The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
SEND MEMORIALS TO MADISON
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Members of the Board Spend Several
Hours Discussing the Proposition of
Securing Legislation Against Pow
der Plants.
(From Wednesdays Daily


elimination rather than regulation Of
powder plants and this fact was
brought out prominently when the board
met in special session today to- take ac-
tion to send memorials to the legisla-
turo demanding some legislation which
will safe guard lives and property from
powder explosions in the future. The
board failed to take any formal action
at the morning session and much of
the, time was spent in an informal dis
cussion of the resolutions proposed by
County Supervisor Powell from the
town Of Pleasant Prairie in which the
powder plant is located. il
Attorney A. e. Buekmaster appeared
before the board and presented the
draft Of bill which is to be proposed
for passage in the assembly at Madison
just as soon as the county board has
taken action to demand legislation to
regulate the manufacture and storage
of powder. The resolution presented
by Supervisor Powell was as follows:
"Whereas, on the evening of the
ninth day of March, A. D. 1911, Ken
osha county suffered terrible calam-
ity involving loss of life and the des-
truction of thousands of dollars worth
of property, caused by the explosion
Of the powder plant and magazines of
the q. /. Dupont de. Ne Mours Powder
company located in the town of Pleas
ant Prairie and near the village of
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county, and
Whereas, the loss of life and the aw-
full destruction of property aggregat-
ing many hundreds of thousands of dol
lars was made possible by the unneces-
sary storage of vast quantities Of pow
der and dynamite in close proximity
to dwellings and other buildings and
Whereas, said company had stored on
it's premises not only vast quantities
of, black powder, manufactured at said
l,plant, but also more than 10000 pounds
of dynamite which was manufactured
elsewhere and which was shipped to
and stored upon the premises of said
/ company at Pleasant Prairie and which
/ by reason of it's dangerous and explos-
i've character and its proximity to
powder magazines constituted fearful
menace to life and property within a
radius of more than one hundred miles
and
Whereas, the manufacture and stor-
age of powder and dynamite or either
of them is nuisance and a constant
and fearful danger to life and property
and ought not to be permitted by law.
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, That
our legislature at Madison be request
ed to enact such laws as will not per.
nit the manufacture or storage Of pow
der or dynamite within any county
within the state of Wisconsin where
the lives and property of its, residents
can not be fully protected against anv
repetition of the disaster which Ken.
osha county has already suffered
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
buttons be forwarded as a memorial to
both branches of the legislature of the
state of Wisconsin and to our Senator
and Assemblyman, representing Ken
osha county"
The board may take up number of
matters before adjournment. At fine
session of the board this morning con
les of the new road bill passed by the
Senate on Tuesday were given TO the
members of the board and thew were
asked to consider this bill and make
some recommendation to the Assembly
as to its passage. The question of an
| agricultural school and a school for the
training of teachers was also billed ia
Ncome up at the afternoon session. It
is expected that the session of the
board will be concluded this afternoon