The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-22
City Council Orders Bids
Secured on Trunk Line
Sewer Against Protests
TEN VOTE FOR NEW SEWER
City Attorney is Directed to Prepare
Bond Ordinance at Once and Council
Finally Accepts Route for the Pro-
posed Sewer in Jerome Greek,


Ten members of the council standing
firmly for the expressed viii of the
people of the city as shown at the re-
cent city election opened the way for
the building of the trunk line sewer at
the meeting of the common council on
Monday night and time after time
these ten aldermen stuck together to
carry through the preliminary motions
necessary to get the work started not
withstanding the fact that the plans
were bitterly opposed by the six alder
men representing the three North
wards of the city. Mayor Scholey
had declared for the majority rule at
former meeting of the council and
he again held that in default of the
passage of new rules of the council
the majority had the right to appropri-
ate money for the sewer, The council
directed that the lot owned by E. II.
Hollister and located in the path of
the sewer on Exchange street be pur-
chased, it rescindod the former action
Of The council in fixing route down
Ohio street and adopted new route
providing that the sewer follow the
bed of Jerome creek after it had been
shown that all of the property owners
had given releases to the city for this
right of way. 1t voted to have the
City Attorney at once present an ord
nance to the council providing for the
issuance of sewer bonds to the amount
of $4,000 to insure 5he start of the
sewer work and lastly it directed the
Street Assessment Committee to adj
vertise for bids for the construction of
the proposed sewer with bids for both
a brick and concrete sewer and with
provisions for an eight and quarter
foot or ten foot sewer. These ac-
tions were all taken on the recommen-
dation of the sewer committee who
had been looking into the matter for
the past three years and they were as
near ready to report as they could
ever be under the circumstances. I'm
der the releases of the property own
ers it is provided that work on the
sewer be started by the first of next
June and completed as rapidly as the
oitxr CON poieo f,ynde- fo-
The ordinance providing for the is
suance of the bonds will be presented
to the council at its next regular meet
ing.
The opposition to the plans to get
the work on the sewer started was all
centered in the three North wards.
Aldermen Werner and Stemm declared
that the people in these wards were
opposed to paying for the sewer for
people on the South and West sides Of
the city. They suggested the making
Of new sewer districts and brought up
the arguments against the sewer which
have been threshed out repeatedly be-
fore the council. The committee had
expected opposition from these wards
and the test vote came with the pro-
position to purchase the Hollister pro-
perty. The North side aldermen pro-
tested that this motion required a
three-fourtls or 1T least two-thirds
vote of the council but the Mayor held
that in the absence of rules for the
this time-that the majority vote of
the council carried the appropriation
and that the money would be taken
from the sewer and paving fund If
the Mayor sticks in this ruling there
is nothing TO prevent the council pass.
ing an ordinance by the same vote and
this would probably make possible the
starting of the work on the long pro-
jected sewer. The plans as adopted
provide for the original route for the
sewer as far as Exchange street and
from this points it runs in diagonal
line directly to the lake through the
property of E. H. HOLSTER, J. M. Palm
er and J. NJ. Kehlor.
With the $4,000 that is to be Sc
cured through the issuance of bonds
it is thought that the sewer can be
completed as far west as Ashland ave-
nue. and other appropriations for the
work viii be made in future years.
The advertisement for the bids will
be sent ont at once as all other form
alities in regard to the sewer have
been complied-with. There win be
slight delay in getting up speeifca-
tions for the ten foot, sewer but this
work will be gotten out by the City
Engineer just as soon as possible.