The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-14
NO REMEDY FOR MARKET ST.
Council Spends Two Hours In Discus
sion Over Railway Difficulties
Without Reaching any
Definite Agreements


gard to certain work that is to be done
in the city. No final decision was
reached in regard to any of the work,
but there. is a provisional agreement
between President Frost and the city
that he will lay his tracks on the west
end of Grand avenue at once and aid
in the paving of the street from the
present pavement to Brockett street.
In the consideration of the matter
the Council found itself up against
several hard propositions. All of the
members of the Council were DESTROYS
of having all the work done at once,
but whenever it seemed that an agree
ment was III sight the Council would
butt up against an injunction granted
by the Circuit Court or against the
fact that the Kenosha Electric Rail
way Company was not supplied with
all the money it might desire. Mr.
Frost was present and gave an hour to
discussing the matter with the proper
ty owners and the members Of the
Council There was little trouble in
making arrangements for Grand avenue
as Mr.. Frost stated that he was will
ing to do the work with the understand
ing that the City Council would pass an
ordinance extending the time for the
laying of tracks in Grand avenue so
as to protect him against loss. This
ordinance is to be presented to the
Council next Monday evening and if
it is passed the company will lay tracks
on the avenue at once and pay for its
share of the paving. The settlement
of the differences over the paving of
West Market street was different and
it appears that this street promises TO
furnish the prize muddle for the Council
to deal with President Frost stated
that it would be absolutely impossible
for his company to lay double track on
the street this year and that the injunc-
ton on Elizabeth street recently made
permanent by the court might open the
way for any citizen to forever prevent
the company from laying a double
track on the street. He stated that
the company was friendly to the i'm
provement of the street and that it
would be willing to stand the cost of
20 feet of the paving if the double
track went in, but that they could not
do the work this year under the condi-
lions.
Property owners present stated that
the property owners on the street had
asked for the pavement with the under
that Mr. Frost was to pay for
twenty feet and that they would not
want the work done unless this amount
was paid for by the railway company
Some Of the property owners undertook
to take Frost to task for not having
done the paving work, but Frost
promptly replied that in granting the
twenty feet he had done it as a con-
cession to the property owners and not
because his contract with the city de-
manded it. He insisted that his company
would live up to its promises if the peo-
pie desired to wait until after the mat
ter Of the injunction was fully settled.
He declared however, that the company
would not pave more than seven feet
of the street so long as q single track
alone was laid there. There were sug-
gestions of injunction and suits against
the city if an effort was made to pave
the street without the aid of the rail
way company and at the end OF the
the matter was in just about
as bad muddle as when the meeting.
The matter OF the Market
street Improvement was left in the
hands of the street assessment commit
tee for a report at the next meeting of
the Council.
There was little other business Of
Importance at the meeting. The cues
ton of the South Exchange street
grade came up as per schedule and an
ordinance changing the grade was laid
before the Council. This ordinance will
be put to vote in the usual course and
If it fails of passage the grade viii re
main where it is and the work Of i'm.
proving the street go forward.
The bill of John o. Jones for the work
Of paving Rowland avenue was held
up until next Monday evening in order
to give the members of the Council and
the mayor a chance to make an exami-
nation Of the work. The work was ac-
cepted by the old Council, but Mayor
Scholey insisted that the present Coun-
Gil pass upon it before the bill was al
lowed
Alderman John Wade, of the Eighth
ward, had few things to say in regard
to roller skating in the parks, but the
matter never reached the dignity of
by the Council and II was
evident that the friends Of the children
were too numerous on the Council to
put an end to the skating.
4 full hour Of the time Of the Coun-
ell was taken up in reading a new
ordinance providing for the
building Of hundreds of new walks in
the city. The ordinance will take its