The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-16
GOLF CLUB PROPERTY NAMED
Limits OF New Tract Proposed for All
.nexation Are From Lake to Rategan
Road and on North to Limits of the
Hannah and Bullamore Properties

The new petitions asking for the an
nexation of the property to the south
and west of the city came formally in
to being today and tomorrow an or
ganized crusade will be started to Sc
cure signatures for the petitions. The
petitions will offer to the city the lar
gest possible territory and the total will
be many hundred acres, some of which
is now built up and utilized for home
purposes. The limits of the territory
to be annexed are defined in the petit
ton as follows: Bounded on the east
by Lake Michigan, on the south by
Selma avenue, on the west by the Rate
gan road extended to point marking
the north end of the property owned by
Mrs. James Hannah and on the north
by the north line of the property of
Mrs. Hannah, the north line of the
Bullamore subdivision to Balm avenue
and then on the north line of the prop
erty of the Thomas B. Jeffrey company
extending along Grand avenue The
tract named in the present petition is
one-third larger than the territory
named in the petition recently turned
down by the common council.
Efforts were made to have the
grounds occupied by the Kenosha Coun-
tpxy tI11h he
making Park avenue the east line of
the property proposed for annexation
but the promoters of the new petition
declined to accept this proposition and
insisted that the Country club grounds
be included in the list of property to be
taken in
The new petition includes all of the
property of the Thomas b. Jecery com
pany not now within the limits Of the
city. 1t is not known what attitude
the company will take toward the an
nexation petition. It has not been pre-
sented to the company for signing but
it will be presented later It is the
plan of the promoters of the present
petition to have it presented to every
owner Of land in the tract under con-
sideration. The promoters are hopeful
that the petition carrying majority
of the assessable property in the dis
trict and a majority of the electors can
b sent to the common council not later
ths d the first meeting in December. A
score Of men interested in the annexa-
tion of the property have agreed to aid
in the circulation of the petitions.
1t is certain that there will be great
er opposition to this petition than there
was to either Of the former petitions
but the promoters declare that they
have carefully canvassed the territory
and that they feel certain that they
will be able to secure the signatures re-
quired by the laws of the state.
1t is certain that the petition when
it reaches the council will be at once
opened for discussion and that every
person interested will be given chance
to be heard before any report is made
in regard to the petition. 1t is certain
that there will be remonstrance
against the annexation and already the
forces opposed to it are seeking to or
ganize and it is probable that they
will put counter petitions in circulation
before the petitions have reached many
of the property owners. The promoters
of the petitions declare that the battle
for annexation this time will be fin
ish tight and that the issue will not be
clouded with multiplicity of petitions