The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-08
Council Too Busy With Lighting
Contract To Consider Refund
ing Water Company Bonds
SEEK ROOMS FOR CITY HALL
City Would Turn County Building
Over for Use as Municipal Court
on the First of May
Other Council Business

The question of the City Council
refunding the bonds Of the Kenosha
Water Company is still a problem, as
the Council was so busy with the let
ting Of the lighting contract Monday
evening that it never got chance
to go into the question of refunding
bonds. Chairman Disch of the finance
committee called up his report early
in the session, but it was relocated
to the order of unfinished business
and that order was never reached by
the Council The friends and foes of
the water company were on hand
ready for a long and strong discussion
of the proposition and this discussion
will probably come up at the next reg
ular meeting the Council. The COun-
Gil adjourned to meet on Wednesday
evening to canvass the vote of the
election being held today, but it is
hardly probable that this matter of
water bonds viii be taken up at the
meeting on Wednesday evening.
The city took steps to aid in the
establishing of the new Municipal
Court and on the suggestion Of Alder
man Swift efforts will be made at once
to find a place to be used by the city
as a City Hall pending the erection of
a building by the city. It was sug-
gested that the city secure the entire
upper floor of the Benedict and Tar
bell building. 1t is thought that this
could now be arranged to furnish a
coy little Council chamber and at the
same time give large Offices for the
use Of the city clerk and the city en-
gineer. The matter was left in the
hands Of the committee to make a
report at the next meeting of the
Council.
If the Council can secure suitable
place it will cancel its lease to the
county building on che first Of May
with the understanding that the coun-
ty reimburse the city for the amounta
that has been spent on the improve
ment of the interior of the building
during the last few weeks. 1t is
thought that the cornty will be will
ing to cooperate in this movement
of the Council as this will furnish at
once a permanent home for the NUM-
cipal Court.
The quarterly report of the chief
Of police presented to the Council
showed that 217 arrests were made in
the last three months. There had
been 157 wagon calls and the amount
of fees and fines collected and turned
over to the city treasurer amounted
to $154.03 The stolen property re-
covered during the three months was
$398.5O. The report of the city
treasurer showed that the city had a
balance in bank on April 1t of
67,OS4.54
The Council finally recognized the
great work that is being done by the
Building Commission in drawing up a
building ordinance for the city and the
sum of $25- was appropriated for the
expenses of the Commission in getting
the ordinance ready for publication.
It is expected that the ordinance will
be presented to the Council within a
few weeks.
The Council had some discussion in
regard to providing for care Of fire
men when off duty on account of i'll
ness and the matter was left to the
COMM ttee on fire department with the
chief added for report at the next
meeting of the Council.
The usual amount of routine bust
ness was taken up before the real
show of the evening started, but after
the lighting contract was finished up
the aldermen seemed to lose interest
and the Council adjourned shortly af
ter the contract had been considered.