The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-09
Council Decides To Pay Mayor
$500 and Members of the
Council 5000 a Year
TO PASS ORDINANCE AT ONCE
Rowland Ave. Residents Make Stremu-
ous Protest Against Issue of Paw
ing Bonds Which are Held Up
Pending Investigation

will be candidates a plenty for city
offices at the coming city election as
the Common Council at its meeting
on Monday evening made it bust
ness proposition for men to go into
politics in Kenosha when it accepted
the report of special committee on
salaries for the mayor and members
of the city council and with the open
ing of the city's new year in April
the aldermen will draw salary of
$500 year and the mayor will receive
$500. These we're the salaries re
ported by the committee and they
will be placed in an ordinance which
is to be prepared at once and it is the
one sure bet that this ordinance will
pass the Council by pretty nearly a
unanimous vote. The amount agreed
on as pay for the aldermen is re
garded as high as it means that the
aldermen will receive something like
So for each meeting attended The
mayor will receive in the neighbors
hood of SIS night for his time. No
move has been made to place the
members of the Board ofsEducatioIy
the water commissioners, the commits
sioners of the Simmons library
and the members of the police and FIRE
commission on the city pay roll, but
there is little doubt but that this WI ]
come IN time and that with these new
salaries the salary list of the city wit
be more than doubled before the close
Of the new year. For some time the
matter of salaries for the, aldermen
has been discussed on the council,
but this is the first time that any Coun-
Gil has had the nerve to take the buA
by the horns and insist on the pas
sage of an ordinance providing for
the Salaries. 1t is said that the sala-
ries as recommended by the commit
tee will compare favorably with those
paid in other cities of this size. It is
thought that the salary plan will re-
suit in getting better men on the
Council and it is certain that it will
result in bringing out a larger se1ec-
ton for the people to pick from.
The people owning property on
Rowland avenue by their attorneys
Benjamin c. Sturges and Baker and
Clarkson presented numerous1y
signed remonstrance against the pay
ment for the pavement on the avenue,
alleging that the curb was not set ac-
cording to contract and that broken
bricks were used in laying the pave
ment. John 0. Jones was present
when the protest was read and he told
the Council that he would stand ready
to make the job right if it could be
shown that there vas anything done
that could be considered breach of
the contract.
The members of the Council decided
to hold up the bonds on the Rowland
avenue work for another fortnight,
and in the meantime the contra ctor
will have conference with the attor-
neys for the property owners and
make an effort to settle up the matter
SO that the bonds can be issued. The
complaint on Rowland avenue is
practically the same made by d.
Gaastra on the Crate street work, and
this was fixed up so that the bonds
against the property onothat street
were issued Monday night.
The matter of paving Ashland
avenue caused quite discussion be-
fore the Council and several property
owners we're present to protest ag ainst
the paving of the street south of Eliz-
abeth street until some plan could be
made for the building of sewer that
would take care of the cellars in that
part of the city. After considerable
argument 1t was decided to go ahead
and pave the street as far ,south as
Elizabeth street and leave the decision
as to the time for thescompletion of
the work to the property owners
Many of the property owners north of
Elizabeth street were willing to have
the work of paving the street as far
north as Prairie avenue delayed, but
the Council decided that tnis would
be unnecessary, as the sewers as far
south as Elizabeth street are consid-
cred all that is necessary.
The report of the city treasurer
shows a balance in bank of $48,-
o16.97 and before the next report is
made to the Council the newItax levy
will become available for the de-
mands of the city.
The Council decided on settlement
of the claim of Anna McCabe, child
who had her arm deformed by falling
on defective sidewalk in the Third
ward many months ago and the little
girl will receive $3.50 from the city IN
full settlement of the claim. The