The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-21
County Board Takes Up Set
Element with Commits
sioner Williams
MORE KICKS ON POWDER MILL
Other Counties of State Expected TO
Join Movement to Force Powder
Plants ut Of Wiscopsin-visit to Ra-
cine Asylum an Interesting One.

The county board this afternoon
took up one Of the biggest propositions
Of the November session-the question
Of the highway tangle-and John G.
Williams, highway commissioner, was
summoned before the board to make
the report Of work done during the
year. The resignation of Commission
er Williams is in the hands Of the
board, but no action to accept it will
be taken until all accounts connected
with work done on the roads
worked" this year have been settled
up. There are many outstanding debts
and it is declared that these debts
are about $500 greater than the APP
preparations made for road work by
the county board and the various
towns and these bills must be settled
up before Mr. Williams retires from
office. The commissioner has a bond
with the county, but he has stated that
every bill will be taken care of by
himself if necessary without any call
being made on the bonding company.
He insists that every cent of money
expended was expended on the roads
and there is some tendency on the part
Of the county board members to have
the county pay the over charges. This
must be settled after Mr.. Williams has
made his report to the board.
The commissioners viii demand that
the road work in the county for the
next year start with clean sheet and
that new leaf be turned over with
the election Of new highway COM
missioner.
Mr.. Williams is anxious to get the
matter closed up with the county in
some way SO that the full settlement
can be made before the board adjourns
and in order that he may retire from
office with clean skirts on the first of
December. At the session of the board
this morning M. G.. Mcclellan, who
has been connected with the office Of
the city engineer in the capacity Of
a rodman fled a formal application
for the Office Of commissioner of high
ways 1t is not probable that any
election Of highway commissioner
VIII take place until late in the SEES
sion and it is possible that the mat
ter win be laid over until the January
session.
(! At the session of the board this
morning more petitions came in de-
manding that the board take action to
curb the operation Of tie powder mills
in Pleasant Prairie and these were re-
ferred 60 the special committee. This
committee has already taken the mat
(! ter up with District Attorney,elec A.
L. Drury and it is probable chat new
bill will be drawn for the board and
sent to the legislature for consi3era-
tion at the coming session.
1t is said that Kerosha county will
have the support of other counties in
the state where powder mills are locat-
ed in this movement to get better pro-
lection for the people. The powder
trust is said to have big plans for the
Kenosha county plant and with these
plans it viii undoubtedly make hard
night against the passage of any law
which would stop the operation Of the
big plant practically primitive.
At the opening Of the morning ses-
sion the report of the visit to the Ra-
cine county asylum was read by Chair
nan Fl. B. Sehwan. The supervisors
are high in their praise of the manner
in which the asylum is being conduct
ed and it was declared that the Keno
sha county patients were all found
to be in excellent condition. The so
CID features of the visit to Racine
were especially pleasing to the Kenosha
County Board Among the speakers
at the little informal gathering fol
lowing the dinner on Thursday were
Judge George ". Taylor, Judge Cliff
ford Z. Randall, County Clerk Jones
aud Chairman Frank Shuart.
The committee on assessment is busy
at work making the figures for the
county levy and the hope is held out
that it viii not be necessary to make
a large county levy this year on ac-
count of the returns from the income
tax and the further fact that the
county has large balance in the
treasury.
A license has been issued for the
marriage of Miss Bertha Donley,