The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
CRANEY GIVES UP HIS SEAT
Board is Evenly Divided on Plan of
Repairing the Old Building on Plans
Submitted by Architect Hahn-To
Try Again on Friday Evening.

The school board Of Kenosha is
rapidly developing into really DELHI
erative body and Tuesday night the
board met for second time to make
an effort to make some decision on the
repair of the old high school building,
but like on the former occasion the
board adjourned without taking any
definite action.
Plans and specifications for the re-
pair Of the west wing Of the building
were presented by Architect Hahn but
they were refused acceptance by a
vote Of seven to seven. BY the same
vote the board refused to request W.
M. Rowe and j. Hartf to draw plans
for the repair Of the building along
the lines the commission suggested
a short time ago. Commissioner Sui
Ivan of the first ward was not present
at the meeting and although heroic eff
forts were made TO route him out OF
bed and bring him to the meeting the
commissioners insisted that he was i'll
and refused to answer any of the
frantic demands for his presence. The
insurgents on the board were further
aided by the retirement of w. j..
Craney, who while a resident of the
town of Somers, has been sitting as a
member of the board. His right to
vote aA a4lS qee Sion was raised by
Commissioner S. G. Newman early in
tho meeting and Craney left the board
meeting and the, building pending some
decision as to his rights on the part
OF the city attorney. After the long
wrangle the board adjourned about ten
o'clock to meet again on Friday even
ing at which time it is expected that
formal opinion will be received from
the city attorney as to the right of
the commissioner to sit on the board.
The city attorney notified the council
some time ago that Mr. Craney was
no longer eligible to represent the fifth
ward on the board on account of his
change of residence. At that time it
was expected that Mr.. Craney would
resign, but he based his right to a
place on the board on a former state
mcnt Of the attorney.
The board spent considerable time
looking over the plans made by the ar
chitect and when the first vote was
reached it was on the acceptance Of the
plans for the repairs made by Hahn.
BY this time Craney had retired after
his tilt with Newman and the vote on
The acceptance Of the plans stood
seven to seven. For the plans were
Commissioners Buckmaster, Wallis,
Maloney, Curtis, F'lad, Barbour and
Joerndt and against them were Com
missioners Newman, Yule, Tanck, Hahn,
Mischler, Schwanke and Threinen
The vote on the motion to have the
plans made by Rowe and Harf showed
reversal Of the list, those who had
voted aye on the former motion vot-
lug no on this one. Several other
votes were taken, but all of them
showed that the board was hopelessly
dead locked. After a long period of
balloting and argument it was decided
to invite Rowe and Hartf to appear
before the board at the meeting on
Friday evening and make some ex-
PLANTATION of the plans that they have
suggested for the repair of the build
ing. 1t is expected that Commission
er Sullivan will be sufficiently recov-
cred to be present at the meeting on
Friday evening. Some of the commits
sioners seem to be decidedly disguised
at the continued wrangle and it is
just possible that there will be more
Of them absent when the meeting is
called on Friday night.
The chance OF any work being done
on the repair of the old building
this year seems TO be glimmering and
it is not improbable that the new term
will open without any changes being
made in the building. No other bust
ness was taken up by the board at the
meeting on Tuesday evening.
The last will and testament Of the