The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-24
Members of City Council Start
Agitation for New Home for
Kenosha Officials
ESTIMATES ON BREAKWATER
Committee Reports on Old Masonic
Hall and Use of the Building Will
Be CI1rtailed Until the Re-
pairs are Made

Agitation leading toward the build
ing of new city hall in Kenosha, was
started at the meeting of the Common
Council on Monday evening and while
no steps have been taken the matter
! is now under consideration by the
Council and it is possible that definite
action will be taken in a short time.
] The matter was brought up by Alder
man Jeffrey, of the second ward, who
intimated that the present improve
ments OH Market Square offered a
splendid time for the building of the
new city hall. The discussion of the
matter brought out the fact that a
large number of the memb ers of the
Council would be in favor of the cree
ton Of the hail. OF course the city
has no funds for this purpose but it
is thought that the fund could be pro-
vided for. The matter will be further
discussed at the next meeting of the
Council and it is just possible that
within the next two years the new
City hall will be built. The city has
an excellent site for the hall adioin-
ing the Central Engine house.
The committee of architects, which
is under the direction of theSBuilding
Committee of which Alderman Allie
man is the chairman, brought in re-
port in regard to the condition of the
old Masonic hall. The reports showed
that the exterior walls of the building
were in bad condition, and that the
building was in no shape to be used
for dancing parties and heavy gath
erings. The architects and builders,
however, held that the danger was
greater to pedestrians than to the oc-
cupants of the building.
On their recommendation the City
Attorney has notified the owners of
the building to take some steps to
repair it at once, and at the same
time the fraternal organizations, hav-
ing offices and halls in the building
have been directed not to use it for
"heavy gatherings or Dances" It is
understood that the owners of the
building will repair it at once.
City Engineer Moth presented to
the Council on Monday night esti-
mates of the cost of a breakwater
along the Lake front from the Sim
mons factory to Eiche1n1an Park. It
was estimated that the cost of a two
row piling filled with stone would be
500 a lineal foot, while without the
filing it would be $21 The estimate
of the single row of piles was $40
lineal foot. Nothing was done in the
matter but the estimate of the
engineer will be taken up later.
The street assessment committee
was Instructed by the Council to take
some steps to revive the old question
of building a trunk sewer along
Jerome Creek, and if possible, TO de-
wise some plan by which part of the
work could be done each year for a
period of five years. The trunk sewer
is the one thing demanded to make
the Kenosha sewerage system ade-
quate to the demand, and the matter
of building such sewer has been dis
cussed for several years. In fact, the
discussion of this matter has proved
the Waterloo of several very ambitious
politicians in the city. The trnnk
sewer matter will be taken up at the
next meeting of the Council and it is
possible that some scheme will be de-
vised to start the work of building the
sewer next year.
The liquor interests in the Council
won complete victory Monday night
when the Council gave Nick Krisor
the right to leave his barn saloon on
Grant street and open saloon at TIA
Milwaukee avenue. The city attor-
ney claims that in his opinion the
Council had no right to grant the
transfer of the license, but when the
matter came up Aldermen A1leman,
Jeffrey and Timme were the only three
men who voted against the transfer.
Krisor has been trying to get into the
Milwaukee avenue building for sew
eral weeks, but. the people ir. that
part of the city have been bitterly op-
posed to the building being used for
saloon.
The report of the auditing of the
books of the city by the John E. SRiley
company, of Milwaukee, was pre-
sented to the Council Monday night
and referred to the Finance Commit
tee for investlg The auditors
showed that the books were in good
condition, but the company made
many recommendations to the city to
better conditions. Many criticisms
were made on the methods of the city
and it is possible that these sugges-
tons will result in new system be-
ing installed in connection with the
city's business.
There is going to be new political
job to hand out next Spring if the
plans of some of the members of the
Council to name sidewalk inspector
go through. The matter of employ
ing such an official was referred to
special committee by the Council and
report will be presented at the next
meeting. The city attorney was di-
rected to draw an ordinance to force
teamsters in the city to use tight |