The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-10-06
RAILWAY CO. IS TOO SLOW
Council Gets Petition For Paving Lake
Avenue With Asphalt Macadam and
Work is Expected to be Done during
the Coming Year.


Monday evening decided to ask the
Wisconsin State Railroad Commission
to take a hand in the protection of
crossings in the city and the city at
torney was directed to at once file a
complaint with the state commission de-
manding that the railway company put
Watcbmen to guard the crossings at
Hanson and Bronson streets. The com
plant of the city will be ready to file
with the commission within a week and
it is certain mat the commission will take
early action to look into the matter
and order changes. The city council
has been seeking an agreement with
the company in regard to these watch
men for more than two years and the
patience of the aldermen has given
up under the strain of continued de-
lays of the railway company.
The appeal to the railroad commits
sion will set a precedent as to the
rights of the city in demanding the
protection of crossings. AT the same
time the complaint will be served on
the Northwestern Railway company and
this will offer to the company chance
to settle the matter before it gets to
the commission. The council will also
demand that the Northwestern company
open West Main street and remove the
the tracks from what is known as Cam
eron court. 1t is expected that the
agents Of the company will come to
Kenosha during the present week and
seek some peaceable arrangement with
the city. It is declared that the rail
way company is not DESTROYS of having
the matter taken before the railroad
commission
The petition for the paving of Lake
avenue was brought before the council
Monday night. It was signed by forty
property owners and accompanying it
was a remonstranee signed by "a prop
erty owners. 1t is claimed that the
petition for the paving has the re-
quired frontage and it was referred to
the street assessment committee to take
the usual course. The council also took
action on the old petition for the paw
ing of Exchange street between Eagle
and Park Row and this petition was
referred to the committee with instruc-
tions to advertise for bids for the work.
1t will be necessary to build a sewer
in this street before the pavement is
laid and the petition for the sewer was
referred to the same committee.
Michael Mahoney through his attor-
ney Peter Fisher notified the city that
he would claim damages for injuries
received as a result of fall on an
alleged defective sidewalk on Pearl
street but the amount of the damage
was not stated and the claim was re-
ferred to the committee on claims for
adjustment.
The council allowed the contractors
for the new city hall $500 on their
contract this being the second pay
ment on the contract.
The council had considerable of a
debate over the question of building a
sewer on Ashland avenue south of
Jerome creek and in order to go into
the matter more meeting of members
of the council and the interested prop
cry owners will be held at the city
hall on Friday evening. The sewer
asked for by the property owners would
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
it would be up to the city to pay
$1,000 Of this amount The street as
sessneent committee has proposed plan
of putting in an emergency drain at
a cost of about $4,000 but there is some
doubt as to the wisdom of this plan
and 40 definite decision will be reached
until after the meeting on Friday even
ing.
The committee in charge of the fight
to GUST the tanks of the Standard Oil
company from the city reported that
the city attorney had been directed to
draft an ordinance and that this would
be presented to the council at an early
meeting.
The plat of the new Bullamore sub
division was laid before tie council.
Tie property is located just west Of the
city ION Prairie avenue and is composed
of III lots. It is probable that the plat
viii be accepted by the council at its
next meeting.
John Priddis having declined to build
the curb on. South Exchange street over
which the council has had no end of
trouble the matter was referred to the
street assessment committee and it was
given the power to act in the matter.
After the usual amount of routine
business the council adjourned
Over half a century of business in
tegrity and millions Of dollars backs
the guarantee on Kimball Pianos, they