The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-20
Kenosha City Council Passes
q Resolution Of Confidence
in Railway President
WILL TAKE UP RIVER PROBLEM
Special Committee Is Appointed TO Con
fer With Industries Interested In
the Purging of the Kenosha
River-To Report Soon

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BILE confidence in Albert c. Frost the
President Of the Chicago and Milwau-
kee Electric Railway Company and in
keeping with the feeling of the people
of the city this resolution expressed
confidence that Mr.. Frost would be
able to carry out his plans for the Chi
cago and Milwaukee line and for the
local line in Kenosha The resolution
which was adopted by unanimous vote
Of the council was as follows:
Resolved: That the Common Council
of the City Of Kenosha regrets the IN
fortunate Circumstances which have re
suited in the appointment Of receivers
for the Chicago and Milwaukee Elec
trio Railway Company and other com
panies which President Frost has built
up and managed and in common with
the citizens of the City Of Kenosha,
hereby express the hope and confidence
that President Frost may still be per-
mitted to fully realize his ambition of
building and operating the best Electric
railroad in the Northwest and that he
may overcome his present difficulties
and construct not only the through line,
but may retain, complete and operate
according to the original plans, the local
line which has proven advantageous
and beneficial to the City Of Kenosha.
Copies Of the resolution were this
morning forwarded to President Frost
o1,a 10 III
and Milwaukee Electric Line. This ac-
ton was one wholly unsought by Mr.
Frost and taken by the council on ac-
count of the kindly feeling existing be-
tween the members Of the council and
Mr.. Frost
The resolution was presented by Al
derman 0 'Brien of the First Ward and
some very kindly statements in regard
to Mr.. Frost were made by the members
of the council and all Of them express
ed the personal desire that he would
soon be able to free himself from fnan-
cial difficulties.
TO Push River Plan
The matter of cleaning the Kenosha
River was taken up and discussed at
length by the members Of the council
and special committee consisting of
Aldermen Zievers, Willems and Schultz
with the City Engineer and City Attor-
ney added, was appointed to confer with
the managers Of the n. r. Allen s Sons
Company and the Kenosha Gas and
Electric Company and make an effort to
reach some agreement as to the plan
to be followed in making the necessary
Improvements in the river. The gravity
plan suggested by Engineer John Alvord
was discussed by the council and the
committee will take up this plan with
the managers of the two companies in
terested in the work. 1t is expected
that the committee will make a report
to the council at an early meeting and
if possible an effort will be made to
have the recommendations of the com
mittee carried out before the close of
the present year.
In this connection Engineer Alvord
sent his bill to the council The total
amount charged for the work of MAX
ing the report on the river was $3.50
and it will be paid at the next meeting
of the council
The report of the engineer on the
question of the disposal Of garbage re-
Gently published in this paper was ac-
cepted and placed on file.
New Plans for Pauper Bills.
The council received a communication
urging that new plan be adopted in
paying the bills of the pauper commit
tee The plan provided for quarterly
allowance for the committee in charge
Of this work granting to the committee
permission to pay the bills and render
quarterly accounts to the council. It
is probable that the plan will be adopt
ed. In the past a great deal of time
has been taken up in checking these
bills before they are allowed and this
is work that should properly be done
| by the committee rather than to the
whole council.
The ordinance providing for the is
sue of $4,000 in bonds for school pur-
poses was brought to the council but
it was not given reading as some of
the aldermen were of the opinion that
it would be possible to leave this matter
open for another year and the members
of the finance committee were directed
to meet with the members of the
Board of Education and make an effort
to have the matter laid over for the
year 1t was stated that there was con-
siderable unused room in the present
school buildings and that for this rea-
son the building of the new school
might be deferred for year.
No action was taken on any Of the
ordinances before the council action
on all of them being deferred until the
next regular meeting to be leld the
first Monday in March.
After the usual routine business the
council adjourned.
| Clarence Head returned to Madison