The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-22
ID Council Ends Career With q
Feeling Of Good Fellowship
New TO That Body
D ACTION ON WATER BONDS
ntract for the Lighting of Streets
Ordered Signed and Franchise
for Commercial Light
ing Received

The old Council went into history
onday evening and before it adj
armed sine die there was the usual
rotechnic finish which brought out a
mber of sharp tits between the al
srmen, but all Of them passed over
fore the Council adjourned and when
lderman Pirsch finally moved the ad
urnment sine die the members were
such spirit Of good fellowship that
would have been possible to sing
Should Aud Acquaintance be For
ot," if there had been any one to
sart the air.
The old Council did business in it's
oncluding session and an effort was
lade to clear up lot of the old mat
ers before that body, but the question
# refunding the water bonds still re-
Mains unsettled and it will be matter
or the new Council to settle. There
5as long argument on the question
n which Alderman Pirsch of the First
7ard and Alderman Marlatt Of the
3econd ward took part and the matter
vas thoroughly thrashed over. At the
lose of the argument Alderman Pirsch
vas ready with an entirely new propo-
ition which provided for reissue Of
he bonds now outstanding without
making any change in the form or Ii
Nility of the bond with change in
terest from five to four per cent.
his plan was to be put up to the
bankers of Kenosha and it was
stated by Alderman Pirsch that
The officials Of the First National
Bank had already started to secure the
consent of the present bond holders for
the change in the rate of interest. AL
derman Pirsch stated that this bank has
offered to take one half of the bonds
if the present holders would keep the
other half at the lower rate Of interest.
The matter is left in the hands Of the
new finance committee with the order
of the Council to take it up and see
if it can be carried out.
The Council approved the bond of
the Kenosha Electric Railway Company
and ordered the mayor and city clerk
to enter into contract for the street
lighting with that company for term
of five years. The contract had al
ready been signed by the officials of
the company so that it is now in effect
and under the contract the company
will begin lighting the city in August.
An application was presented to the
Council asking for a franchise for the
building of a plant in the city to be
used for commercial lighting purposes.
The grant sought is an indeterminate
grant under the Public Utility act of
Wisconsin. 1t provides that the COM
pany shall lave the rights to lay con-
duits and stretch wires in all of the
streets and public grounds of the city
and contains all the provisions of the
standard franchise provided for by the
Public Utilities law. The ordinance
was ordered published at the expense
of the promoters and it will take it's
usual course. It will be possible for
the new Council to act on it at an
early meeting.
Alderman Pirsch announced that as
chairman of the special light commit
tee he had received an application for
a franchise for the installation of a
new gas plant in the city and that he
would have it changed to meet the de
mands of the Wisconsin law and pre-
scented to the new Council at an early
meeting. The ordinance was not read
at the meeting on Monday night and
the identity of the company backing it
was not made public. However, there
was no secrecy in connection with the
matter and Alderman Pirsch informed
most of the aldermen in regard to the
facts concerning the ordinance with
the understanding that they would be
made public when the ordinance was
formally presented to the Council. The
ordinance will provide for the furnish
ing of gas to the city at much lower
rate than is being offered by the com
pany now in business in Kenosha.
Alderman Schultz and the mayor had
short tilt over the questions Of
claims against the city, but the retiring