The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
TO COMPLETE WORK
Property Owners Want Outer
Breakwater Extended to
the Shore Line
APPROPRIATION WAS MADE
Government Now Has Thirty Thousand
Dollars for the Kenosha Harbor
Which Will More Than Do
the Work Planned

Men interested in the future of the
Kenosha harbor are planning to send
a petition to Major Judson in charge
of the harbor work in this district,
asking him to make a recomme nda-
tion that the outer breakwater of the
henosha harbor be extended 10 the
shore line. The people interested de-
clare that this will do more to inn
prove the condition of the harbor
than anything else and that the
money now in the United States treas
ury to the credit of the local harbor
will be more than sufficient to do this
work.
was planned some time ago, but Major
Judson has thrown this plan in the
air by the suggestion of purchase of
a sea going dredge to keep the har-
bors clear from sand. The PROPOSE
ton for the purchase Of the dredge
has caused considerable kicking at
several ports along the lake on ac-
count of the fact that it is proposed to
take the money credited to the differ
ent harbors and use it for the pur-
chase of the dredge. Some of the
harbor men declare that the dredging
done in the harbors could be done for
a few thousand dollars year and
that the expenditure of so large "a
amount of money would not be good
plan at this time.
Arrange were made for a
meeting of the Racine and Kenosha
officials several weeks ago but this
was called off on account of the fact
that Major Judson was forced to go to
Canada and since that time the matter
has not been taken up. Harbor men
in Kenosha seem to be divided as to
Question of the purchase of dredgeI
but they are united on the question of
extending the breakwater and there
is little doubt but that all of them
would be willing to recommend
this improvement. At the present
time Kenosha is credited with about
$50, 600 for harbor work. A portion of
this was appropriated by Congress
several years ago but at the last ses-
sion $4,000 was appropriated on the
recomne of the con- mission
who visited the various ports to in.
vestigate the result of the northeast
storms on the harbors. This COM
mission recommended the extension
of the breakwaters at both Racine
and Kenosha and it was planned to
have the work done year ago. No
thing can be done until after the
matter is taken up with Major Judson
and through him with the war de-
partment and should he give his
sanction to the plan the work might
be started within a year. The cost
Of extending the breakwater accord |
ing to local estimates would be in the /
neighborhood of $4,000 and this
would still leave a goodly sum in the
treasury to the credit of Kenosha for
any improvements that would be abb
so1utely necessary before Congress
makes another appropriation for the
maintenance of the harbor.
Local dredge' owners are strongly |
opposing the plan to purchase gov
eminent dredge, as they insist that
they can do the work cheaper than it /
can be done by the government, and
that the figures on the cost and oper-
alton of the dredge as given by Major
Judson are entirely too low. !
It is probable that some settlement
of the question will be made within a
short time in order that the recon-
mendation one way or another may be
placed in the annual report Of Major
Judson to his department.