The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-21
CITY TO ENFORCE ORDINANCE
City Attorney Calvin Stewart Insists
That the Law Must Be Obeyed--Will
Arrest Next Captain Who Tries to
Get Sand.

has The law as it is administered IN
the city of Kenosha any terrors for the
captains and owners of the sand suck
ers which have been robbing the
beaches in front of the city for the past
few yearsa Not so you could notice it.
At least not yet. 1t may have later for
the city authorities declare that the IN
cident which happened Wednesday is
not to be taken as Indicating the future
course OF the city in similar cases. Not
many weeks ago the city attorney was
ordered by the council to draw up an
ordinance prohibiting the taking of
sand from the beaches in front of Ken
osha and after looking up the law and
examining the ordinances On the same
| subject which have been in force in
other cities along the lakes he drew up
a measure which was designed to pre-
vent the operations of the sand suckers
which was passed by the council and is
supposed to be in force now. People
who own shore property and the men
! who do business in the harbor were
deeply interested in the ordinance and
have kept close track of its progress
through the council. They knew the
law had been passed and they wanted
to see it in operation. Consequently
when the sand sucker, John Roberts
slid quietly into the harbor Tuesday
evening and tied up at the docks every
body sat up and began to take notice.
The captain of the craft was visited and
it was gently intimated to him that
Kenosha now had law which would
prevent his taking any sand from the
beaches where he had been accustomed
to getting his loads in the past. The
captain said he "guessed not and
subsequent events proved that the
worthy mariner knew what he was talk
ing about.
| Early Wednesday morning the sand
sucker left the harbor, swung in just
north of the municipal bathing beach,
dropped her pipes, loaded up with sand
and along about o. CLOCK departed for
Milwaukee without having been modest
ed in any way just as was customary
before Kenosha had an ordinance for
bidding these vessels to work here at
all. When the attention of City At
torney Calvin Stewart was called to
this fragrant violation of the new ordi-
nance he said: "That sand sucker
should have been reported the minute
it went to work and a. tug should have
been sent out and the captain arrested.
That ordinance was meant to be en-
forced and the fact that the first viola
tor got away does not mean that it is
not going to be. The next one will be
arrested and punished.
Sour ordinance is practically the same
as other ordinances on the same subject
which are being enforced right along
in other cities and there is no reason
that [ can see why we cannot enforce
our own laws The declaration of the
city attorney will be good news for the
people along the water front for the
operations of these sand suckers have
seriously damaged their property in the
past and they are glad to receive some
assurance that they are not to be al
lowed to continue. It is reported that
should the taking of sand and gravel
from the beaches north of the bathing
beach be allowed to continue that it
will soon be necessary for the city to
build a breakwater in order to protect
the beach. It is unlikely that any pro-
secutions will follow the operations of
the sand sucker Wednesday. The cap
tain of the vessel may have been look
ing for test case and have been dis
appointed that he was not interfered
with but he can rest assured that he
will be accommodated with fight next
time he comes unless the temper of the
city officials changes in the mean time.
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