The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16
City Council Lays Over Election of
Paving Inspector After Five
Ballots Had Been Taken
FULL TREASURY FOR NEW MEN
Contract is Let for Resurfacing Durkee
Avenue and Deming Street the Work
to Cost $4,000 Canvass Vote
Of City Election
(From Saturdays Daily.)


| The City Council met in adjourned
session at the city hall Friday evening
for the purpose OF canvassing the vote
of the recent city election and to close
up some of the business now before the
old Council but little beyond canvassing
the vote was accomplished. AS there
is considerable paving work going on it
was expected that the Council would
elect an inspector Of this work, but it
was found that the members were so
divided on the question of an inspector
that after FIVE ballots in which none of
the candidates came near getting ma
iority it was decided to leave the matter
over until the next regular meeting Of
the Council. The leading candidates
were Andrew Schmitz and G. B. Diet
rich, but neither Of these could muster
more than five votes. Other candidates
included Joseph A. Thomas, formerly a
member of the Council County super
visor Joseph Widmann and w. j. Boyle
Mr.. Boyle it will be remembered served
as an inspector for the city during the
famous McGovern contract and his
work at that time it is claimed was
satisfactory but the outcome of the
contract was one highly unsatisfactory
to the city.
Boyle was at no time a leading candi-
date for the office in the balloting on
Friday evening and it is not thought
that he can be elected.
The report Of the city treasurer show
ed that the new administration will
have full treasury to start work on as
the balance reported by the city treas
urer last night was $97 887.13. This is
the largest amount of money ever
found in the city treasury by an in
coming administration and there will be
lot more money coming in before the
year is over.
The contract for the resurfacing Of
Durkee avenue and Deming streets was
let to Davidson and Galligan of Chica-
go the, contract price being $19,575.
This work will be started just as soon
as the weather will permit and it is
expected that it will be completed early
in the summer. The streets are now in
bad condition and for this reason the
large expenditure on them was deemed
necessary by the Street Assessment
Committee.
The Council then canvassed the vote
of the recent city election and the count
failed to make any great change in the
unofficial returns made on the night Of
election in the extra paper issued by
the Evening News, Mayor-elect M, j.
Scholey has plurality over Edward c..
Alleman Of sos. City Clerk Harrington
defeats NJ. G. Schulien by 724 and City
Treasurer Steinmetz has the largest
plurality of the election defeating Will
liam Leonard by a plurality of 1875.
John J. Langan for assessor won over
Ralph Sutherland by sos and H. w
Biennemann gets the other place as as
SCISSOR with a plurality over James II.
Charles of 583. George B. McCarron
lis elected justice by a plurality Of 3l4
tickets showed absolutely no change
from the first report of the election
given in this paper
The City Clerk and his assistant this
morning began the work of issuing the
certificates Of election and sent out with
them blank expense accounts for the
candidates. It is expected that most of
the members of the Council will file
their official oaths during the present
week so as to make the reorganization
of the Council possible on the evening
of April 20.
The members elect of the school board
will probably go into Office on next Tues
day evening as at that time the old
board will be ready to turn over the
business to their successors.