The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-09-10
SAL0yB MEN GET 'TURND0UN"
Col Grants Request of Chief Of Pc
liz for Three New Police Off1cers-
School Budget of $4,000 Is Given
tic Unanimous Vote of Aldermen.

Alderman William Rowe of the
second ward, started a vigorous cru
SADIE for safety in Kenosha at the
meeting of the council on Tuesday
evening when he vigorously demanded
that the Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Comany be forced to take immediate
steps to see to it that every wire con
uected with the business Of the company
il Kenosha was properly guarded. Act
ing on his motion the council directed
the police department to notify the
company to proceed at once to safe
guard every wire }hich might be reach
co in any way by pedestrians. THIS
order provides not only for the protec
ton of chains leading from are lamps
used in the city, but also for the pro
lection Of all strand wires used through
out the city Alderman Rowe in pre-
scnting the matter to the council de-
clared that the company had been
guilty of grave negligence in the pro-
tecting of the wires and that this neg
ligence had already cost lives in Keno
sha His demand for betteS protection
met with the unanimous support of the
members Of the council. 1t is under
stood that the company will at once
make an investigation of the entire
wire system in the city with view of
meeting the demands Of the common
council
Saloon men are still battling for
saloon license in the building at the
corner OF Rowland and Selleck avenues
and the latest application was present
Cd by Frank j. Meiser He declared
t. the council that he would operate
q model place at the corner, that he
would live in the building himself and
that he would slam the door in the face
OF everything of an evil nature which
approached His plea was supported by
q petition signed by some forty prop
erty owners. 1t was promptly laid on
the table, the majority of the members
CT the council holding that the ques-
ton of licensing a saloon at this loca-
ton was closed chapter.
Jens Petersen, owner of Petersen s
Park, sent to the council a long screed
lambasting the aldermen and urging
that a license be granted for Edelweis
Park, but before the completion of the
reading of the three pages Of type writ
ten matter had been completed Alder
man Kisten, head of the license COM
mittee moved that it be thrown under
the table and into the waste basket and
the motion was carried without division
OF the council. Later in the evening
the license committee brought in re-
pert recommending that the remon-
STRANGE against any license at Edelweis
Park be granted and this report was
adopted without a dissenting vote. As
this action must be rescinded before
any license can be issued for the place
il is taken that the action marks the
end of the park so far as the present
council is concerned.
Council to Economize.
The report of the city treasurer bear
ing the date of Aug. 31st showed that
the city now has a balance in the bank
OF little over $4,000 and as nearly
oil of this money is needed to meet
bond payments which will be due in 4
short time the head of the finance com
mittee demanded retrenchment all
along the line. He suggested that it
would be necessary to hold up some of
the orders until after tax paying time.
The certainty of big deficit in the
funds Of the city was shown by the re-
port of the committee and general
cutting down of expenses will be made.
lit is probable that lot of people
win be forced to hold orders until after
the money raised by the next tax levy
is available. The officials of banks
have given the committee to under
stand that no money will be advanced
this year except for the payment of
wages to men employed by the city.
The council on the recommendation
of the finance committee, voted unani-
mously to pass the school budget for
the coming year at $4,000, but no ac-
ton was taken in regard to the pro-
posed issue of bonds to the amount of
100000 to provide for the erection of
another grade school building. The
members of the committee held that
= was unnecessary to build this build
ing at this time.
The council voted to levy tax Of
$4,000 for the support Of the industrial
ooard Of education during the coming
year.
Old Claim is Settled.
The council voted without division