The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
TO LEGAl|zE CHANGES
Government Will Not Authorize Some
of the Encroachnents on Former
Harbor Lines but Will not Disturb
Existing Structures

waukee in charge of the maintenance
Of the Kepesha harbor and the estab-
lishment of its lines threw something
of bomb shell into the ranks of OWN
ers Of property along the harbor this
morning when he presented the new
map of the harbor lines to an interest.
ed company at the city hall. The new
lines while considered a great improve
ment over the lines established in 1897
do not meet with entire support on the
part of some of the property owners
1t has been the plan OF the engineers
in charge Of the surveys to make the
lines as near straight as possible and
to provide for as little narrowing up of
the main channell as can be without
interfering with the business of the
big manufacturers. The one line that
is not approved is that along the pro-
perty of the n. R. Allen company just
east of the Main street bridge where
the new docks were built less than two
these lines the property owners have
built the docks from ten to twenty
feet into the channel and the engineer
for the government refused to legalize
this encroachment. He held that the
docks had been rebuilt without the con
sent Of the war department and that
the building of the docks in their pres
emit location was entirely unauthorized
by the department. Attorneys for the
Allen company suggested that the line
Of the present dock be approved but
Major Bromwell declared that he would
not entertain such a suggestion. He
declared that it was possible that the
department would not interfere with
the maintenance of the docks but that
it would insist on the approved lines
being followed at any time that it be-
came necessary to rebuild the docks
He declared that the Simmons Manu-
featuring company had closed UP a por-
ton of the harbor known as "bolt
head'' slip without authority by the
War department but the new map
shows that the department. considers
this change benefit to the harbor and
the new lines as recommended will not
interfere with any Of the made land
now used by the Simmons company
The new lines will make possible the
Strengthening of the docks owned by
the Balm Wagon company just west of
the Main street bridge thereby
Strengthening the channel and making
it possible for the debris and sewage
to be carried out in a better manner
Me changes of the river lines to the
west of the bridge are very small and
they were entirely satisfactory to the
N. II. Allen s Sons company the own
ers of all the property along the river
at this point. The new lines will make
no change so far as the property of the
city is concerned and City Engineer
Moth who represented the city at the
hearing declared that the proposed
lines were entirely satisfactory to him
Other minor interests were also repres-
ented at the conference and no obiec-
tions were proposed by any of them
Major Bromwell gave no indication of
how soon the lines would be approved
by the department. but it is probable
that the new map will be approved and
issued shortly after the opening of nav.
igation this year.
While the present dock lines are not
approved in their entirety it is prob
able that it will be many years before
any of the docks are to be rebuilt and
it is not probable that the government
engineers will seek to modest the lines
of the existing structure.