The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-21

They made the fur fly at the meet
ing of the common council on Monday
evening when Mayor NJ j. Scholey and
Alderman Gus Kisten clashed on the
question Of peddler's licenses. The
mayor started the argument from the
home plate, but when he had hit out
a couple Of fouls Alderman Kisten de-
manded that he abdicate the throne
and meet him as a fair opponent on
the floor and President Thomey took
charge of the ribbon bedecked gavel
and for the next fifteen minutes the
mayor and the alderman from the fifth
mixed in wordy argument which made
things really interesting. The whole
thing proved a tempest in teapot
and when the argument and voting
was over the status of the peddler re-
manned unchanged.
Louis Berkovitz, fruit peddler APP
pealed to the council for a permit to
have a wagon on the street near the
Simmons factory. The mayor demand
ed that the petition be not granted
and that the peddler be forced to take
out a city license Kisten held that
Berkovitz was resident and tax
payer in Kenosha and that as such he
had a right to peddle fruit in the city
without taking out city license. The
mayor grew heated in his discussion
and declared that the man must quit
or take city license. Kisten became
a little hotter under the collar and de-
manded that if Berkovitz was to be
forced to take out city license he
would demand that every other peddler
in the city, including every one of the
beer wagons, take out license.
Evidently this widespread enforce
ment of the license law did not appeal
to the leader of the other side of the
argument for there was an immediate
backing up. The result of it all was
that motion was passed giving Ber-
kovitz the right to continue business
the same as other peddlers in the city =
Berkovitz will have to figure out his
own rights, but evidently Alderman
Kisten was satisfied as he voted for
the motion and the mayor made no OBJ
lection to its form. The incident
proved the only real excitement of the
evening for the crowd Of forty people
in the lobby.
The paving of Ridge street was be-
fore the council again in the form of
protest from lot of the property
owners who held that the street should
not be improved until 1916. No form
al action was taken in the matter, but
it is certain that a large majority Of
the members Of the council took the
view that the property owners must
get together before the council takes
any action and the matter went over
with the understanding that it will be
taken up again some time in 1915.
Mayor scholey sent to the council
his formal appointment of M J.. Iser-
mann as member of the board of
health and John H. Barber as a mem
Der of the park board for a term of
five years. Both appointments were
confirmed by unanimous vote.
There was a long discussion of the
question of the collection of delinquent
personal property taxes and the com
mittee recommended that the city treas
urer be given a couple of weeks be-
fore any effort was made to publish the
lists. 1t is probable that at the end
OF the two weeks of collection by the
treasurer the council will find some
way to order the publication of the
lists. Attention was called to the fact
that number of men holding retail
saloon licenses had failed not only this
year, but in preceding years, to pay
Eup the personal taxes assessed against
them. The chairman of the license
committee was given a list of these
men and it is safe to say that none
of them will get a license until the
taxes are paid.
Acting on the report of the railroad
and transportation committee the
council made an order prohibiting the
North-W Western Railway Company from
"spotting' any ears on Pearl street
IN the future. The spotting Of cars
on the street has been nuisance to
some Of the property owners and the
committee was unanimous in a recon-
mendation that this be stopped. 1t is
not probable that the railway company
viii make any objections to the order.
The council without division accept
ed the bid of the Kenosha Evening
News for the publication of the coun-
eli proceedings and the legal notices of
the city for the coming year, the price
being the same as had been charged
for the same service during the former
year.