The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
MUST TAKE FRESH START
Council has Long Argument Over Pro
posed Annexation and finally Decides
to Kill All Petitions Territory Must
be Cut Down to Get Into City.

Property owners living in the west
and southwest suburban districts of the
city will have to begin their fight fol
annexation all over again as at the
meeting of. the common council Oh
Monday evening that body by vote
of IL to 5 denied the prayer of the
petitioners asking annexation and the
whole matter was dropped and if the
people desiring annexation are to come
into the city it will be necessary fol-
them to start all over again and Sc
cured the signing of new petitions. II
was shown by the attitude of the coun
ell that two things will be demanded
in the new petitions. One is that the
territory to be annexed must be cut
down and the other is that the prop
erty owners must show willingness te
sell to the city sites for school build
ings and public parks at reason
able rate.
The council was badly divided or
the question of annexation The judi
ciary committee, which had considered
the matter for many weeks, bumped NJ
against the proposition of reporting OF
the petition for the annexation of the
property without the property known
as "The Golf Grounds and the com
mittee was not favorable to this plan
For this reason the report of the com
mittee put the whole matter back into
the hands of the council. The commit
tee in it's report stated that under the
opinion of the city attorney it would
be impossible for the council to act or
any petition save the one which pro
erty without the golf grounds and thai
the committee was not favorable te
such annexation Alderman Hegemar
at once moved that all the propositions
be dropped, but Alderman Marlatt
amended that the prayer of the peti
TONERS on the only illegal petition be
fore the council be granted.
Attorney Chester D. Barnes, presi
dent of the Kenosha Country Club, ad
dressed the council at length, taking
up the whole history of the proposed
annexation and speaking especially OF
the stand which had been taken by
the Kenosha Country Club. He declar
ed that the second petition offered the
council a chance to annex the proper
ty in way that would meet with the
desire of all the property owners to be
affected by the proposed annexation
ordinance
When the matter finally reached
vote the amendment providing
for the annexation Of the territory was
lost by the following vote: Fol
annexation, Aldermen Sullivan, Shear
err, Mariatt, Thomey and Anderson;
against, Aldermen Roberts, Hegeman
Filbin, Mueller, Kisten, Rauen, Loef
Willems, Joachim, Bruins and Barth.
Alderman Kisten who had suggested
the second petition, was one of the
most determined fighters against any
plan for annexation without the gol1
grounds being included in the tract
He declared to the council that he
would be unwilling to take in such a
large territory without the property
owners showing willingness to meet
the demands of the city for sites fol-
schools and play grounds at reasonable
prices and he went on record as being
ready to demand such concessions be.
fore acting on any future petition
This plan seemed to meet with a sym
pathetic reception from the council.