The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
City Council by . Vote of II to q
Names Labor Leaders as Spec
ial Police Officers
PAVING CONTRACT HELD UP.
Aldermen Would Divide Work and
Make an Effort to Save Money for
the City-Disposa1 of Garb-
age to Come Up Soon

Br1tton, Charles kilbourne and Ray
mond Starr as special police officers to
guard the property of the Badger
Brass company and prevent any
damage being done to it pending the
settlement of the labor troubles at
the plant.
The action was taken in response to
a petition signed by Aldermen Peter
Pirsch, ]. H. O'Brien, JohnsThomas-
sen, George r. Wade, Edward zeiv-
ers, John w. Stevens, E. c. Alieman,
Joseph F. Schultz, Fred w. Mayer
and John H. Wi11ems, but it was not
taken until after several of the mem
bers of the council had placed tnem-
selves on record Is opposing the plan.
The plan was strongly urged by
Aldermen O'Brien, Stevens, Tully
and Schultz, but it was declared to be
bad public policy by Aldermen Jeffrey
and Truax. Alderman Timme held
that the police force of the city was
entirely able to take care of all the
troubles at the plant and that the mat
ter should be left in their hands.
Alderman Jeffrey held that the
naming OF the men was a direct slap
al the police force of the city and an
admission that it was inadequate to
cope with very ordinary condi-
ton of affairs. The men who
favored the appointment of the spec
ials declared that Sheriff Pfennig
had named factory men as deputies
and that the factory men had brought
detectives to the city, but the an.
nouncement of Mayor German that
all of these detectives had been re-
moved did not change their ardent
clamor for the appointment of the
was made by Aldermen Tu1ly to leave
the matter up to the mayor, but he
gracefully declined the issue and in.
sisted that the matter be settled by
the council and it was finally forced
to vote. Aldermen Timme, Jeffrey,
Truax and Higley voted no on the
proposition.
The city health officer appeared be-
fore the Council and announced that
Sanitary Engineer Afford, of Chicago,
who was to have made a report on
plans for the purging of the Kenosha
river, had not as yet been able to
come to Kenosha, and that for this
reason the matter could not be taken
up. It was stated that the engineer
would be in Kenosha during the pres
nj
could be prepared the Council would
be notified and a special meeting
called. DR.. Spalding suggested that
while the engineer was here study
ing the problem of the Kenosha river,
he be asked to make some report in
regard to the disposition of garbage
IN the city, and this matter will be
taken up at later meeting. It is
certain that some plan must be found
to dispose of the garbage of the city,
as the government dumpashas been
closed up and there is no place for
the burying of the garbage.
The matter of letting the contracts
for the paving of Market street, Grand
avenue, Fremont avenue, Wisconsin
street, Grover street andatwo alleys
came up, and the Street Assessment
Committee recommended that the
contract be awarded to John O Jones
of Racine. This action was not taken,
as some of the members Of the Coun-
Gil we're of the opinion that the lob
should be split mp and given to sew
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this way the city could save in the
neighborhood of ST., 400. The city en-
gineer announced that the contract
ors had bid on the workFwith the un-
Outstanding that it would all go to
one contractor, and that with.this I'M
Outstanding the bids had been most
favorable ones for the city. He held
that 1t might be possible for the city
| to save few hundred dollars at this
time by splitting up the bids and con-
tracts, but that the city would lose
money on the long run on account of
the fact that in the future the city
not get such low bids for work. The
contract of John 0. Jones was Ia the
aggregate $3.50 lower than any of the
others. Rasmussen & Sons, of Osh-
kosn, were the next lowest bidders. 1t
is understood that the Oshkosh com
pany would not accept a contract for
portion Of the streets, as they were
bidding on the whole job. It is hardly
possible that the work can be done
this year, SO the Council decided that
it was just as we'll to let the matter
lay over until the next regular meet
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