The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-04-10

| JecJS SnOulu De HHlSHeu dS SOOH DIS pOS-
sible. The plans for this sewer, and
believe that the new plan now being
made is the correct one, will be pre-
sented to you at the next meeting Of
the council and | hope to see work
started on this sewer shortly. The
breakwater plans are still incomplete
but they will be ready for the early
action Of the council.
These are the four important
things that will come before you dur
ing the year and know that you will
meet these problems in an intelligent
manner with a view Of lettering the
whole city.
| 'Then there are problems of local
transportation which must be settled
in the next sixty days. Kenosha must
have better street and commercial
lighting and better street railway faci-
lities. The claims committee is going
to have it's hands full. I am hopeful
! that this committee will be able to
! bring about settlement of the claims
of the Cleary, White, Newman Com
pany and that these claims will be set
tied in manner just to the city and
| fair to the contractors. During the
year we should consider important or
| dinances to make Kenosha safer and
| better. These ordinances will deal
with building and with placing wires
under ground and it is most important
that they be enacted into law at an
early date.
/ feel that this is going to be one
of the biggest years in the way OF
public improvements that the city has
ever known and that we will all join
in aiding to carry out the great work
! planned. | thank you.'
The address of the mayor was greet
ed with prolonged applause from the
members of the council and the big
crowd in the lobby. Following the ad-
dress the rules Of the last council
were adopted after which the mayor
announced the standing committees
| for the year and these were confirmed
| by unanimous vote Of the council.
The president of the council and the
| city attorney were elected on the first
ballot for the offices and then the mat
| ter of street commissioners came up.
| There were some fifteen applications
| for the places and as some of the al
dermen were not acquainted with the
merits of the candidates a motion to
| lay over the selection until the next
meeting prevailed. The same motion
was taken on the question Of naming
bridgetender. The council voted
unanimously to eliminate the Office of
sidewalk Inspector and as in the past
year this work will be done by the
street commissioners.
The first big argument of the new
I
poormaster. There were two applica-
tions for the position, J. M. Jensen
and Anthony Muessler. The fight
came over the fixing of the salary for
| the Office. Alderman Hegeman made a
strong plea to have the salary fixed at
$500 and for the election of former
Alderman Jacob Saftig to succeed
himself in this position. This was bit
terly opposed by some of the alder
men and an amendment to place the
salary at $500 a year was passed by
vote of 8 to z. Action on the cleo
ton of the poormaster was then de-
ferred until The next regular meeting.
This completed the work of organi-
cation and the council took up the reg
ular order of business. Petitions for
the paving of Pearl street from Ridge
street to Rowland avenue, Congress
street from the south limits Of the
city to Grand avenue, and Park street
from Ridge to Newell street. All
were referred to the street assessment
committee for investigation. Congress
street property owners are badly divid-
ed as to the material to be used in The
Improvement of the street and petit
tions for both brick and asphalt are
IN the hands of the committee. The
large majority of the property owners
are favorable to brick pavement and
many of these have demonstrated
against an asphalt pavement.
| The council decided that there should
be no re-letting of the contract for the
sewer on Lyman avenue and confer
ence of all interested in this work is
to be held today and it is expected
that some agreement will be reached
which will make possible the ilnmedi-
ate completion of the sewer.
The matter of the employment of
sewer inspectors was placed in the
hands of the committee on sewers and
the employment of paving inspectors
in the hands of the street assessment
committee. These committees will
have full power to act in the matter.
There was considerable discussion Of
plans for the proposed breakwater but
no final action was taken.
/
Henry n. Schaufel and Miss Blanche
Mielke, both of this city, were united
in marriage Saturday evening by Rev.