The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-15
OLD OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Offer to Resign From Office but Hon
ors are Finally Forced Upon Them.
Many Purchasers of Lots Take Part
in Drawing

The Kenosha Industrial Association
held its annual meeting on Tuesday
evening at Eagles hall and q large num-
Der of the members of the association
were present and the enthusiasm with
which some Of the propositions now be-
fore the association were discussed led
some of the members to believe that
the meeting was meeting of the COM
mon council. There was an expressed
criticism of the work of the associa-
ton and this brought a discussion
which with the business of the annual
meeting kept the crowd at the hall
until the clocks marked the midnight
hour. The meeting was announced as
the time for the apportioning Of the
lots to investors and few of the in
vestors showed willingness to criti-
cize the management Of the associa-
ton on account of the fact that there
had been no factories located. The Of
fcials and the members of the board
of directors explained that they had
worked diligently with a view of To-
eating factories and during the year
they had secured propositions from a
score of industries but that in most
cases the factories were demanding
bonuses of from $4,000 to 100000
and that with such demands the Off
Gals were poWerless to locate plants.
President Kuolt declared that negotia-
tions were now pending with the in
dustrial institutions which promised to
result in at least one new plant being
located in Kenosha in the near future.
Some of the men who had invested in
property in the subdivision sought to
show that they had purchased the
property with the understanding that
a factory would be located before the
lots were assigned but none of the
agents of the association had made
such a promise. AT the close of the
meeting eighty-one of the men who |
purchased lots in the subdivision were
given chance to select the property
and the deeds to these lots will be is
sued at once.
The officers of the association did
not take kindly to The criticism heap
ed upon their heads as they had for
the most part given their time freely
to the work Of the organization. The
officers signifed their intention to re-
sign and president Kuolt repeatedly
refused to put motion for the re-
election of the officers for another
year but the motion was finally put
from the floor and it was carried by s.
unanimous vote. The officers as re-
elected are as follows:
President, A. E.. Kuolt; Vice Presi-
dent, Dan 0. Head Secretary, John H.
Corcoran; Treasurer, William F. Fish
er; Directors, Charles Defry, G. E.
Dewey, W. Fl. Purnell
President Kuolt in discussing the
matter this morning said: We believe
that the great mass of the investors
IN the property are satisfied with the
work that is being done by the, organi-
cation and we are going to continue
the work with all possible zeal. / feel
convinced that the association will be
able to locate at least one new fac
tory in Kenosha before the end of the
coming year. Certainly the officers are
doing all in their power to make the
work success and we feel the demand
of cooperation from all the people of
the city,