The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
GET WORK STARTED
City Council Passes Grade 0rdi-
nance and Orders Bids for
Paving West Main st
MARKET SQUARE ALSO in LINE
Council After Strenuous Session De.
cides To Have the Grade of the
Public Square Changed
Pending Improving

After decidedly strenuous meeting
of the Council Monday evening Mayor
German managed to hold the mem
oers in line long enough to get the
plans for the improving of West Main
street and Market Square under way.
The final motions along these lines,
however, were brought only after sew
era1 motions had been made to adj
journ and after they had been with
drawn at the urgent request of the
mayor.
AS result of the persistence of
the mayor the ordinance fixing the
grade of the railway on West Main
street, between Strong street and
Grand avenue, was fixed at the ex-
listing grade by ordinance and the
Council instructed the city attorney
TO draw up an ordinance for the
change in the grade of Market Square
which is to be presented to the Coun.
Gil at the next regular meeting.
The plan for the improvement of
the Square as presented by Mayor
German seems to meet with the ap-
prevail of majority of the members
of the Council and the only question
raised in regard to the Improvement
was the question as to the right of
the city to change the grade and do
the work. It was admitted that it
would be up to the city to raise two
buildings which had been built on the
grade given by the city engineer, but
it was decided that the cost of such
work would be minor consideration
in com parison with the Improvement
of the Square. The resolution pro-
viding for a change in the grade of
the street was passed without a dis.
senting vote.
The plan for the Improvement of
West Main street had equally clear
sailing through the Council. The re-
port of the street assessment commit
tee was presented and the clerk was
authorized to advertise for bids for
the paving Of the street. The bids
for the sewer have already been
opened and they will be presented to
the Council with a report at the ad.
iourned meeting Of the Council this
evening. Mayor German in present.
ing the grade ordinance declared that
the railway company would ask moth
ing further for doing it's share in pay
ing for the pavement of, the street
and the ordinance was passed by the
unanimous vote of the Council and
the grade for the tracks of the rail
way company is now fixedSsfor all
time. The work of paving will prob
ably be started within a month and
any one that gets the contract must
agree to have the work completed on
or before the fourteenthsof November.
1t is probable that the other paving
work in the city will be sighted in
order to get the West Main street
completed before the snow flies.
The provision for these two great
improvements were the main facts of
the Council at the meeting Monday
evening, but more than three hours
were spent in discussing 'minor mat
tiers.
The Council has decidednto investi-
gate the pollution of the Kenosha
River by the N. r. Aliens Sons Tan
merry and on Sunday morning che
secretary of the Board of Health will
pilot the members of the Council
through the waters of the river in
order that they may know the real
conditions. Alderman Zievers, of the
Sixth ward, made strong presenta-
ton of the protests of the people in
regard to the condition of the river
and declared that the people were be-
ing driven from their homes on ac-
count of the stencil arisinglfrom the
water. He demanded that the city
force the Allen company to either
build sewer to carry off the waste
from the tannery or that the city take
some steps to abate the nuisance. It
is possible that the matter will be
laid before the State Board of Health
at once. The condition of the river
as described to the Council certainly
warrants the Council to take some
action at once to improve conditions.
A long protest was presented to the
Council in regard to the proposed
vacation of portions of Park and
Charles street to the Thomas B. JEFF
ferry company. It was signed by
seventy-nine people residing in the
neighborhood Of the property pro-
posed to be vacated and it was re-
ferred to the Council as committee
of the whole. No time has been set
for the consideration of the matter,
but it will undoubtedly be taken up
within short time.
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