The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
Plan for Building Intake
Fails to Get the Support of
Members of Council
SEWERS FOR RICE PARK
Council Decides to Build Sewers Re
CARELESS of Opinion of the City En-
gineer as to the Sufficiency of the
Outlet.

The plans of the board of water COM
missioners to build new forty-two
inch intake got another set back at
the meeting Of the common council on
Monday evening when the members of
the council after long discussion of
the matter decided to lay the question
of sanctioning the building of the intake
over until after the commission had
laid before the council detailed plans
and specifications for the big pipe and
it is beginning to look as if the death
knell Of the new intake has been sound
ed by the council The argument of
the question which was participated in
by the members of the commission, the
city engineer and the members of the
council brought out fully the demand
for new intake, but the council by a
vote of IL to voted for delay The
vote on the question of postponing ac-
ton was as follows: Ayes, Aldermen
Pirsch, Timme, Higley, Harbaugh, Wer-
ner, Stemm, George Wade, Willems,
Burt, Saftig and John Wade. Nays,
Aldermen o 'Brien, Marlatt, Hegeman,
Tully and Filbin.
In the discussion of the question the
old fight between members of the coun-
Gil and the water board cropped out
and at times the argument became
caustic and even personal. The old
proposition of the rule or ruin policy
Of some of the aldermen was brought
into play repeatedly and it looks very
much as if it means ruin for the water
commission if these aldermen can con-
troll the action Of the majority of the
council. Even the old proposition of
refunding the bonds Of the water com
pany was brought into the discussion
and it looked for a minute as if the
bitterness of this old fight was to be
revived. The water commissioners
asked that the board act on the ques-
tion of the intake last night and either
kill or sanction the plan. The mem
bers of the board who favored the
building Of the new intake declared
that it was a matter of no personal
moment to them, but that they wanted
to be put right before the people of
the city and desired that the blame for
the failure to build an intake be plac-
ed just where it belonged.
Sewers for Rice Park
Rice Park is to have sewers and
the people of that part of the city
who have been waiting for their
buildings for the coming of the city
sewers will probably be permitted to
go ahead with the work at once with
the understanding that they will have
connections, to the city sewers before
the end of the present year. The
council received petitions for sewers
on nearly every street in the Rice Park
subdivision which had not previously
petitioned the council. All of these
sewers will be punched in a single
contract and the street assessment COM
mittee was instructed to advertise for
bids for the building Of them at once.
The sewers will be emptied into the
sewer on Jay street and while City
Engineer Moth has declared that he
doubts if fall can be secured to take
care of new sewer system the com
mittee has secured an opinion from a
Milwaukee engineer on which it was
willing to go ahead with the work.
The plans include the rebuilding of
two blocks of the Jay street sewer
and this will be put down deep enough
to make it possible for the system of
new sewers in the subdivision to empty
into this sewer. The bids for the
new sewers may be received at the
next meeting of the council and it
should be an easy matter to get them
completed before the end of the pres
emit year.
To Start City Hall
Architect Joseph Lindl who was.mar-
ried at Fond du Lac on Monday morn
ing, got a wedding present from the
council as on the report of the com
mittee on buildings and water works
the council accepted and adopted the
plans of Architect Lindl for the pro-
posed city hall and the committee was
ordered to have the specifications pre-
pared at once SO that the building
could be started without further de
lay. The action of the council pro
vides for the erection of a city hall
to cost $4,000. This is the amount