The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-04
Council Finally Decides to Settle
With the Well Known Chi
cage Sewer Contractor
HANSON LICENSE is RECALLED
r. Fl. Moth is Elected City Engineer
Sidewalk Ordinance Under Hot Fire
of Protest.-H. b. Schwan is Ap-
pointed Paving Inspector

! After many months of wrangling,
the City Council by unanimous vote
Monday night decided to settle with
Contractor M. Fl. McGovern for al.
legged extras in connection with the
contract for building sewers in this
city and to this end the Council appro-
priated $500 as settlement in full
for the contract. The committee had
reported in settlement of 81 900, but
an examination showed that the con-
tractor was indebted to the city in the
amount of 500 and this was deducted
from the amount recommended by the
committee. 1t is understood that this
is to be offered to McGovern for a
receipt in full for all of his claims
against the city of Kenosha and if he
declines to settle on this basis the
fight will have to be taken into court.
In making the report on the bill the
members of the committees stated
chat they had done everything posi-
BILE to prune the bill and that it was
cheir opinion that McGovern had this
much coming to him. City Engineer
Moth still holds that the contractor
has been paid just three times the
amount due to him. McGovern had
demanded a little over $13, 900. The
expenses connected with the arbitra-
ton of the claim were 500 and the
city ordered these to be paid.
Hansen License Recalled
The old matter of the saloon license
of Joseph Hansen, who is in business
on Grand avenue, against the wishes
of the people living IN the neighbor-
hood, came up Monday night and the
Council reconsidered it's action at the
time the license was granted and the
license was recalled. This action
was taken on the grounds that Han
son had not had the legal number Of
signatures and it was admitted by all
concerned that the city had no right
to grant the license. The money paid
by Hansen will be returned to him
and he will be required to close up
the place at once.
The Council also acted in regard to
the revocation of the license of Will
liam Dicks on the petition of mem
bers of the Civic Federation and
Dicks must come before the Council
within ten days and show cause why
the license should not be revoked.
A. 4 - 49, ~ Ead1
be given chance to show the evil
dence they have against the Dicks
place.
Protests on Sidewalk Law
There were several protests pre-
sented to the Council against the pas
sage of the sidewalk ordinance re-
Gently published in the EVENING
News, the most wordy of them being
made by Alderman O'Brien of the
First ward who protested that the law
was little too strict in regard to the
sort of cement used in thesswalks. The
alderman held that the ordinance
gave too great a chance for graft and
he put the matter mildly and in his
own polished language. He may be
right. This is the way that the alder
man from the First ward spoke of the
clause which gives the city engineer
the right to pass upon the cement
used on sidewalks: ssThat clause gives
the city engineer hell of a chance
to make damn nice thing of it,
This simple language will probably
be understood by even the poorest OF
the taxpayers and on this plea the
alderman brought the matter before
the Council. After number Of mo.
htions it was discovered that the clause
did not limit the selection of cement
save to standard" brands and the
matter was dropped. Other protests
made against the passage of the
ordinance we're sent to the judiciary
committee to be threshed Out.
Moth is Reelected
The postponed election of the city
engineer was also taken up and
the present engineer, r. H. Moth, was
elected without opposition. Alder
Adu OlSmlH3 VI lAC 0AAtA WGAu hCPe
up his fig hit on Moth to the last and
when the matter was put to vote he
asked to be excused from voting and
his request was granted by the mayor.
All of the other aldermen voted for
the reelection of:Mr. Moth.
The Council had another nice plum
to hand out in the way of paving
inspector and this went to Fl. B.
Schwan of the north side. He will
receive a salary Of $3.50 day and
will have charge of the inspection of
all paving in the city for year. Jcha
Gibson was the closest competitor to
Schwan, he receiving six Of the
seventeen votes.