The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-08
City Council Meets for Two Hour
Session Without Any Serious
Eruptions Monday Night
DEMAND pURER WATER
Council lakes an Effort to Force the
Hand of the Water Commits
sion in Regard to Installa-
ton Of a Filter

quiet session at the city hall Monday
evening and after the stirring meetings
Of the last few months the gathering
was more like Sunday School con-
vention than gathering of the Coun-
Gil. In fact there was only one real
cuss word used during the evening and
that was a mild Invocation of the Diety
against some proposition that one Of
the aldermen opposed.
There was little Of vast interest done
at the meeting and this probably ac-
counted for the intense quiet which
prevailed. In addition Alderman Tully
had business elsewhere and the Coun-
Gil was not forced to listen to the woes
Of the starving poor Of the Third ward
and this helped some in getting through
the meeting without any serious com
phcations.
The Council took up the ques-
ton of purer water and an eff
fort is to be made to force the
Board of Water Commissioners to
take some action in regard to
suggested that an effort be made to
rebuild the artesian systems, but this
did not meet with a great deal of
support and it was finally agreed to
demand that the Water Commission
get figures on filter large enough to
take care Of the demands of the city
and send a report on the estimates to
the Council at it's next regular meeting
There was some questions asked as to
the right of the City Council to dictate
to The Water Board and the fact was
brought out that the city had given the
power to the Water Board by ordinance
and that If the Board was not willing
to act in keeping with the suggestions
of the Council this ordinance could be
repealed.
The city is liable to have clash with
the United States Government on the
matter of dumping the refuse taken
from the Kenosha river. Tt is claimed
that it is now being. dumped too close
to the city water intake and City Attor
ney John G, Slater and City Engineer
Moth were directed to go to Milwau-
kee today and confer with Engineer
Major Judson or his aids in an effort
| to have the place for dumping this
stuff changed so that the water sup
ply of the city will not be contami-
mated. At the same time the matter
Of made land along the river will be
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an effort to have the government take
steps to have the river widened at
the Grand avenue bridge to it's original
width.
The matter Of the city building side
walks was taken up and discussed at
length and the streets and alleys com
mittee was instructed to get experts
at once and get the sidewalks ordered
by the city in before the coming of
the cold weather. There has been "a
delay ON this business on account of
the fact that the street superintendent
after being directed to build the walks
with city labor turned them over to a
contractor. It is possible that the city
will have to pay for all Of these walks
Alderman Swift of the pauper com
mittee read long communication from
DR.. Almah Frisby, vice president Of
the State Board of Control in regard
to the plans Of the city for purchasing
poor farm. She urged that the city
delay any action on the matter and
take it up with the County Board with
the view Of having the county buy a
farm and the city contract with the
county for the care of prisoners. She
declared that city farms had proved
dismal failure in Wisconsin cities
but that the county farm idea had
proved a good one. She criticised
strongly the herding together of the
women and children at the house on
Washington Island and declared that
the city should take some steps to keep
the dependent families separate.
No action was taken on the matter,
but committee was instructed TO visit
the county farms in Racine and Wal
worth counties and prepare to take this
matter up with the County Board at
its meeting in November
The ordinance amending the fire
limits ordnance giving the City Coun-
ell the right to stop the rebuilding Of
any building within the fire limits il
the aldermen thought that it was be-
ing erected in an improper manner was
brought up and passed and it will be
come law just as soon as it can be
signed and published
| The Council wound up its rights to
grant saloon licenses by granting a Ii
cense to Jacobsen Brothers for sa-
loon at the corner Of Church street and
Market Square. Many of the aldermen
preferred to put this last saloon in the
down town district rather than have
| it placed in some of the resident dis
tricts Of the city and for this reason
the application for license went
through by a unanimous vote.
The Midget foot ball team defeated
the Tiger Juniors at the north side
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