The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14


1t is the announced intention of the
eo@ngil to take things easy through the
summer holding no more meetings than
are absolutely necessary until the cool
er weather comes in the fall and that
being the case the building ordinance
which. while it may come under the
headsof unfinished business is admit
tedly a long hard job, stands little
chance Of getting any consideration for
some time yet and none at all of be-
ing passed in time to be Of any use
this, building season. The next reading
of the measure will be more than
perfunctory rafting through with the
different paragraphs with any of the
aldermen helping the clerk set through
with'the work Of reading and the whole
proceedings mere matter of form the
oner over, with the better for all
present When the measure is given its
second reading each paragraph and pro
vision of the measure viii have to be
taken up separately and carefully con
sidercd in open meeting so that any
one who has any objections to the
ordinance as it came from the hands
of the special committee appointed to
frame it can make his objections known
and the reasons therefor so that any
amendments needed can be made after
full discussion in open meeting and
understood by every one whose inter
ests are likely to be affected by the
enactlnept,of the new building code.
AS one of the committee said, "We
do not claim that this measure is per-
feet as it came from our hands but
whatever faults there may be in it
will appear when it is fully discussed
by the men interested. What we want
is to have the council give every man
interested in the measure a chance to
shoot at it and then it will be easy
enough to make any changes neces-
sary.'' A new building code is GER
tainly needed in this city and when
the one now in process of framing is
once worked out and completed it will
last the city for years to come and be
one of the most complete measures of
the kind in force in any city the size
If Kenosha in the country. But it viii
be necessary to put a lot of hard work
on it and considerable time and it has
becu limited that some of the contrac-
tors will not permit the enactment of
as stringent regulations as this meas
ure proposes if they can possibly help
in without attracting too much atten-
ton. This measure was framed primarily
for the Profession of the men in the
building trades as has often been point
ed out before and their unions have
poweg enough to force this measure
through the council if these men make
IN their minds that they want this
law passed They should have some
thing of the kind and the only wonder
is that they have not insisted on the
passage Of this law just as soon as
it was ready, having it taken up section
by section and threshed out as it came
from the hands of the committee. 1t
is a pity that this measure could not
have been passed and in force. before
the opening Of the present building
season for many reasons, one of them
being that it would have put a stop
to the persistent rumors now going the
rounds to the effect that buildings are
now going up in the city in way that
would not be permitted undeEsgny
building code i'm the country. ''f
Gail aDJ