The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-23

of the park commission.
The people of the Ninth ward sent :.
long petition to the council demanding
the building of sidewalks in that ward
and the city engineer was directed to
give the customary thirty days notice
with the understanding that if the
walks are not put in by the property
owners in that time they will be built
by the city and charged on the tax
roll.
No Action on Licenses.
The plan to slip one over Chairman
Kisten of the license committee did not
get very far. A few attorneys and one
or two members of the council had
planned to demand action on the IL
cense for Edelweiss park and the saloon
at the corner of Rowland and Selleck
avenues. The committee on license
was not ready to report and Alderman
Kisten was out of the city and further
time was asked to consider the two IL
censes. The mayor was ready to grant
further time, without objection" but
Calvin Stewart, who appeared for the
Eidelweiss park license, demanded that
some action be taken. He addressed
the council briefly and then the mem
bers without division voted to lay the
matter over. The committee announced
that it would have some final report on
the matter ready for the next meeting.
Something of a spirited discussion
was aroused over the extension of
Broad street The committee recon-
mended that the street be extended to
the west of the North Western tracks.
but recommended that the width of the
street be reduced to so feet Members
of the council declined to support the
plan to reduce the width of the street,
and tn matter was laid over until after
the members of the council could go
and look the land over. The council
voted to proceed at once to name a
committee to lay out extensions of
West and West Main streets, and it is
though that this will be done at once.
Put Bill For Extras on File.
Robert Nelson, the Racine sewer con-
tractor, who has had the contracts for
several sewers in the west part of the
filed bill of $4,000 for extra work
done on these sewers and the council
received the bill and "placed it on
file 1t is understood that it will re-
main on file and if Nelson RECEIVERS
anything for extras he will be forced
to go to court to get it.
The financial statement and budget
of the board of education was present.
ed to the council and it was referred
to the finance committee without com
ment. 1t is understood that a joint
meeting of the finance committees of
the two bodies will be held with a view
of reducing the budget.
When Chairman Shearer of the f.
nance committee asked for further
time on the question of discounting
bills he got it just as rapidly as the
mayor could slip it to him and the
mayor made no move to present to the
council his favored political platform
scheme
The council voted to accept the invi-
tation of the merchants to the annual
outing on the afternoon of July 30th
and the city hall will be closed up on
that afternoon to permit all the city
employees to attend the picnic.
The first sewer for the new territory
was ordered by the council at the
meeting on Monday night. It is to be
an extension of the Grover street sewer
and it is to be put in only when the
property owners have paid in the cash
equal to the amount of assessments to
be levied for the sewer. No sewers
will be extended in the territory with
out the cash being paid.