The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-10
kenosha officials Said To Be
Making Effort To Secure Ser
vices of Racine Man
CONNOLLY DECLINES OFFER
City Officials Are Said to Have Made
Racine Man Tentative Offer of
$4,000 Year to Come
to This City

Racine has. an original bear" story
in regard to an offer being made to
the city engineer of that city to come
to Kenosha and accept the office of city
engineer here. The Racine Journal of
Tuesday evening gives a column in re-
gard to the proposed change and while
it has never been mentioned in
the Common Council here, it is
possible that there is a founda-
ton for the story. Some of the
members OF the Council who are
in favor of changes in everything
have been bowling for the scalp of
Engineer Moth and it is just possible
that a little quiet scheme is on foot
| to make an effort to defeat the present
engineer for election and get in one
of the friends of some of the admins
tration aldermen. Here is the story as
it appeared in the Racine paper on
Tuesday evening:
''Envious of the paving improve
ments here and the excellent condition
of affairs in this city, as conducted by
the city engineer Office, the city of
Kenosha has taken some steps to induce
Engineer P. H. Connolly tc leave Ra,
cine and come to that city at a con-
siderably increased salary. It was
learned today that Mr.. Connolly had
been approached by several official rep
resentatives and made tentative offer
to accept the position of city engineer
in Kenosha
Several times during the past summer
Racine has been visited by various
representatives Of Kenosha, who have
inspected work being done here. Or
one occasion, number of aldermen
inspected the streets that have been
newly paved. Another time, a party
inspected the work of the park board
and it's accomplishments along River.
side drive and the north side bath
house. On all Of these occasions, Mr..
Connolly was of the party, extending
the courtesies to the visitors, and they
learned of the important part he has
played in the municipal development.
Kenosha has been more or less unfortu.
nate in its civic improvements and has
suffered some loss through improperly
paved streets.
While Oh their tour of inspection Of
Racine's paving, several Of the Keno
sha alderman inquired from Mr.. Con.
molly, whether he could not accept a
position as engineer of that city in
conjunction with his work in Racine,
and if he could not divide his time be-
tween the two cities, giving each fair
share of his effort. To this, Mr.. Con-
molly replied emphatically no, believ-
ing it would decrease his usefulness to
Racine, if he was forced to give it only
his divided attention. The answer did
not satisfy the Kenosha aldermen, how
ever, and the matter has evidently been
under further consideration in that
city. At any event, several aldermen
came to Racine yesterday for the ex-
press purpose Of comforting with Mr..
Connolly and before their departure, it
is said, made him the fiat offer to come
to their city at salary of $1,000 per
year. At present Mr.. Connolly is paid
$4,000 by Racine, while Kenosha is
paying it's engineer $1,000 Mr. Con-
molly refused to give definite answer,
and at present has the subject under
advisement.
The present engineer has held that
position for the last ten years and for
some time before that had been in
positions, where he kept himself fami-
liar with engineering affairs in this
| city. He is a Racine boy, brought up
here and one Of the best and most capa.
BILE officials the city ever possessed. ="