before the Council. The Frost
ordinance for the second track on
Market street was given its first read
ing and as there is no opposition to 1T
it will probably be passed at the next
meeting Of the Council.