The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
TURN PROPERTY OWNERS DOWN
Men Who Protested Against the Work
of Sidewalk Cleaning Gang are
Turned Down by the Council on
Monday Evening.

The city council met IN regular SEES
sion at the city hall on Monday even
ing and completed arrangements for
the paving of Ashland avenue by let
ting the contract for the paving of
the street from Grand avenue to
Strong street to c. Peterson. The
council did not accept any kind of
brick for the paving, but all brick
named in the specifications viii be Civ
en- the official test provided by the
city and the brick standing the best
test will be selected. An effort was
made to have the Barr brick ruled
out of the tests leaving it between
the Danville and Indiana brick, but
the council refused to stand for this
sort of work and insisted that if any
Test was made all the brick named in
lei specifications must be tested
mere was some bitter oratory against
the Barr brick but the brick had its
defenders and finally the council de-
cided to make the test thorough one
and one that will be valuable for
future paving jobs. In connection
with this work the sewer committee
was instructed to investigate a plan
for the putting in Of a concrete curb
which would carry conduits for wires
and to make an effort to get the sewer
work on the street started at once
There was a lengthy discussion be-
fore the council in regard to the pay
ment for shoveling sidewalks after
the recent snow storm and a half doz-
en- property owners appeared before
the council and declared that they were
unjustly charged for this work. The
men in the sidewalk cleaning gang
were also on hand and they defended
their work. The matter resolved it.
self into question of veracity be-
tween the property owners and the
employees of the city and when it was
put to vote the property owners had
the short end of an eight to seven
vote, Aldermen Marlatt, Timme, ST
mons, Hegeman, Swift, Higley and
Harbaugh voted to- give the property
owners a chance to show that the
work had been done without warrant
but Aldermen Pirsch, 0 Brien, George
Wade, Stemm, Willems, Werner John
Wade and Saftig voted for the city
to go ahead and collect the bills or
charge them as taxes against the
property and this course will be tax
en-. There is little doubt but that
some of the property owners will re
fuse to pay following the order of
the council and that the fight against
the work will find it's way into the
courts
The council passed resolutions pro
viding for special elections in connec.
tion with the coming city election to
decide in regard to the issuance of
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the building of a new city hall and
for the issuance of bonds in the sum
of $4,000 for the building of the
city's portion of the new sewer. Ii
was stated by the city attorney that
the vote on the second question would
be in the way of an advisory vote
to the council to show the feeling OF
the voters of the city as to the build
ing of the new sewer.
The quarterly report of the chief
of police was sent to the council and
it showed a total Of 1904 arrests dur
ing the last three months and fines
and costs collected FOR the city to the
amount of more than 500 The chief
renewed hi- recommendation that two
more men be added TO the force but
the council took no action on thi,
recommendation. The chairman OF
the committee on police reported thai
at the present time the appropriation
for the department was just sufficient
to take care of the salaries during the
next eleven months and that if new
men were added to the force the coun
ell must provide for some way to pay
them. The matter was left in the
hands of the committee for further
recommendations. The same actor
was taken in regard to the addition
of member to the fire department
there being no appropriation in that
fund to provide for the addition Of
an extra man.
The report Of the city treasurer
the first received by the city since last
September, showed that the city nov