The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-18
Allen Tannery Begins Work ofPut.
ting in Tanks To Take Care
of Refuse From Plant
CONFERENCE SATISFACTORY
City and Officials of the Plant Discuss
Various Plans for the Cleaning
of the River and Tests
Will Be Made

Mayor Scholey, City Attorney John.
c. Slater, City Engineer Robert NJ.
Moth and Aldermen Schultz, Willems
and Higley, members of the special
committee of the Council in charge of
cleaning the Kenosha river, held very
satisfactory conference with the of
fcials of the N. r. Allen S Sons Tan
merry Company Friday evening and it
is certain that the city and the officials
Of the big plant will be able to
reach an amicable agreement in re-
gard to the proper cleaning of the
river. 1t was learned at the conference
that the officials of the tannery have al
ready begun to carry out plans for
cleaning the river Of the refuse from
the tannery and to this end they are
installing a great pump which is to
handle the color matter that has form
erly been thrown into the river and a
septic tank is to be built near the plant
for the purpose Of receiving the refuse
which has heretofore gone into the
river. It is admitted that several of
fcials Of the plant state that for the
present trial but one tank would be
built. It will be necessary to install
pump to pump the refuse into this tank
and then it will have to be hauled
away in water tight wagons and deposit
ed some where outside the limits of the
city.
! If this plan proves acceptable to the
city and to the officials Of the plant
other tanks will be put in. The Of
fcials of the tannery have not as yet
received the report from their engineer,
but it is certain that this is one of the
plans that he will recommend. The
matter Of cleaning the river would then
be simple one and one which would be
largely up to the city, the Balm Wagon
Electric Company. With the removal
of the tannery refuse from the river
the cleaning Of the other refuse will not
be so serious a question. The officials
of the city will hold a conference with
| the officials of the other companies on
Monday morning at which time plan
for general dredging of the harbor
from the Main street bridge to Grand
avenue will be taken up. If all the
filth is cleaned out of the harbor it
would do much to get rid of the odor
which has been so offensive to the peo-
| pie Of the north side.
No definite action was taken at the
conference last night and the Allen
company will not be ready to announce
plans for cleaning the river until after
the pumps and septic tanks have been
tested If these should fail to accom-
plish the end desired it is very
probable that some plan for flush
| ing the river or building a great
sewer to carry away all of the refuse
from the river will be taken up. The
plans for such a sewer have been con-
| sidered, but no specifications have been
made as yet. It would be great en-
cheering project and would cost in the
neighborhood of $150,000 and for this
reason the tannery officials are anxious
to give other plans thorough test be-
fore they contract for so great an
expenditure Of money.
The city will not be called upon to
pay any of the expense of building the
septic tanks and it is just possible that
these tanks will do all the work de-
manded by the city and the state health
department.