The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
Former Member of the Com
mon Council Makes Sensa-
tional Talk at Meeting
CHARGES OFFICIALS PARTIAL
Council Declines To Take Telephone
Contest Before Railroad Commission
&C ,ntractors For the City Hall Get
First Payment,

There was a reminder Of other days
ut the meeting Of the common council
on Monday evening when Chris Weier
formerly alderman from the seventh
ward attended the meeting and pro-
ceeded to "call down" Mayor Scholey
and Chairman George Wade, chairman
OF the street and alley committee. 1t
was real old fashioned call down
and administered with such vigor that
the visit of Weier to the council after
so many years Of inactivity easily be-
came the feature Of the regular fort
nightly vaudeville show. Weier was
desperately put out on account of the
fact that side walk had been laid in
front of his property and he declared
hat he had been unfairly treated. His
declaration was made in language so
vigorous and picturesque that it result
ed in the lie being passed on the floor
Of the council Weier referred to state
ments made by one of the aldermen as
"Falsehoods" while the Mayor was
not so considerable and referred to a
statement made by Woier as bare
faced lie.
Weier waited long for a chance to
get to the alderman and the mayor and
ne was put off by the mayor until late
IA the session but when. he finally got
w going he went some. He declared
chat his walk was the first to be laid
under the recent order of the coun-
ell and he further declared that the
city hauled materials to build walk
in front Of the property Of Nicholas
Wallig but the work had not been
done. 'FThrough the influence of thu
mayor declared Weier, "the Wallig
job was let to Charles Steinbach and
Wallig got his walk at a much lower
figure" Weier landed on the city en-
gineer's department. claiming that the
grade Of his walk was far from the
proper grade and insisting that if the
walk put in by the city was at the
proper grade he would pay the city a
hundred dollars. Alderman Wade in
reply declared that Weier had said,
"l IN from Missouri and you'll have
to show nc, " and that for this reason
his had been the first walk laid. Weier
declared that his walk had not been
properly laid and that it wss already
cracked and that he would refuse to
pay for it.
The mayor then told Weier that he
was through talking but the former
alderman could not see it that way
and continued to pass personalities with
the mayor and the aldermen for an
other ten minutes before a threat of
the mayor to call the police silenced
him. Weier promises to take the fight
in regard to the walk into court if ne
ceSsary and he asserts that he does not
propose to pay for the work done by
the city. The debate brought out the
fact that there are many complaints
against the city building walks and
several charges of Partially were
made. The committee has been direct
ed to put in all walks where the prop
erty owners have failed to obey the
order Of the city council.
The coming of Weier and his tilt was
the one feature of very tiresome
meeting Of the council. 1t was expect
ed that the objection to grades on
Maiden Lane would bring a stir but
this matter was referred back to the
Aldermen of the ward without debate.
The council took up the question of
the fight with the Kenosha Home Tele-
phone company and it was decided that
the troubles should be adjusted in the
circuit court here rather than be tax
en- to the railroad commission. At
toney c. D. Barnes appeared as the
representative Of the Telephone com
pany and declared that the company
was willing as in the past to give the
city free telephone service but that
1t must insist on ruling from some
Judicial body giving it the right to
furnish such service City Attorney
Stewart seemed to favor the taking the
matter before the commission suggest
ing that it might be possible to Get an
earlier decision but the members Of
the council held that as the matter
would get into the courts sooner 5r
later it might just as well be started
in the circuit court. The attorney was
directed to bring the case to trial At
this term Of the circuit court if Dos.
ssible.