The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-12
MAYOR IS NOTIFIED OF SUITS
Property Owners Will Enjoin City
From Implying Sewage Into Greek
and Open the Way for Hundreds of
Actions for Damages.

Kenosha property owners who are
interested in the prevention of the
continued dumping of sewerage into
Jerome Creek are planning to carry
the fight which was inaugurated be-
fore the common council on last Mon
day evening to the Wisconsin State
Board of Health and it is admitted
that the petition sent to the common
council, which was signed by few
property owners, was simply prelimin-
airy to taking the matter before the
state board. In fact the property
owners believe that it would be neces-
sary for them to make the proper com
plant to the council before laying the
matter before the state board. This
plan has been considered the plan of
last resort to secure the building of
a trunk sewer in Kenosha and it has
been suggested at other times, but it is
now thought that the men backing the
plan will secure the signatures of humid
reds and possibly thousands of prop
erty owners to the petition asking the
state board to act.
The action of the property owners
is in keeping with the recent action
Of the voters in declaring themselves
In favor Of the issuance of bonds to
the amount Of $4,000 to provide for
the cost of the sewer. The council
may go ahead and issue bonds to this
amount and start the sewer provided
sufficient majority of the members
of the council can be secured to pass
an ordinance for the issuance of the
bonds. There is grave doubt as to
whether such a majority could be Sc
cured. Several of the north side al
'dermen have been approached on the
matter and these men have declared
that they were not in favor of the
building of the trunk sewer. IF the
matter is laid before the state board
of health and an investigation made
by that board there is little doubt but
that the state board would direct the
city to act. 1t is planned to have this
investigation during the summer months
and at times during these months the
creek is a positive menace to the peo-
pie living not only along its banks
but blocks away from it. These peo-
pie are not so much interested in the
building of the trunk sewer as they
are in preventing the further empty
ing of sewage into the creek. Most
of these people have other means of
sewering their property than would be
furnished by the big Glitch" but they
insist that the only way to get rid
of the menace to health is to covert
the creek into sewer.
The protesting property owners took
new ,ttack on Thursday afternoon
when they caused notices to be served
on the mayor declaring that they would
bring an action in the circuit court to
enjoin the city from permitting the
further emptying of sewerage into the
creek. This action will not be one
for damages, but should the relief
prayed for be granted the injunction
will open the way for hundreds of
property owners to bring suits against
the city for damages to their property
on account of lack of proper sewerage
and it is possible that this would open
the way for the collection of damages
from the city far in excess of the
amount set as the cost of the big sewer.
1t is certain that developments in this
case will come rapidly as the attor-
neys for the property owners will take
the matter into the courts at once.
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