The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-21


ried out If the Standard Oil Co. re-
fuses to heed the demands Of the coun-
Gil the mayor has announced that he
will seek an injunction to prevent the
company shipping any more oil into the
city until such a time as the order is
obeyed This action on the part Of the
council was taken on the presentation
of petition signed by large number
of property owners in which it was de-
clared that the plant Of the company
as now Situated was menace to lives
and property. 1t was shown that in
surance companies had ordered an in
crease of rates for insurance on ac-
count of the fact that the oil tanks
were dangerous. There was no cham
pion of Standard Oil before the coun-
ell and it is pretty certain that the city
will meet any fight that the company
may see fit to. make to prevent the re-
moval of~the tanks. In many cities the
company has been forced to remove
it S plants to points outside the limits
and it is thought that the order of the
Kenosha council can be enforced.
Mayor to Sign Contract.
The question of the failure of the
mayor to sign the contract for the new
city hall was brought up and the mayor
in lengthy Grafton to the council de-
clared that he had not Signed the con
tract on account of the fact that the
contractors had not asked some of the
brick men in and about Kenosha to bid
to supply brick for the building He
intimated, however, that he would sign
the contract today or Wednesday and
ON his statement the council took no
further action in the matter. The con
tractors have shown a willingness to
leave all possible contracts in the city
but they have declined to use inferior
material for the purpose of making con
tracts with local men. The company
has filed it s bond and it is declared
that it makes no difference whether the
mayor signs the contract or not. The
mayor declared ethat he had been called
away from the city on account of sick
ress and pressing business demands and
that for this reason he had not been
able to get the contract signed
The Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany asked for the right to extend the
switch tracks of the Simmons Manu-
featuring company from the corner of
Market and Lake streets to the corner
of Lake and Park streets the new site
for the power plant of the company, it
being understood that the tracks
should be built on a trestIe outside of
the present breakwater. The matter
was referred to the committees on
judiciary and public grounds with the
city attorney added and the matter will
be taken up at the next meeting of the
council AS in other matters the com
pany was in great hurry for the grant
but the members of the council decided
that the two weeks wait would not seri-
ously handicap the company
The railway company was under fire
in regard to the paving of Ashland ave-
nue. and Manager Loughrldge in person
asked the council to order the portion
of the avenue paved by the company
treated as that of any other property
owner with the understanding that as
sessments would be levied against the
company for the expense of the work.
The city attorney held that there was
a grave doubt as to the right of the
city to tax corporation and the coun-
ell declined to accept the suggestion.
The city attorney was ordered to notify
the company to proceed with it's por-
tion of the paving at once. The ordin-
ance of the company was reaa and this
showed that the company must pave 20
feet of the road way to the south of
Prairie avenue whether second track
is installed or not. Mr.. Loughridge de
clared that there had been delay on ac-
count of the fact that the company was
not certain as to whether or not It
would lay double track on the avenue
but Alderman Timme who is one of the
resident managers of the company de
clared that the company did not ques-
ton the provision that it must pave
twenty feet of the road way on that
part of the street.
The council ordered walk laid on
South street between Durkee avenue