The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
BRENNAN NAMED AS ASSISTANT
S. B. Kerr Reelected as General Paving
Inspector for City for New Year.
Mayor Not Present When Important
Vote Is Taken.

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engineer Of the city at the meeting of
the common council on Monday even
ing but his election was far from a
Unanimous one and the ballot showed
eight votes for Mr. Baltzer against six
for b. G. Brennan who has served in
the capacity as assistant for the last
ten months The end of the long fight
over the election Of an engineer came
at the close of the council meeting
and the election went off without inn
FASHIONED oratory. There was no eff
fort to bring any other candidates
into the race. just before the ques-
tion of the election Of the engineer
was taken up Mayor Scholey was call
ed away from the council and he was
not present when the vote was taken.
There were a lot of people in the lobby
Of the council chamber when the vote
was taken and they were anxious to
know just how the aldermen voted in
the matter but the ballot was a secret
ballot and there was no way to put
the members on record
Following the election of Mr..
Baltzer, B. c. Brennan and Andrew B,
Schmitz were elected as assistant en-
gineers. Mr.. Brennan will receive the
same salary as the city engineer and
Mr. Schmitz will have an increase of
ten dollars month over his former
salary. An effort was made to have
the matter Of the selection of an as
sistant left in the hands of the en-
gineer himself but there were lot of
members of the council who refused
to have Brennan led to the slaughter
and they insisted that the council
elect and insure Brennan his place in
the office Notwithstanding the fact
that he had sought the higher position.
Engineer Baltzer finally urged the
council to elect the assistant. The
salary of the engineer will remain the
same as it was last year, at 81 800.
s. r. Kerr who has served the city
in the capacity of paving and sewer
inspector for several years with great
satisfaction to the people of the city,
was reelected to this position for the
new year and there was an under
standing among the aldermen that
Thomas English, who sought position
as Inspector, is to be put on later as
the demands of the Improvement of
the streets demand more workers for
the city.
1t is understood that all the work
in the Office Of the city engineer is to
be done by the engineer and his two
assistants and no other men will be
employed by the council.
The interest in the meeting center
ed in the election Of the engineer, but
considerable important routine bust
ness was taken up and disposed Of
The contract for the paving of Pleas
ant and South Exchange streets was
let to Christ Petersen, the lowest bid
der for the work, and the council di-
rected that both streets be paved with
No. l Barr brick This was in keep
ing with petitions from the property
owners of the two streets.
Contracts were let for sewers on
Superior street, Balm avenue, Fremont
avenue, Collins, Union and Pleasant
streets and it is understood that the
work of building these sewers will
be started just as soon as the weather
will permit. The council had slight
discussion on the width to which Lake
avenue is to be paved and this was
finally settled at 80 feet from gutter
to gutter making the width from curb
to curb 81 feet.
The Gilbert M. Simmons Library
Commission turned over to the council
an added $4,000 from the funds of the
commission and this was ordered paid
as part of the purchase price for the
new park just north OF the Kenosha
City cemetery.
The claim of Mrs. Rose Pearl against
The city was settled for $l75. Mrs
Pearl was injured by falling into q
catch basin which had been left with
defective covering.
No announcement was made of the
appointments of the mayor for the
new board of health, but he stated
that these appointments would be
made at the meeting of the council tc
be held on next Monday evening.
The council passed resolution fav
oring the installation Of motor ears OF
the western division of the Chicago
and Northwestern road.
President Pirsch presided at a large
portion Of the session.
The following bills were allowed:
Finance.
Bode Bros. Co. ). 1890. ......+. S Al
JoS. a. IlttS ..,....ts ......... Of
independent Ice Co. 1880. 1880. 20
Az Slnlon 90
Aenosha Home Telephone Go. $50. 90
Wisconsin Telephone Co .......... 1.3
Aenosha Gas & Electric co. ....,... 3S.2
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