The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-13
LAY PLANS FOR BETTER SEWERS
Members of the Council Decide That
Sewers Must Meet Requirements Of
the Property owners-vote Canvass
Shows no Changes.

The City Council held its last meet
ing in the old city hall on Friday af-
ternoon when a dozen Of the aldermen
gathered and canvassed the vote of the
charter election and disposed of such
other business as was in the hands of
the clerk and the committees. The
decks have been cleared and the council
will hold its next meeting on April II.
At that time the aldermen will gather
at the splendid new council chamber in
the Municipal building and after the
old committees have closed up their
work the new aldermen will be sworn
in and the new council organized. None
of the old furniture used by the coun-
Gil will be removed to the new building
and chairs and desks which have been
in use for many years will be sent to
the different fire department buildings
and such furniture as the officials can
find no immediate use for will be stor-
ed and used in the future.
The most important question to come
up before the council at the conclud
ing session in the old building was the
question of sewers and now that the
provision has been made for the build
ing of a trunk sewer the members of
the council have taken q solemn obliga-
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built to meet the demands of the pro
perty owners regardless of cost. 1t was
shown that there are lots of useless sew
ers in different streets of the city and
if possible the council is going to avoid
making such mistakes in the future.
The question was brought up in the dis
cu5sion Of the sewer on Lake avenue
which is held by the property owners
to be entirely too close to the ground
to drain cellars in the neighborhood. 1t
is possible that the defect can be rem
edied by the rebuilding of small por-
ton of the sewer and this change it is
thought will make it possible for the
council to offer sewer facilities to pro-
perty on Milwaukee avenue.
1t is thought that the Lake
avenue sewer can be rebuilt in
such a manner as to make unnecessary
the rebuilding Of the sewer on Milwau-
kee avenue. In order that the council
may act inteligently on this matter the
City Engineer was directed to prepare
profile Of the sewer and make recon-
mendations for the rebuilding of it
which would make it of greatest value
to the property owners. The report is
to be made to the council at it's next
Irregular meeting and the proposed
changes in the sewer will be started
just as soon as possible.
The canvass of the vote of the char
ter election showed that there were no
changes to be made in the offices elect
and the City Clerk was directed to is
sue certificates of election to the sue
cessful candidates. It was expected
that there would be some effort made to
contest the election of Lyman Starr in
the fourth ward. but John Anderson
who was defeated by Starr by just one
vote was not present when the canvass
was made and no restraining order was
served to prevent the issuance of the
certificate to Starr. 1t is probable that
all the new aldermen will take their
official oaths within the next few days
but courtesy will restrain them from
taking their seats on the council until
after the old members have delivered
their valedictories.