The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-12
City Council Passes Sidewalk
Ordinance Requiring Walk
on South Chicago St.
CONTRACT FOR PAVING is LET
Council Lays Plans for General Over
hauling of Pavements on Prairie
and Grand Avenues-Green-
valid Is Reelected

less than two hours the members of
the Council cleaned up a lot of old
things that have been causing trouble.
They reelected Matt Greenwald as
water commissioner for term of
three years; they passed the sidewalk
ordinance settling the big fight on
South Chicago street; they let the
contract for the West Main street
paving to John O. Jones, of Racine;
they started the machinery in motion
for the repeal Of the dog tax and
started a move to have the Main
street and Prairie avenue pavements
improved and put into first-class con-
dition and ordered the Simmons
Manufacturing company to open up
the Pearl street sewer for the use of
the property owners. Things moved
'at the Council last night and it was
evident from the start that. the mem
bers were determined to see that
everything was cleaned up.
The first real fight came on the mat
ter Of the passing Of the sidewalk
y
Timme, who led the fight for the
South Chicago street walk, brought
mp the matter by moving that the
ordinance be taken up. The alder
men who were wavering as to the
duty of the city in regard to the walk
voted against this plan and il looked
for time as if the entire ordinance
would be defeated. Efforts were
made to postpone action on the South
Chicago street piece Of walk cut
Alderman Timme had his men
mustered too we'll and they were ready
to vote down any amendments. The
first break came when Alderman
Truax declared that he would not
vote against the ordinance on account
Of one piece of walk and after this ans
nouncement the ordinance had com
paratively easy shedding and when it
was put up for the final test there
was only one vote against it. Alder
10 an Pirsch voted to kill the ordinance
While the Council was considering
sidewalks they took up the walk along
the south side of the Kimball building
on Wisconsin street and the Main
street walk along the same building,
and after sharp discussion the
Mayor and CITY Clerk were directed
to order the owners of the property TO
lay the walk within thirty days and if
the walk is not laid it will be put in
by the city and the expense of it
charged to the property owners. 1t is
thought that the owners of the prop
erty will put in the walk and not
MAKE it necessary for the city to act
The contract for the paving of West
Main street brought another discus
sion. The report of the assessment
committee recomm ended that the con-
tract be let to John O. Jones, of Ra-
cine, but some of the member of the
Council were of the opinion that
Jones was not rushing work fast
enough and for this reason they op-
posed the letting of the contract with
out an ironclad agreement that the
work be done by the tenth of Deem
Der. A clause demanding forfeiture
of SIS day for each day the pave
ment was delayed after this date was
placed in the contract and Jones
agreed to accept this portion of the
contract. It was agreed that the work
of paving the street should start this
morning. It is claimed that the ma
terial for the work has all been pur-
chased and that there. need be no
further delay in the matter.
In the same line the city clerk has
been instructed to advertise for bids
for the re-paving of Main street,
Prairie avenue and Durkee avenue,
the work to be done at the cost of the
city. It is said that all of these
streets are in bad condition and an
effort will be made to force the Gas
and Electric Co., as we'll as sewer con-
tractors and plumbers to meet at least
a portion of the expense of improving
effort will be made to start this work
until next spring.
T. now locks as if the paving of
Market street west of the railway will
have to be laid over until next spring,
but Mayor German has been given as
snrance that A. c. Frost, of the rail-
way company, will make his agree
ment to pave twenty feet of the road
way good next year as well as this
year. An effort will be made to let the
contracts for all of the work before
the end of the present year. No ac-
ton was taken in regard to the Mar
ket Square grade, as the Street As
sessment Committee was not ready to
report.
The question Of opening the Pearl
street sewer came up and the city en-
gineer stated that he could0find no
way to remedy the trouble except for
the Simmons Manufacturing Co.,
which had closed up the mouth of the
sewer, to build new sewer to the har-
Dor. The company was ordered to at
tend to this work at once and it is ex-
pected that the sewer will be reopened
within a short time.
Matt Greenwa1d was elected water
commissioner to succeed himself for a