The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-23
UNION ASKS RECOGNITION
Council Discusses Ridge Street Grade
Middle but No Final Action is
Taken-Beach Protection Ordinance
is Passed.

uhion labor came in for recognition
at the meeting of the common council
on Monday evening when petition
signed by all of the local organizations
connected with the Trade and Labor
Council sent a petition to the coun-
Gil insisting that provision be made
in the specifications for the new city
hall which would provide for the en-
ployment of home labor as far as pos
sible and further demanding that the
work on the building be done with the
restrictions of the organized trades in
the city, The petition was accom-
panied with resolution which would
force the city to insist on the employ,
ment of nothing but union labor, but
the resolution was not adopted by the
council save that motion was passed
directing the committee on building
and water works to advertise for the
contracts under two sets of specifca-
tions. The one will demand that Ke-
nosha, labor be preferred by the success
full bidder and the second will demand
that the contractor securing the job
employ only union labor as far as posi-
BILE and that the work be done under
the rules and restrictions of the vari-
Gus trade unions. BY this double sys-
ten Of bidding the council will be able
to see just now much it will cost the
council to insist on having the union
label on the building. Agents of the
trade unions insisted that the cost
would be no greater under the union
label and the method for advertising
will give the council line on just
what the increase in cost will be. The
bids are to be opened on the Fourth
Of July and it is expected that the
contract will be let and the work
started at the meeting of the council
to be held on the following evening.
The discussion of the plans for the
bids was the main matter of interest
at the meeting of the council. The
long discussed question of Ridge street
grades came up, but the property own
ers and the aldermen could make no
agreement as to what changes in
grades should be made and after the
patience of the aldermen had been
tested to the limit an adjournment was
taken with the understan ling that the
property owners would have to agree
among themselves before any further
action in the matter would be taken
by the council.
The mayor was late in reaching the
council chamber and Alderman Pirsch
as president of the council for the
first time presided in place of the
mayor. He made an excellent pre-
siding officer and when the mayor ar
rived just after nine O'Clock the reg.
ular business of the council was being
reeled off at rapid rate. The coun-
Gil passed the ordinance providing for
the protection of the beach along the
city and in the future the managers
of sand suckers will not be allowed to
lift sand from the beach within one
hundred feet of the water line. The
ordinance for the issuance of bonds
for the building of the city hall was
passed by a unanimous vote of the
council and the bonds will be offered
for sale at once 1t is expected that
the money for the new building will
be available by the time the building
is started. The ordinance regulating
the speed of automobiles to twelve
miles an hour was also passed and it
will become law just as soon as it
is signed by the mayor and published,
John Joachim was named as keeper
of the bathing beach for the summer
and the council ordered that the beach
be opened for the use of the people
of the city this morning.