The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
Council Decides That Parks Of
the City Shall Be Fitted for
Use Of the People
NO ACTION ON ORDINANCES
Lighting Franchise Ordinance is Given
Reading but it Will Take
its Usual Course Other
Business of Council

Monday evening decided to make Lii
brary Park as well as all of the parks
of the city Of greater use to the people
of the city and to this end figures will
be secured at once on contract for
the placing of ornamental iron benches
along the walks in Library Park and
Balm Park while the city will imme-
diately replace the wooden benches in
Eichelman and Union Park. The use
of the parks as resting place and as
a place of recreation for the people
formed the chief topic of discussion
before the Council and while there
was no tendency on the part of the
Council to interfere with any of the
plans of the Library Commission for
the identifying of the park about the
library it was decided that the people
Of the city are entitled to a fuller use
Of this park and it is probable that
two dozen iron benches will be placed
in the park early in the present sum
mer. The benches will be set along
the walks and concrete will be laid in
front of them to prevent the destruc-
tion Of the lawns. A uniform system
Of seats in all the parks is the plan
of the Council and when an order for
them is placed a sufficient number will
be purchased to provide for all the
parks including several Of the smaller
breathing places in the city owned by
the city. The work of purchasing
these benches and installing them in
the proper places in the parks was left
in the hands of the committee on pub
lie grounds.
There was little business Of i'm
portance before the Council on Monday
evening. The committee on buildings
and water works reported that it had
arranged for the Municipal Court room
and suggested that the two west rooms
and the one northeast room in the
Benedict & Tarbell building be rented
at rent of $35 month for use as
an office for the city engineer. If the
water company will pay a reasonable
amount Of this rent it is probable that
this plan will be carried out. The
annual report Of the poor master was
sent to the Council and referred to the
finance committee for auditing.
The Council had long discussion
in regard to the cleaning of catch bas-
ms and the disposal of the refuse from
these places and Mayor Scholey an
nounced that the Balm Wagon Com
pany had volunteered a present Of a
set of running gears to the city if the
city would provide sanitary box for
the handling of this refuse. The com
mittee on streets and alleys was
authorized to purchase the sanitary
box at once and it will be installed
as regular feature of the street clean
weeks.
A communication was presented
from Fred Palmgreen asking the city
tary handling of meats in the city and
after considerable discussion the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
judiciary with orders to draw up an
ordinance to provide for the proper
handling of meats in the city.
There was q long discussion III re
gard to the sidewalk line on Middle
street between Jay street and the
Northwestern Railway tracks, it ap-
pearing that many property owners
along the street had built their side
walks on the street. The matter was
referred to the street assessment com
mittee with orders to report at the
next regular meeting of the Council.S
The proposed ordinance granting a
franchise to the Kenosha Electric Rail
way company for the installation of a
| lighting and power plant in the city
was given reading and ordered to
take the, usual course. There were
some of the members of the Council
who favored the immediate passage of
| the ordinance, but as there was some
question as to whether OF not the ordi-
nance had been properly published it
was decided to lay it over until the
next meeting of the Council
The Telegraph Courier and the
Evening News were the bidders
for the position of city paper
and the matter was left with the com
mittee on printing to report at the next
meeting of the council.
The Council decided by unanimous
vote to give the members of the Grand
Army $500 to be used in the pur-
chase of flowers for the decorating of
| the soldiers graves on Memorial Day.
Under the ruling of the Sonneil the
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