The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-26
PAUPER REPORT SHOWS GAIN
Annual Report of Alderman Werner
Shows That the City Spent Less
Than $1,000 on Dependents During
Year Just Closed.

The trunk sewer project got black
eye, body blow below the belt which
may prove knock out punch at the
meeting of the common council Mon
day evening when the council on the
suggestion of Alderman Pirsch and the
insistent demand of the aldermen from
the north side passed a new set oflrules
which makes it remote possibility
that an ordinance for the issuance of
the bonds for the proposed sewer will
ever pass. Up to last night the coun-
Gil had been doing all sorts of business
by majority vote and it looked as if
there was chance for the sewer ord
nance to get through in this manner,
but Alderman Pirsch and few of the
other aldermen who had seemed friend
ly to the sewer came nobly to the aid
plan and voted to adopt the new rules
under which twelve votes will be neces-
sary to pass any ordinance. Alderman
Marlatt, Hegeman, Tully and Filbin
voted against shutting the door in the
face of the sewer. The only other
feature Of the new rules adopted by the
council is the fact that the Mayor is
given the right to name the standing
committees of the council and under
these rules there will be no chance to
put anything over the administration
in the future. 1t had been expected
that the aldermen from the north side
who had opposed the sewer from the
first would vote for the rules but the
surprise came in the fact that Alder
men Timme, IIarbaugh and Burt, the
people of whose wards are especially
interested in the building of the sewer
Should have supported them. Six of
the aldermen have declared that they
will not support an ordinance for the is
suance of the sewer bonds and under the
rules adopted they can block any ac-
ton of the council just as long as they
see fit.
Mrs. James Hannah appeared before
the council and made a proposition to
sell the city her property west of the
city for park purposes. She offered to
sell the twenty-three and one-half acres
for $4,000 and suggested that the city
issue bonds to pay for the property
thus extending the payments over a
number of years. The council heard
Mrs. Hannah without comment and re.
ferred her proposition to the committee
on Public Fairgrounds, with instruc-
tions to report within the next thirty
days.
Alderman N. J. Werner who has
served in the capacity of Poor Master
for the past year and a half rendered
his first report covering a period of a
whole year and this report shows that
the city has saved much money through
the work of the north side alderman.
The report shows that the total amount
of money expended for the care of the
poor during the year 1910 was $685.
7S just about half the amount that had
been expended in the previous year.
The total amount received by the Pau
per committee during the year was SO,
563.27 and out of this the poor master
paid bills laid over from the former adj
ministration to the amount of $2,459.-
20. The detailed annual report of the
department. has been fled with the city
clerk and it furnishes some very inter
esting reading for people who are in
tcrested in the support of the depend.
ents in the city.
The ordinance providing for the is
suance of bonds for the trunk sewer
was brought in by the City Attorney
but Alderman Stemm of the Judiciary
committee asked that the committee be
given further time in which TO look
it oyer.
The claim of Fred S. Head for dam
ages on account of the injury to his
automobile. when he ran into a pile of
sand on Market street was referred to
the committee Gu claims.
People residing on Middle street OIL.
Washington Island asked for a change
~ the grade of the street and the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
streets and alleys with orders to report
at the next meeting. The same refer
ence was given petition in regard to
the rebuilding of the Middle stree.
bridge.
The council ordered the City Attorn-
ey to take an appeal to the Supreme
court in the suit to secure free tele-