The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-10

SlOu dC Inc Guy nail on MOHudy SNcH-
ing and the accumulated business of
five weeks kept the aldermen busy I'M
til nearly midnight, but little work of
great interest was taken up by the
council. The important problem of the
election of water commissioner or the
passing of the new ordinance to take
care of the water department was not
broached during the evening and it is
generally believed that this matter will
60 over to the September meeting and
it may not be taken up at that time.
The contractors for the trunk sewer
were on hand looking for money and
The first payment Of ST., 500 was made
for the work A bill of extras which
had the sanction of the city engineer
was not allowed by the council as Mr..
Dleary, representing the contractors, de.
slared that he was not willing to say
bha5 the company would accept the
amount stated for all extras claimed
mp to this time aud the matter of the
1854 for extras went over to the next
Regular meeting with the understanding
that the contractors and the engineer
would get together and make some
agreement as to the amount of the ex-
tras before that time
The council finally disposed. of the
matter Of paving Lake avenue and it
will be paved with Trinidad Lake
asphalt. An examination of the vari-
Dus petitions showed that there was a
Sotal Of $500 feet Of frontage favoring
asphalt while 2573 feet Of frontage
Favored brick. An effort will be made
TO have the Improvement of the street
completed this year.
The old question of the sewer on
South Ashland avenue came up and
The council decided to lay S6-inch
Jewer as far south as the entrance of
The city cemetery and then lay 30
Inch sewer for the remainder of the
way. This arrangement seemed to be
entirely satisfactory to the property
owners.
The summons in the suit to test the
title of the city to the lake shore lots
ut the foot of South street was form
ally served and referred to the city
attorney.
The matter of changing the width
of Lyman avenue was referred to the
committee on streets and alleys with
the aldermen of the ward added and
this enlarged committee was given
power to act in the matter.
The regular report of the city treas
urer showed a balance on hand of
$l17,382.36. The money received from
saloon licenses has been divided be-
tween the different funds and only one
of the funds has a red ledger at the
present time.
The demand of the school board for
$l20,260.60 for next year was receiv-
ed and referred to the committee ON
finance
Peter Tully was elected as Inspector
for the trunk sewer at salary of five
dollars daily and he began his services
this morning. He will be in charge
of the work ON the west end of the
sewer.
The committee on license reported
that there was still one saloon in the
city in which a man not a citizen was
acting as manager and the owner of
the saloon was directed to secure a
government license in his own name at
once and take over the saloon. The
council then passed a resolution de.
manding that all transfers of licenses
be reported to the c0ncil within ten
days after they are made with a pen
atty of revocation of license as the
alternative.
The councilis to make an effort to
get rid of incompetent sidewalk
builders and to this end the city en-
gineer was made member of the Ii.
cense committee for the purpose of ex,
aiming all applicants for sidewalk
layers licenses. The applicants will
be required to give practical illus
tration of what they know about Law
ing walks before license is issued to
them.
The quarterly report of the pauper
committee showed that the cost of
maintaining the department. during the
past quarter was 1854. The commit
tee has a plan for the building Of a
new dormitory for paupers at the poor
farm and estimates on the cost of it
will be sent to the council at its next
meeting.
There was large amount of routine
business to be taken up during the
evening and accumulated bills amount
ing to thousands of dollars were al
lowed The council decided that it did
not like the vacation idea and the next
regular meeting will be held on the
third Tuesday in August.