The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
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CITY TOAD WITH RIVER WORK
Council to Make An Effort to Straight
en- Exchange Street but Grade on !:
Street Will Not be Changed
May Fight in Court ea@

At "a very peaceful meeting of the
City Council on Monday evening final
changes were made in regard to the i'm
provement Of Market Square and it is
now thought that the work will go
forward without any further COM
plants from people who have been in
terested and that there will be no in
functions or other court orders to stop
the completion Of the work. With the
sewer in and all other work practically
completed there is no reason. why the
work of Improvement should not be
finished up within the next two months.
Former Mayor German appeared before
the Council as the representative of the
700 people who had asked for the park
ing Of the street and he protested against
the park being placed on the south side
and insisted that the proper place for
the park was in the center Of the
square. On the recommendations of
the former mayor the Council voted
to reconsider the recent action at.
which the plans for the improvement
were made and it was voted to change.
the plan again. The change was to
make roadway thirty eight feet wide
on both the north and south sides of
the parkway. This will increase the.
width Of the parkway to % feet. No
other change was made in the plan
and it was made a part of the resolu-
tion changing the plan that no further
changes would be made.
The Council had something Of a SEES
sion in regard to South Exchange
street and if there is any change in the
grade there to suit certain property
owners it will be made by an order
from court. The resolution for the
change of the grade was reported back
to the Council by the street assessme-
committee and the Council by a unani-
nt6us vote decided to lay the resolu-
ton on the table. It was declared
that such action would open the way
for legal proceedings and this is just
what the Council wants. The members
of the body are DESTROYS of knowing
just what rights the city has in regard
to grades and the injunction that has
been threatened will be welcomed for
the test. The sidewalk Inspector was
notified to give property owners on
Exchange street who have not. laid
walks a final notice and if the walks
are not put in the city will put them
in and the cost will be charged up Ito
the property. t.
G!9The Council could take no action on
the completion Of the curb at the end
of the street as it was found that an
error in the description of the property
when the street was opened left a jog
of six feet at the south end of the
street. The matter was left with the
street assessment committee and it is
probable that some way out of the diff
fculty will be found in time to allow
the completion of the work during the
present year. If possible the commit
tee will seek to have the street
Strengthened out.
There was a rare exhibition of nerve
on the part of Amici and LaMaccia,
the two Italians who were granted a
license after many struggles. The two
laen sent a petition to the Council ask
ing that the Council grant them a re-
bate in license. The extreme nerve of
the petitioners in asking the aldermen
to violate the state law after the fight
that had been made on the saloon
caused a ripple of laughter in the Coun-
Gil, but the petition was promptly laid
on the table.
No action was taken in regard to the
Park Commission ordinance and the
Council will hold special session on
next Monday evening for the considera-
tion of this ordinance and it is proba-
BILE that final action on it will be taken
at that time. In the meantime the
ordinance will be published and the
people of the city will have a chance
to look into the provisions of it.
There were several petitions against
any change in grades and several ask
ing that grades be changed, but all Of
them were referred pending the action
on the Park Commission.
The city was served with summons
in suit brought against it by Charles
G.. Theleen and Ernst Anderson. who
were the contractors at the time the
Central school building was remodeled.
The contractors have bill for extras
amounting to $66775 which the school
beard has refused to pay and they will
GO to court to collect it, The matter
was referred to the judiciary committee
to confer with the Board of Education.
Davidson and Gallagan were granted
the contract for the paving of Ohio
street there being only one other bid
der. The contract price for the work
was $2.L5 per foot.
The Council did not take up the mat
ter of deciding where the 2 per cent
collected on insurance premiums shall