The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-21
A CHANGE OF VENUE ACTION IS DEFERRED
Council to Wait Two Weeks More
Before Decision in Regard
to Referendum
Nc GOVERN CASE HELD UP

The City Council Monday night re-
ceived a resolution to submit the
question of building municipal
lig hting plant to the people at the
coming city election, but some of the
J aldermen were not ready to go on
, record in regard to the matter and
action on the resolution was deferred
until the next regular meeting of the
!, council. The resolution contained
no intimation Of a bond issue, but
{ simply proposed that the matter of
building municipal plantbe referred
to the people for referendum vote.
! 1t is claimed that large number of
the members of. the council are in
favor of the plan and it is expected
that the resolution will be adopted at
the next meeting of the council.
/ Roger N, Kimba1l, manager of the
Kenosha Gas & Electric company was
present andzspOke before the, council
urging that body not to take action in
regard to municipal plant until the
matter had been fully investigated.
It is evident that the Gas & Electric
company is ready to make a request
for renewal Of the contract with the
city and it is possible that some con-
cessions would be made with a new
contract.
If the matter is. submitted to the
people at the coming election it will
bring real issue on which the candi-
dates can get together. There is
some opposition to the plans for a
municipal plant, but it is possible
that sufficient people in the city will
favor tito give the council authority
. to proceed.
The council received long protest
from the people on Milwaukee avenue
against the tearing up of the pave
ment on that street by telephone COM
panies, and it is probable that the
American Telegraph and Telephone
company will have hard fight before
theyeget the right to lay conduits
under Milwaukee avenue. The COM
.pany's attorney was at the meeting of
the council, but when the protest
which was signed by nearly every
property owner ION the avenue was
presented he made no move to have
the council take up the matter.
The report of the city engineer Of
Milwaukee, who acted as arbiter in
the fight over the McGovern bill for
extras, is in the hands of acting mayor,
c. f.. Stemm, but it was not pre-
sented to the council. It. is claimed
that Engineer Poetsch has. recon-
nended the payment of large sum
to the Chicago contractor and it is
probable that the matter will be held
up until the return of Mayor German.
A letter was received from the Off
Gals of the Kenosha Electric Rail
way company, asking that the coun-
Gil take immediate action in regard to
the building of the sewer on Ashland
avenue, in order that it might be put
in at the same time as the culvert
over Jerome Greek. The plans for
this. sculvert will bea filed with the
company within a few days.
The committee on fire department
was authorized to purchase la new
team for use n the Third ward and
the old white team. which has done
service with the fire department for
so many years, will be turnedgover to
the committee on streets and alleys
for use on street work, One lof the
horses now at the Third ward fire
station will be sold while the other
will be turued over to Chief Isermann
for his personal use.
The Council decided to complete the
purchase of all voting machines now
in use in the city and the three new
machines will be paid for in cash as
soon as they are accepted by the
mayor and the city clerk. This will
insure the continued use of the ma
chimes in all the wards of the city.
The street assessment committee was
directed to at once advertise for bids
for the paving of Rowland avenue
between Salem avenue and Market
street and an effort will be made to
nave Inc VII StoA1CN Al AAC CdAAy
spring. The license committee asked
for further time to consider the de-
mand for the revocation of the liquor
license issued to William Dicks and
this was granted. A report will
probably be presented at the mex
meeting of the Council.
In the absence of Mayor Gorman
Acting Mayor Stemm presided at the
meeting. He turned the chair over
to Alderman E. c. Al1eman, of the
Fourth ward, for few minutes while
he presented resolution in regard to
the lighting plant. Alderman Allie
man is being groomed as candidate
for mayor next year and his friends