The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
Commission in Charge Of Drawing
Building Ordinance Lays the
Work Over Until Fall
PRINCIPAL POINTS AGREED ON
Inspector Must be an Expert With
Ten Years Experience and Must
Pass a Proper Examinar
tion and Give Bonds

After nearly six months Of almost
continuous work the Building Commls-
sion named by the Common council
months ago to draft building ordi-
nance for the city has elected to take
vacation and no more meetings VIII
be held by the Commission until after
the first of September. The arduous
work in the biggest task ever per
formed by Commission in Kenosha
is we'll under way and it is stated by
the members that the completed ordl-
nance will be presented to the Coun-
Gil for action some time before the
end of the present year. The ordl-
nance will be the longest document
ever presented to the Council and 1t
will probably take weeks of work on
the part of the members Of the Coun-
Gil to give it the readings necessary
to place it properly on its passage 1t
will cover several hundred pages Of
typewriter matter, but the Commits
sion believes that it will give to Ke-
nosha the most complete and effective
code to be found in Wisconsin and
that it will be the equal of any in use
in the cities of the United States.
But two portions of the ordinance re-
main to be drawn. These are the
portions relating to electric work in
buildings which is being drawn by Com
missioner Clark and that referring
to plumbing which is being drawn
by Commissioner Goodman. Both of
these portions will be ready by the
first Of September and then the
ordinance will be given to the steno--
graphers to be prepared for the final
whipping into shape for presentation
to the Council.
The ordinance has been drawn with
great care and while it's general form
is based on the building code of the
city of Minneapolis the practical men
on the Commission have suggested
many changes so as to make the code
particularly applicable to Kenosha
Every clause in the ordinance has been
written with the view of it's meeting
conditions in Kenosha The ordinance
goes into every line of building work
and demands the most advanced rules
for the construction of the different
forms of building. 1t provides for
the naming of an inspector, but this
position can not be made a political
job as the first provision in regard to
the inspector is that he must be either
an architect or a builuer who has had
at least ten years experience. To
further guard the interests of the
building public the ordinance will pro-
vide that before he begins his duties
he must be able to pass an examination
before competent board of contrac
tors and builders and in addition to
this he must give a bond to the city
for the faithful performance of the
duties of the Office. This bond is made
large enough to make it Improbable
for any man to violate the provisions of
the ordinance while acting as inspec-
tor. The six men on the Commission,
D. j. Harff, Fred Larsen Frank Foul
Ike, Charles H. Goodman, John FRED
dis and General Superintendent clark
of the Kenosha Gas and Electric uom-
pany, have worked on the ordinance
without receiving any compensation
AT times the Commission has held two
and three meetings a week and the
task has been an exceedingly hard one
me men think that their completed
work will be of great benefit to the
builders of Kenosha and in this they
will receive a fuu compensation for
their work.