The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-21
TALK DELAYS COUNCIL WORK
Many Orators and Comedians of the
Council Cheered and Jeered by
Big Crowd in the Lobby
Contractor Jones Roasted
(From Tuesdays Daily.1


ured by high oratorical flights which
we're greeted with cheers and hand
clapping by the lobby and low comedy
stunts which brought groans from the
|auditors. In the four hours the mem
bers Of the Council managed to get
through with little real business, but
it is evident that if the Council desires
to do work with anything like dispatch
lit will be necessary to hire hall to
ALLOW some of the aldermen to display
to allow some of the others to get off
their alleged jokes before audiences
that would be more appreciative. Dur
ing the evening John 0. Jones, the paw
ing contractor, came in for a fierce
storm of denunciation.
It is possible that Jones deserv-
ed all that he got and that the
property owners in the lobby liked to
hear him roasted to the queen S taste
but at the same time the roasting avail
ed nothing. The Council spent two
hours discussing the, condition of How
land avenue and the discussion was sim
ply a case Of crying over spilled milk
and the weeping was so prolonged that
it got tiresome The talk in regard to
the street brought out that the City
Council had long ago. accepted the job
and that the people of the street had
made an agreement with Jones by
which they had received a portion Of
! their interest back and with this as q
consideration they had filed stipula
ton by their attorney showing that they
were satisfied with the work. All the
argument last night, which at times
was Of the Independence Day celebra-
Ition variety, was directed to prevent
the payment of bill for work which
had been accepted already and there is
! little doubt but that Jones could 90
! into court and collect the bill from the
city should the Council refuse to pay
| 1t. Then the argument turned to
Grover street now being paved and it
was declared that the contractor was
paying no attention to the contract.
/ was
ordered to go out to the street and
make an investigation and if the com
mittee finds that Jones is not living up to
the contract he will be ordered to take
the work out and put it in again.
Start Sewer Fight
While hours were spent in discussing
the payment of the bill to Jones, a
couple Of minutes were given up to the
starting Of plan for the building of
a sewer in the south and west sides
of the city and without sign Of dis
cussion the city engineer was ordered
to prepare plans and estimates for the
building of sewer from the lake shore
west to Rowland avenue with the I'M
fderstanding that it could be extended
further west at some future time. City
Attorney Slater was directed to devise
a means for laying out new. sewer
fdistrict which would be tributary to the
proposed sewer for the purpose of prop
er taxation for the money needed for
the building Of the sewer. This is to
Ibe reported on at the next regular
Injecting of the Council and it is the
plan Of the Council to force the build
ling OF the sewer with all possible haste.
1t is thought possible that the work
may be started before the close of the
present year. Hundreds Of people in
the south and west sides of the city are
interested in the building of the sewer.
a. G. Frost gave the residents of
tGrand avenue cruel blow when he sent
letter to the Council stating that the
Iplans of the company would provide for
1.-THE building Of single track only on
IGrand avenue and that for this reason
Iunder the ordinance the company would
Ipave but seven feet of the roadway
The letter stated that if this was not
agreeable to the Council and the prop
Ierty owners the Frost company would
!. forfeit forfeit the rights granted to It on
Grand avenue. The letter from Frost
& was a signal for another outbreak of
oratory and Frost came in for a
share. Of the denunciation. The ordi
nance prepared by Frost for the ex.
s tension Of the lines was not read as
the mayor and the street assessment
committee are planning to meet with the
property owners from Market street and
Grand avenue and take up this matter
and after that the Council will act on
the matter. It looks very much as if
the railway company would forfeit it's
rights on the street and the people viii
be forced to do their own paving OF
wait until such a time as Frost gets
money enough to do his work in Keno
sha Some of the aldermen were in
favor of throwing the railway company
right out Of the city without any furth
er warning but it is probable that the
} courts would restrain any such action
} at this time. The facts seem to be that
Frost is without money to meet these
plans made in times when money was
: plentiful and while it is a heavy bur
} den for the people Of the city there
seems to be no remedy. II IS case
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