The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
Water Commissioners Order Anal.
ysis Of Water Before Decid.
ing on Intake Plan
READY TO ACT WITH COUNCIL
Plans Have Been Made For the Build
ing of an Intake 1000 Feet in
Length But the Commissioners
Would See Necessity First

I The Board of Water Commissioners
of the city have decided to act slowly
in the matter Of building a new intake
for the Kenosha Water Company and at
the meeting of the Board held at the
office of the city engineer this morning
it was decided to have new analysis
Of the water made. The analysis will
not be made in the Wisconsin state la
boratories, but the water will be sent
to one of the many testing stations in
plete in every way. The members Of
the commission do not seem to be en-
tirely satisfied with the tests that have
been made in the past and for this rea-
son they decided to send the samples
to the Chicago station.
After the meeting Commissioner
Greenwald who has taken a great in
terest in the intake question, spoke
freely of the stand which the Board
was taking on the question Of the new
intake. "We are not opposed to the
plan for a new intake,o said the com
missioner, elf we see that it is neces-
sary, but we are not wholly satisfied on
this point and are not ready to ask
for the expenditure of 100000 without
further consideration of the ques-
tion' Similar sentiments were ex-
pressed by other members of the com
mission but the Board decided to hold
meeting with the Council on next
Monday evening at which time the
matter is to be taken up and discussed.
Engineer Moth in speaking of the
matter said: "Plans have been made
for the intake and the specifications
could be made ready in time to have
the work done this year. The work
could not be started until into June
under the most favorable circumstances
and it is probable that we could arrange
to have the contracts let if the city
and the Board Of Commissioners decide
to go ahead. The thing before us now
is the matter of providing funds for the
intake and this must be arranged for
before any further steps are taken.
1t is claimed by members of the
Board that it would be impossible to
build an addition to the old intake as
the present pipe is in no way consider
ed a bowling success and that adding to
it would probably bring nothing but adj
ditional complications. N"
The Council in the meantime has
taken steps to secure some purer water
for the use Of the people of the city and
at the meeting held on Monday evening
the committee on buildings and grounds
was ordered to erect faucets vat the
various artesian wells Of the city so
that this water could be secured by the
city at once. These hydrants are not
expected to be ornamental fountains,
but they will be built in such a way
that the people in the various neighbor-
hoods will have free access to the
water.
AS the building Of the new intake
will demand an expenditure of many
thousands of dollars there is a general
tendency on the part of both the mem
bers Of the Council and the members
of the water Board to lay the matter
over until next year and it is possible
that by that time the conditions in the
financial world will be so far improved
as to make it an easy matter for the
city to sell bonds for the building Of
the intake.