The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-25
SEE BIG PROFIT FOR THE CITY
Plan is Proposed by Street Committee
and Definite Figures Will be Submit
ted at Next Regular Meeting -Divi-
sion Street Paving Contract is Let.

meeting on friday evening SIdFted Inc
ball rolling to secure garbage reduc-
ing plant for the city and it is not
improbable that such a plant will be
installed for the city before the open
ing Of the spring and that it will be
installed under plan which will make
it profitable for the city to go into the
business of collecting garbage. The
plan contemplates large saving for
the property owners of the city in the
disposal Of garbage. Chairman Hege-
man of the committee of streets and
alleys brought up the matter and de-
clared that the condition of the city
dump at the present time was such as
to make it impossible to continue the
present plan of disposing of garbage.
He announced that the committee
had invited the manufacturers of gar
bage reducing plants to come to Keno
sha and submit figures for the installa-
tion of plant which would be large
enough to take care of all the demands
of the city. The chairman submitted
the figures but he admitted that these
figures might be changed by later in
yestigations. His estimate of the cost
of the reduction plant was $4,000 and
added to this the city would be forced
to purchase seven horses and as many
wagons bringing the toal cost of the
plant up to close to $4,000 He held
that with the city collecting the gar
bage arrangements could be made by
which the collections could be made at
a cost of twenty-five cents month
for each family in the city.
The figures presented by the chair
man gave an intimation that the gar
bage plant would actually furnish
profit enough to pay off the city debt.
He held that with a collection fee Of
S$3 year from each family in the city
and with the sale of by-products to the
amount of $4,000 a year the city could
reap profit of close to $4,000 an
nually. The cost of collecting and re-
ducing the garbage was given at $3.50
a year.
The plan looked so good to the mem
bers of the council that the committee
was instructed to secure some facts and
figures from the men who have had ac-
tual experience in handling this line
of municipal work and report at the
next regular meeting of the council.
In the meantime no action was taken
to close up the public dump but it is
possible that the city will force the pri-
waite collectors of garbage in the city
to secure their own dumping grounds.
The committee held that there was
no law by which the city was forced
to provide dumping place for garbage
collected by private individuals or COM
panies. Before making the next report
to the council the members of the COM
mittee will investigate the collection
of garbage in nearby. cities and see
just what can be done in Kenosha. The
new field Of work for the city promises
to be one which will be of great benefit
to the people of the city and it may re-
suit in bringing profit to the general
funds of the municipality.
The council let the contract for the
concrete pavement on Division street
to the G. Petersen Construction COM
pany, the contract price being $15,-
S47.50. The usual notice was served on
the city by the Rudolph S. Bloom COM
pany threatening suit for infringe
ment of patent if the city laid any
concrete pavement but the notice was
laid on the table the matter having
been fully investigated by the street
assessment committee. The committee
held that the specifications as provided
for the Kenosha work in no way are an
infringement on patent .4ghts.
Mr.. Petersen plans to begin the con-
struction of the pavement at once and
he hopes to have it completed early in
October.
The school budget as corrected at the
joins meeting of tbanfnanee committees
of the board of education and the COM
mon council was reported back to the
council and passed without discussion.
This provides that the schools receive
$lo0,540.4 40 il the city tax levy.
The judiciary committee made no re-
port on the proposed annexation ordi-
nance. The north side sewer bond Or
dinance providing for the issue of bonds
in the sum of $4,000 was given its
first reading. The remainder of the