The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-12
City Council By Vote Of 10 to
3 Passes Resolution Favor
ing K. E. Ry. Go.
ACTIONWAS ALL CUT AND DRIED
only a Short Discussion is Engaged
in Before Reconstructed Resolution
is Put to Vote and Carried by a
2ig Majority.

BY a vote of thirteen to three the
city council of the city on Thursday
night decided that the city of Keno
sha should be made a party with the
.Kenosha Electric Railway Company in
the fight of that company against the
Kenosha Gas and Electric Company
and resolution was passed commit
ing the city to take part in the light
ing contest. The resolution was pass
ed with little discussion and it was
evident that the whole thing had been
cut and dried before the meeting of
the council. City Attorney Stewart
laid before the council new resolu-
tion in which some Of the superfluous
verbiage of the former resolution had
been cut out. Only few of the al
dermen had anything to say for the
resolution or against it. Mayor
Scholey and Alderman Pirsch spoke for
the resolution and Aldermen Marlatt
O'Brien and Hegeman spoke against
it. When the matter reached a vote
the resolution was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote. Ayes--Aldermen Pirsch,
Timme, Tully, Higley, Filbin, George
Wade, Harbaugh, Burt, Stemm, Wer-
ner, Willems, Saftig and John Wade.
Nays-Aldermen O'Brien, Narlatt, and
Hegeman.
The text OF the resolution was as fol
lows;
Resolution
Whereas, 1t is made to appear that
the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany, a corporation organized, existing
and doing business under the laws of
the State of Wisconsin, proposes to
make application, in the manner and
form by statute in such cases made
and provided, to the Railroad Commits
sion of Wisconsin for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity, au-
thorizing the granting to the said Ke-
nosha Electric Railway Company of
franchise or permit to engage as a
public utility in general business of
furnishing electric current for light,
heat and power, for public and private
purposes, and the installing of all nee
essary plant, appliances, and equip
ment in connection Herewith in the
City of Kenosha, County of Kenosha,
and State of Wisconsin, and
Whereas, There will ARISE upon said
application and upon the proceedings
thereon before the Railroad Commits
sion of Wisconsin questions affecting
the public interest and the interests
of the citizens of the City of Kenosha,
and
Whereas, The granting of such pro-
posed application for certificate of
public convenience is deemed to be a
matter of great public Importance to
the City of Kenosha; to the end that
there may be competition in the furn-
fishing of electric current for light, heat
and power to the City of Kenosha and
its citizens,
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
common council Of the City of Keno
sha that the said City Of Kenosha join
in the petition of the said Kenosha
Electric Railway Company for Ger
tifeate of public convenience and nee
essity and that the mayor of the City
of Kenosha be, and hereby is, author
lied and directed, for and on behalf
of the City of Kenosha, to appear in
any proceedings that may be had be-
fore the Railroad Commission Of Wis
consin on said application, and to take
such action in reference thereto as may
be necessary and proper to best con
serve the interests of the City of Ke-
nosha and of its citizens in reference
to the proposed application, and.
Be it further resolved, That the city
attorney of the City of Kenosha be,
and he hereby is, authorized to enter
his appearance ON behalf of the City
of Kenosha in such proceedings on
said proposed application before the
Railroad Commission Of Wisconsin, and
that the other officers of the City Of
Kenosha be- and they hereby are, au.
thorized to assist the mayor and the
city attorney by all proper means with
in their power in connection with said
proposed application, and in the hear
ing and investigation thereof by the
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin, and
Be it further resolved, That the city
clerk Of the City of Kenosha be, ap6
he hereby is, instructed to transmit {
copy OF the foregoing resolution to the
Railroad Commission Of Wisconsin al
its Office in Madison, Wisconsin, ana
to furnish a copy thereof to the mayor
to the city attorney, and to the chair
man Of the committee on gas and light
The Kenosha lodge of Elks had de
cidedly pleasant gathering on Thurs
day evening Two new members were
initiated after which luncheon was