The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
City Council Takes No Action
On Bids for the Paving
of Elizabeth Street
BALANCE IN TREASURY SMALL
Report Of the City Treasurer Shows
That City Will be Forced to Borrow
Funds to Provide for Future Running
Expenses.

The city council met in adjourned
session at the city hall on Monday ev-
ening and it was expected that the
meeting would be one in which many
matters of interest would be taken up
but the meeting passed off without
ripple of excitement and the larger
amount of the time Of the aldermen was
taken up in the passing Of resolutions
to provide for the payment for recent
street Improvements.
1t had been expected that the ques
ton Of the letting of the contract for
the paving of Elizabeth street would
be taken up and disposed of but when
this matter was reached no report had
been sent in by the Street Assessment
Committee and it was admitted that
no formal meeting Of the committee
had been held. Engineer Moth had
prepared report showing the bids
which had been received and making
recommendation to the council but this
was not read to the council and Mayor
Scholey announced that the matter
would be taken up by the committee
and a report sent to the council at the
regular meeting on next Monday even
ing. No one seemed to be disposed TO
take the matter up further and it was
left in this way
Joseph Dosemagen Gin his own pro-
per personl sent q petition to the coun-
eli asking that the license on which
he had operated saloon on Main
street be transferred to 450 Elizabeth
street and without debate the petition
was referred to the committee on Ii
cense. There was a remonstrance
against the granting of saloon Ii
cense for NO 152 Market street and
this remonstrance was referred to the
same committee.
The council took action to clean up
a number Of old claims which have
been in the hands of the committee for
some time. If authorized the settle
ment of the claims of Anna Stahl,
Anna Riley and Julia Griffith for 5000.
These claims are now being sued on
in the municipal court but it is thought
that the claimants will accept the set
Element offered by the city and that
the court actions will be dropped. The
council voted to settle the claims of
Ruth Lilley against the city for the
sum Of $3.50. The attorneys fol- the
young woman had announced that she
would accept this sum in settlement
of all claims.
Several other claims including one of
Peter Rhode for $40 and one Of Lewis
Turner Jr., for $3.50 both based on ac-
cidents on streets were received by the
council and referred to the committee
on claims. The regular monthly report
of the City Treasurer showed that the
city had balance of $40, 900 on hand
but most of this money will be used
up in payment of bills allowed by the
council at the meeting last night.
The City Attorney was directed to
prepare an ordinance to provide for
the trimming of trees in the city and
this will be presented to the council at
an early meeting. This ordinance will
provide that the property owners
be notified and that where they refuse
to trim the trees that the work be done
| by the city and charged as taxes against
the property,
The committee on sewers was in
structed to secure prices for the prop
erty needed for the opening of Ohio
street between Durkee avenue and Tx
change street and if this can not be
secured at reasonable rate the city
will condemn the property for the
street.
At the end of the session the conn
Gil maze quick work OF the protest of
Douwe Gaastra against the method Of
constructing the city hall and by a
unanimous vote it was laid on the table
Alderman Werner protested and asked
that the council take some other ac-
ton but the members of the council
held that the action of the courts was
a vindication for the members of the
building committee and tabled the pro-
test. The City Attorney was instructed
to answer the Gaastra suit in the name
of the city and the individual alder
men.
A. 9. Dalton, Of Des Moines, Iowa, is
visiting friends in this city.