The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-18
TAKE CHANCE ON SALOONS NOW
Council Refuses to Take Any Steps to
Limit the Number of Licenses to be
Granted and Committee is Unin-
structed-Accept Ashland Ave. Bridge

The city of Kenosha is going to dis
count its bills for prompt payment for
at the meeting of the common council
on Monday evening the aldermen voted
by unanimous vote to adopt this plal
for payment Of bills and in the future
all bills will be referred to the finance
committee as an auditing committee
and on the sanction of this committee
city orders for the bills will be issued
as soon as possible after the purchases
are made for the city and the COM
mittee will deduct the customary two
per cent from all bills before the or
ders are drawn. 1t is not known how
the business men who deal with the
city will take to the proposed plan, but
it Is expected that after couple of
months the business men will be able
to FIX their prices for city supplies so
that the two per cent will be entirely
taken care of. 1t is not known
whether or not the discount plan will
apply to contract bills. The aldermen
city to discount contract bills, but it
is probable that a trial Of this plan
win be made. No discount will be
made on the salaries Of the officials or
on the wages of the men employed in
the various departments Of the city.
So far as is known Kenosha is the
first city to adopt plan for discount
ing all bills and the outcome Of the
action Of the council will be watched
with a good deal of interest.
No Limit for Saloon Licenses.
The council declined to go on record
as being in favor of limiting the mum
Der of saloon licenses. Alderman Kis-
ten, chairman of the license commit
tee, after the applications from enc
hundred and four saloon men had been
referred to him, asked that the
council go on record as to the number
of licenses to be issued He declared
that many of the men applying for IL
censes had not held licenses in 1907
and declared that the city had from
year to year issued these licenses with
out any legal right The mayor sug-
aosted that the city needed the money
and Alderman Joachim declared that
as the city had taken a chance in the
past he could see no reason why the
council could not continue to take IA
chance Of some one demanding court
an hn t4xv af -
declared himself in favor of issuing
licenses to all applicants. Other mem
bers of the council declined to go on
record
A protest against the granting of q
license for 317 Milwaukee avenue was
presented. 1t was signed by practical
~ all of the property owners in the
neighborhood In their protest they
declared that the saloon had been q
nuisance and that the owners of the
property had voluntarily given up the
license right year ago and that UNI
der the law the council could not re,
vivo this license right The protest
was referred to the license committee
and it is pretty certain that the com,
mittee viii not recommend the grant,
ing Of the license for the place
Seek Site for Open Air School
The board of education sent a peti-
tion to the council asking that the
board be given the right to use the
lot just west of the greenhouse on
Ridge street as a site for an open air
school There was some objection to
the plan and the matter was referred
to the committees on building and
water works and public grounds with
orders to report at the next regular
meeting of the council 1t is the plan
of the board to erect permanent
building fcI use as an open air school
and the LOT is Ideally situated to take
care Of the sickly pupils. The members
of the board are hopeful that the new
building can be completed before the
opening of the regular fall term Of
the city schools.
Efforts of fourth ward aldermen ia
secure an appropriation for the open
ing of Lyman avenue from the city
on the grounds that money contributed
by the Jefery company following the
vacation Of portions of Park and
Charles streets was to have been spent
in the fourth ward failed as the com
mttee on judiciary after a careful in.
vestigation Of all the facts in connec
tion with the vacation held that nc
representation had been made to prop
erty owners that the money secured
would be expended in the ward.
The finance committee reported that
collections Of delinquent taxes to the
amount of more than $500 had been
made by the city treasurer and that
the total of the taxes for 1913 now
outstanding was but $205.
The monthly report of the city trea
urer showed a balance of $49. 11S.76 in