The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-23
NOT PART Of ULTIMATE PLAN
City Council Meets in Tame Session on
Monday Evening with little Business
of Importance Transacted Police
get One Day in si1seen as Vacation.

( The meeting Of the common council
Hon Monday evening was decidedly
tame one and about the only thing of
vital interest to come before the alder
men was the discussion of the putting
in of conduits by the telephone COM
pany. The company had been ordered
to send representatives to the council
to show reason for not putting in con-
duits on West Park street before The
permanent paving is laid. The repre-
sentatives of the company objected to
the putting of the conduits in the
street on account Of the fact that the
company did not anticipate any use
for such conduits. 1t was shown to
the council that the company had an
ultimate plan which provided for the
wires going under ground in all parts
of the city and this plan does not pro-
vide for conduits on Park street
When the wires 90 under ground Park
street will be served from main con-
duits laid on either Prairie avenue or
or Market street. Notwithstanding
this statement some of the aldermen
insisted that conduits be placed under
all streets to be permanently improved.
No final decision was made in the mat
ter and the representatives of the
telephone company were ordered to
present plan covering all under
ground work by the next regular meet
ing of the council The most interest
ing thing brought out in the discussion
was the fact that extended under
ground work would probably result in
a petition to the railroad commission
for permission to increase the telephone
rentals now charged in Kenosha.
Protests were received from the
board Of health and the Kenosha
County Medical Society against the
proposed repeal Of the ordinance pro-
viding for the wrapping of bread in
waxed paper The committee on
judiciary also reported unfavorably on
the repeal Of the ordinance and the re-
port was accepted without division of
the council
The petition Of Peter Brannan ask
ing for division of fund supposed
to be held for the benefit of pioneer
members of the Kenosha fire depart
ment was referred to the committee on
fire department. with the city attorney
added and this committee will make an
effort to locate the thousand dollars
named in the petition.
Early in the meeting of the council
the lights burned low and then went
out and for ten minutes the aldermen
scorched their fingers holding blazing
matches in order to permit the session
of the council to proceed.
The committee on police brought a
report to the council declaring that it
was impossible for the chief to work
out a plan to give the members of the
| department a day off in every week
and offered substitute arrangement
| that the men be given one day off in
each sixteen and also providing that no
member of the force should have any
time off until after he had served for
at least two months. The suggestion
OF the committee was approved by a
unanimous vote of the council.
| The police department. was directed
to make special effort to stop speed
ing with motorcycles in the city and
the committee will have special men on
watch to arrest violators of the speed
law.
The old matter of the street railway
rebates for the paving on Market
| Square was taken up and the company
was directed to pay one-half of the
rebate to the city and the other half
to the property owners.
There was only small amount of
routine business to come before the
council and the meeting was closed
just after ten clock.
Mike Ruc kmap moe bro,rb4 80. Il,