The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-29
Council Decides To Have Work
of Repsying Done Under the
Direction Of the City
FIGHT RAILWAY PROPOSITION
Effort of Northwestern to Put More
Tracks on Grand Avenue to Meet
With Opposition-O Bust
ness of the Council

The first, meeting of the new City
Council proved to be very interest
ing one and the Council started it's
career with meeting filed with in,
teresting discussions, but remarkably
free from the personal element which
has prevailed during the year just
closed. After the members had elected
the officers and committees shown in
another column the regular order of
business was taken up and business
was dispatched in short order.
The Council declared for a general
repaYing of the streets of the city
disturbed by the Kenosha Gas & Elec-
trio Company, The City Water Com
pany and the American Telephone 6
Telegraph Company and this work is
to be started at once and done by the
city with the understanding that the
companies interested shall foot the
bills for the work. This work was
started by communication from the
Kenosha Gas & Electric Company ask
ing the city to go over the streets with
an agent of the company and then give
the company an estimate of the charge
to be made by the city for repaving,
This estimate as well as an estimate
for the water company and the tele-
phone company will be reported to the
Council on next Monday evening and
it is planned to proceed with the work
of repaving at once. Thousands of
yards of pavement are to be relaid
and it will take most Of the summer
to get the work completed.
The Council had long discussion
on petition from people on Garden
street and Grand avenue asking that
the Northwestern Railway Company be
ordered to widen Garden street to it's
original width and lay switch tracks
on Grand avenue leading to the plant
of the Kenosha Crib Company while
the electric railway lines were being
laid on that avenue. Many of the
members Of the Council were opposed
to any further switch tracks being
placed on the avenue and the Council
will visit the street as committee of
the whole ON Sunday morning and take
some action on the petition on next
Monday evening
Mrs Josephine Baber sent legal
notice to the city claiming damages
for injuries she had received in a fall
on a defective sidewalk on South Chi
cago street and the matter was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
M. F. Barber notified the Council that
he would protest against paying for
more than seven feet of paving on
Market street. This protest was re-
ferred to the committee On judiciary
with the city attorney added.
The annual report of the Board of
Education showed that the receipts of
the Board for the year had been
$88,84076 and the expenditures were
$60,55488, this leaving a balance on
hand of $28,285.88.
me Council decided that Edward
J. Tanning, the present sidewalk in
spector should be reelected at salary
Of $65 month with the understanding
that he should work only when his
services were demanded by the city
and his salary will be only for time
actually working.
The Council decided that the stars
which had been worn by the aldermen
who retired should be given to them
as souvenirs of their work for the city
and the clerk was instructed to pur-
chase four stars for the new aldermen.
The Council decided by unanimous
vote to continue in office the special
light committee under the chairman
ship of Alderman Pirsch and that COM
mittee will be given a chance to COM
plete the work it began of getting a
new street lighting system for the city.
The Council then adjourned to meet on
next Monday evening in regular ses-
sion
The members of the Kenosha Lodge
of Elks will attend church services at
the Unitarian church on next Sunday
evening. A special service will be