The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
City Attorney Slater Says City
Has Right to Acquire Property
for the Lake Shore Park
PARK PLANS TO Be PUSHED
Committee on Buildings and Grounds
to Make Report to the Conn
Gil at the Next Meeting
Other Council Business

The action of the city council to Sc.
lake shore park was furthered by City
Attorney Slater Monday night by an
opinion filed with the council in
which it was stated that the laws of
Wisconsin gave the city of Kenosha
the right to acquire property for park
purposes by gift, purchase or by con-
demnation. The plan, as outlined by
the council, when the city attorney
was asked for an opinion, was to con-
denim land along the lake shore to
continue Eichelman park as far as
the power house. Alderman Good
man has been making a personal
fight to secure some changes in park
plans of the city before the end of his
term of office, and he now seems to be
in a fair way to realize his plans.
The other members of the council
seem to be favorable to the park
project, and the opinion of the city
attorney has been referred to the
committee on public grounds with or
ders to report at an adjourned meeting
of the council to be held on next
Monday evenings In the meantime
the committee will make some inves-
LEGATIONS as to the value of the land
needed for the lextension of the park
and make an effort to discover
whether or not this land can be Sc
cured by purchase. Some of the
property owners have sent word to
the city that they will aid in the work
of parking the lake shore by selling
property to the city at the exact cost
to the present owners.
Others have not been so generous
or public spirited and it seems certain
that it will be necessary for the city
to condemn at least a part of the land.
The work of securing the property
will be carried forward at once if the
present plans are carried out and as
soon as the property is secured the
work of filing will be started. 1t is
stated that several plans have been
made for the Improvement of the
water front but they are still in en-
bryo and nothing will be done by the
city council until some title to the
land is secured. 1t is thought that
the members of the Out Door Art as
ISOLATION will take considerable in
terest in the work planned by the
council ard this association may aid
in raising funds for the purchase of
land needed. At the next meeting Of
the council some action will be taken
to start the ball rolling.
The meeting of the council was an
exceedingly short one. The. fact that
this was primary day kept several of
the aldermen Iaway and no business
of Importance was taken up. Added
to this was the fact that during the
meeting Alderman Pabst received a
telegram announcing the death Of his
daughter in Butte, Mont, and the
council decided to adjourn until next
Monday as a mark of sympathy with
the alderman
Before adjournment contract was
made with Robert Grant as keeper of
the Poor Farm for another year of his
services, his salary remaining at $500.
The report of the city treasurer for the
quarter ending March 10. was pre-
scented and showed that the city had
a cash balance of $78, 532.84 on hand.
After the allowance Of number Of
bills the council adjourned.