The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-09
MAYOR TO CHAMPION MEASURE
Courcil to Pass Ordinance Granting In
creases in Salary to the Police and
Firemen - Other Business of the
Council


The city council of the city of Ken
osha with the aid Of an Assemblyman-
Mayor III the city will storm the breast
works Of the legislature at Madison
with view of making possible compe-
tition among public service corpora
tions in cities in Wisconsin. At its
meeting on Monday evening the coun-
Gil by q unanimous vote directed the
City Attorney ito draw up bill pro
viding for the repeal of the Public
Utilities Act and by resolution the AS
semblyman of the county was request
ed to present this bill to the legislature
and use all possible means of an hon
orable nature to secure it's passage. In
addition to this it. was the. understand
ing that the City Attorney will go to
Madison and aid the Mayor-Assembly-
man in getting the bill properly start
ed. Ehe bill must be prepared at once
as there remains but a few days in
which new bills may be received in the
Assembly. The Kenosha council does
not like the workings of the Public
Utilities act and while the present bill
is undoubtedly aimed to create senti-
ment pending the decision of the Rail
way Commission on the present Ken
osha case before it, there is no deny
ing the fact that great many of the
people of Kenosha are opposed to the
workings of the present law. Mayor
Scholey declared that he had been Civ
EN- assurances of the support of a bill
for the repeating of the Public Utili-
ties act but as the present legislature
is strongly progressive" and the
Public Utilities law is regarded as one
of the pet measures of progressive re-
publicans it is feared that the Kenosha
bill may not get great way in either
Of the houses of the legislature.
The council spent considerable time
on Monday evening discussing tex
tras' for the new city hall and there
seemed to be lot of kicking from
some of the aldermen on account of
tn fact that defects were being found
in the specifications. The council COM
smittee on buildings suggested that a
change be made which would provide
for painting instead of murescoing
the walls and the suggestion was adop-
ted by the council and the committee
directed to make the change. The fin
ish in the interior of the city hall will
be the same as thai of the Kenosha hos
pital. The council decided to have all
finishing lumber filed with lead and
oil at cost of $95. 1t was held that
this would greatly improve the lasting
qualities Of the lumber.
The question of putting finish of
imitation marble on the corridor in the
second floor of the building on the
lower portion of the council chamber
was suggested and this will be taken
up at later meeting of the council.
4 petition signed by all of the mem
bers of the police department was pre-
sented to the council. The officers
asked for an increase in their pay and
the matter was referred to the commit.
tee on police with instructions to bring
III an ordinance providing for this in
crease in pay at the next regular meet
ing. 1t is proposed to raise the sal
anes of the members of both the police
and fire department and the two ordin-
ances will come in at the same time.
The schedule of pay for the officers
was left to the discretion of the com
mittees on police and fire department.
The council spent lot of time ar
guing over the sewer stub laid to the
property of John J. Currier ON Eliza
beth street iCurrier got in wrong with
some of the aldermen when he took M
the fight against the Petersen contract
on the street and for this reason he
had lot of abuse heaped upon him
at the meeting of the council Monday
evening. The committee on sewers
which had made an investigation into
the matter recommended the rebate
for Currier but the matter was held
over until the next meeting of the
council.
The ordinance providing for the is
sue Of bonds for the building of the
proposed trunk sewer was returned to
the council by the Judiciary commit
tee without recommendation and it
was given its first reading. 1t will be
up for passage at the next regular
meeting of the council and this will