The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-01
WILL PAVE ASHLAND AVENUE
General Plan for Naming Streets is
Proposed and Will be Discussed
by Property Owners-John
Wade Buys Horse


granted licenses to every one of the
saloon men who had made a proper
application. There was little contest
over the granting Of the ninety-three
| licenses One protest was presented to
the Council against saloon located
! at sos North Chicago street, but this
license was granted to new proprie-
tor with the understanding that the
chieS of police and the mayor will keep
a strict watch on the place and if it
| is not operated under the law the IL
cense is to be revoked by the Council.
1t was expected that there would be
something of fight against the grant
ing of licenses to G. f. Cummings,
Martin Robsel and Joseph Loef, who
operate saloons in the territory adj
joining West Prairie avenue which
was recently annexed to the city from
Pleasant Prairie. The committee did
not recommend the granting of these
licenses and one Of the members Of
the committee declared that the Coun-
Gil had no legal right to grant them.
The city attorney gave a doubled bar
relied opinion in regard to the law
which left the members of the Coun-
Gil in just as much doubt as before.
Tho n, q +tor 1uoc Hpo11vv lpou0b+ boforn
the Council and it was shown that the
saloons in question had always been
conducted in an orderly manner and
that large majority Of the property
owners in the territory had petitioned
the Council to grant the licenses
When the matter was put to a vote
Aldermen Pirsch, O'Brien, Marlatt,
Timme, Hegeman, Swift, George Wade,
Stemm, Werner, Willems, John Wade,
and Saftig voted in favor of grant
ing the licenses and Aldermen Simons,
Higley, Disch and Harbaugh voted
against them. It is understood that
the people who are opposed to the
licenses can go into court and test the
right of the Council to pass the IL
censes.
The Council decided to go ahead
with the repaving of Grand avenue
west of the railway track and the
estimate of the cost. was $4,000. The
matter was left with the street assess
for the work.
Alderman John Wade is something
of horse trader and he made reg
ular David Harum deal during the
meeting of the Council. An old fire
horse was under consideration when
the alderman from the Eighth declared
that he would give a hundred dollars
for the horse. Wade bought a horse
and he bought it in less than minute
In fact he got it in just the time it
took to call the roll and the vote was
unanimous. Alderman Swift was or
dered to sell the other old horse owned
by the city for fifty dollars and the
streets and alleys committee will buy
one good horse for the use of the city
engineer.
The people of Ashland avenue are to
have their street paved as the Council
decided to direct the street assess
ment committee to advertise for the
bids for the paving of the avenue from
Grand avenue to Julius street. It is
the plan of the Council to have the
curb put in this year and the con-
nections made so that the paving can
| be done with the opening of the spring
of next year. There was some opposi-
ton to the plan, some of the aldermen
insisting that the street should not be
paved until all the property owners
were ready for the work.
| The plat of the Smithville subdivi-
sion, commonly known as the Howe
property, was accepted by the Council
| by unanimous vote and resolutions
were passed to show that the Council
approved of the manner in which the
subdivision had been plated. This
will make it possible to put this splen-
did piece of property on the market
at once. E. R. Head, who recently
purchased the property has already sold
some of the lots and several houses
will be erected in the subdivision this
year.
The meat dealers of the city appeal
ed to the Council for the appointment
of a meat and fish inspector with the
understanding that he should receive
his fees from the meat dealers. The
| proposition is that the Inspector be
employed by the City Council to
inspect all shops and all meats and
fish offered for sale in the city. For
this inspection he is to receive fees
as follows: For each chicken or other
poultry inspected, one cent; for each
hog, calf or sheep ten cents; for cattle
Is cents a head; and for fish 10 cents
for each 100 pounds. The mayor will
name committee at the next meeting
of the Council to confer with the mem
bers Of the meat dealers association
and arrange the details Of the ordinance