The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-10
CITY HALL PAYMENT IS MADE
Council Must Take Steps to Provide
For Fund For It's Completion When
Annual Appropriations are Made in
the Next Tax Levy.

| There are only a few things that
can put meeting of the Common Coun-
| Gil out of business but the council went
down and out Monday night with one
punch from king politics and the reg
ular meeting scheduled for the even
ing was adjourned until Friday evening
and long before nine O'Clock the pol
itical workers on the~council were out
and busy scurrying up votes for the
election today. Mayor Scholey was
present at the meeting but President
PirSch presided while the Mayor lin
gered in the rear Of the room expecting
TO be called out any minute to go to
some good democratic territory and boil
ster up the courage of his supporters
for the election today. There were a
lot Of important matters to come be-
fore the &C lcil including the letting
of the contract for the Elizabeth
street pavement and action on the
protest of DouWe Gaastra but all this
was brushed aside in order to allow
the workers to get busy and if possible
control the election today. Most of the
aldermen were willing to go ahead with
the business laid ont for the council
but they bowed to the wishes of the
minority and voted for the adjourn
ment and it went through unopposed.
Before the council adjourned all the
labor bills in the hands of the commit
tees were allowed and the council voted
to allow the General Construction COM
pany $4,000 on it's contract for the new
city hall building. It was expected
that some move would be made to
prevent the payment Of this order but.
nothing was done and the order was
passed by unanimous vote of the
council and the company will get its
money. The payment of this order will
make a little over $4,000 that has
been paid on the contract. The City
Council at an early meeting will be
forced to take some steps to raise the
added money needed for the completion
Of the building and it is expected that
a regular appropriation will be made
in The tax levy Ito provide this fund.
The city has raised $4,000 by the sale
of City Hall bonds but the total cost
Of the building and furnishings will
be pretty close TO 100000. The gem
eral contract for the building is $780,
900 and the contracting for the heat
| ing plant will increase it to a little
over $4,000. In addition to this the
city will have to provide furnishings
for the building and the council seems
to be DESTROYS Of having the building
furnished in modern way. This will
add from $4,000 to $4,000 and the build
ing of walks and other Improvements
will bring the total up to close to $780,
900.
The matter Of buying the hardware
for Nthe new building was left in the
hands of the building committee with.
power to act. The hardware will cost
in the neighborhood of 500. The con.
tractors insist that they will complete
the building by the first of March the
time set by the contract and already
plans are being made for a proper ded-
ication of the building. Mayor fScholey
has been given the right to name a
committee to have charge of the dedi-
cation and the program for the big
event will be announced early in the
new year.