The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16
Spectators Who Throng Council
Chamber Friday Night Were
Sadly Disappointed
PARK FOR MARKET SQUARE
Council Decides that Original Plan Will
Be Followed in Inprovement-No
Saloon for Richelieu-
Other Council Business

ways an hour late would probably be
a popular seller in Kenosha today
among the great crowd of people who
went to the city hall last night to- wit
ness a real session of the Common Coun-
ell. The tale Of just how that man
missed everything that was real inter
esting and got onto the things that were
SO regular that they were tiresome,
would certainly appeal to the motley
crowd that gathered for the Council
meeting. The Council chamber was fill
| ed to it's closest nook and the fact
that the weather was hot and sultry
did not seem to have any effect on the
crowd. After the lobby had filled up
the spectators got up on the fence
about the College Of Commerce, west
of the city hall while real enterpris-
ing painter brought a couple Of step
ladders up to the city hall and placing
them at the east window reaped a
revenue by selling seats.
| All of the members Of the Council
were in attendance, even Alderman
0 'Brien, and life was made so pleasant
for them that even the alderman from
| the First ward never had desire to
SANDER toward his home until after all
| Of the business before the Council had
been disposed of. A police officer in
uniform guarded the door leading to
the city clerk S Office through the vault,
but he was only an ornament as there
was never time when his services
could have been asked for.
ror once the Council was a real de-
liberate body. The mayor kept his
chair during the entire evening and
the business Of the city was disposed
Of with neatness and dispatch.
The cry Of the people to save Market
square represented by petition bearing
the names of $50 property owners, was
heard and granted and the park in the
square will not be eliminated. After
short debate in which Former Mayor
German took the most important part,
the Council voted by unanimous vote
to grant the petition and less there
should be any delay the final plans for
the improvement of the square was
made right there. The plans provide
for a forty-tW foot roadway to the
north and a thirty eight foot roadway
to the soutn, leaving a grass plot of
twenty feet in width in the middle. 1t
was decided to cut off this plot eighty
four feet from either end of the square
and a driveway Of twenty feet will be
paved at the intersection of Church
street. This plan was finally approved
by the Council by unanimous vote.
This aroused a little enthusiasm among
the spectators and the action was greet
ed by prolonged applause. There was
nothing came up in the debate on the
change in the plans save a little hot
shot from the former mayor which was
evidently aimed at Mayor Scholey, but
it fell like water on a duck s back as
Scholey simply left the matter with the
Council and there was an overwhelming
majority in favor Of the grass plot.
The matter Of taking a portion of
Prairie avenue into the saloon district
was disposed Of by unanimous vote
which sounded the death knell for the
proposed Richelieu saloon. This was
brought before the Council in a petit
tion from the people on the street and
from the Chicago Kenosha Hosiery
Works, asking that the saloon districts
be not extended and this went through
without debate and the ordinance was
'never presented to the Council. There
is no chance of it coming up later as
the members Of the Council voted when
accepting the petition to "down" the
ordinance. The same action was taken
in regard to the application for sa-
loon license for place on Grand
avenue. The feeling of the people was
shown by a large protest against the
saloon and George Wade and John w.
Wade were the only aldermen to vote
for this saloon.
The crowd kept waiting for the SUI
preme moment when the mayor sought
to bring up the applications for the
saloons on Rowland avenue but that
moment never came and that question
was not mentioned during the evening.
The petitions which had been sent to
the Council before the meeting on Mon
day evening, had evidently disappeared
and there did not seem to be any per-
son in the Council who cared to
look them up. It is probable that they
will, however, be located later, but the
sentiment Of the Council seems to be
unalterably against the two saloons and
it is. thought that the men who have
operated them will seek to find some
way to get into business at some other
location.
The regular report of the city treas
urer showed balance on hand to the
amount Of $52,988.89.
The petition signed by nearly 700
property owners asking that some
change be made in regard to grades
that would permit the saving of shade
trees was presented to the Coun-
Gil. No action was taken in this
matter, but the members Of the Council