The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-19
EVERETT GETS NEW CHANCE
Frank eraser Present Chairman of the
Water Commission is Elected to Sue
coed Himself for Three Year Term
Without any Great Opposition.

Important problem OF pelGef prolecC1oH
for dangerous crossings of the lines of
the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany and formal order was sent to
the company which will limit the speed
Of cars at certain points on the line to
a rate of three miles an hour. Many
of the aldermen had been favorable to
stopping the cars at the near side of
the crossings, but it was found that
with the present type of cars used in
Kenosha this plan was impracticable.
The plan of the council is to make the
cars run at speed which it is thought
will prevent accidents. The order to
the company provides that cars shall
not be run at a speed greater than
three miles an hour at the following
street intersections: Market and Main,
South and Church, South and Chicago,
South and Ashland, Prairie and Ash
land, Elizabeth and Rowland, Grover
and Elizabeth, Milwaukee and North
Main, Newell and Market, Grand and
Ashland, Prairie and West Main.
1t is thought that the company will
be glad to provide for the enforce
rment of the order of the council and
IT is thought that this will go long
way toward eradicating dangerous
crossings in the city.
The one big thing expected at the
meeting of the council was the trial of
Street Commissioner Joseph Everett Of
the south side who was charged at the
last meeting of the council with con-
duct unbecoming an official of the
city. The charges included the use of
profane language and the undue use
of liquors. Everett was on hand and
admitted some of the charges and de-
MED others and the trial was a good
deal of comic opera trial, but at the
close of it Everett was given another
chance. Everett is expected to re-
main in charge of the street work on
the south side, but he has declared to
some Of the officials that he may re-
sign.
One important question before the
council was the election of water
commissioner to succeed Frank eraser
who has served as chairman of the
commission for the past year. Mr..
eraser was reelected to succeed him
self The first ballot showed fourteen
votes for eraser and two for former
Mayor James German and the election
was declared unanimous.
Chairman eraser has been a valu-
able man to the city during his first
term as commissioner and he has done
much to eradicate the old squabble in
the commission and for this reason he
had hearty support from many Of the
aldermen.
Plans were laid for the paving Of
Ashland avenue from the present end
of the pavement at Strong street to
the south limits of the city and this
work will be done next spring. Prop
erty owners have been ordered to get
in all the connections this fall so that
there will be no handicaps when the
PAYERS are ready to start work in
April next. The street will probably
be paved with brick with an asphalt
filler.
Contractors White and Cleary and
Engineer Haley, who had charge of the
building Of the trunk sewer, were on
hand to take up the matter of the bill
for extras, but this did not come up.
The street assessment committee has
been holding its report pending the
of the contractors and
while they were at the meeting of the
council they made no request to have
the matter taken up.
The council is to make another eff
fer to straigthen out the trouble of
the property owners on Maiden Lane
and the committee has suggested that
the street be laid out to width of
fifty feet instead of sixty-six feet of
plated, No final action was taken at
the meeting on Monday evening and
the matter will be brought before the
council later in the fall.
Lake avenue is to have its own
system as the street commit
tee was directed to purchase a push
cart and place man on the avenue
to keep it clean. It is thought that
the street can be kept in first class
with low expense to the
city.
The vehicle ordinance after being in
the hands of the street committee for
nearly month came back to the coun-
ell with few minor amendments. AS
had been expected the motorcycle hug
is put under the ban and in the fut-
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