The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-18
MAY ISSUE BONDS THIS YEAR
Council Advised by City Attorney on
Proposed Charter Change But no
Formal Action Taken.-Much DECKER
ing Over School Site Problems.

Gently annexed to the city was held out
by members of the common council on
Monday evening when after a meeting
featured with personal strife and per-
sonal abuse, the members of the body
voted by unanimous vote to have the
city engineer at once provide plans for
sewers in all of the new territory.
This will probably mean the extension
of the trunk sewer to the west limits
of the city and the building of a large
system of auxiliary sewers extending
to all parts Of the territory. 1t is
thought possible that some of this work
may be done during the coming sum-
mer as under the ruling of the city at
torney the city council will have the
right to vote bonds against the proper
ty in the big territory after the pres
emit assessment is made.
The question of sewers for the new
territory brought bitter strife between
the mayor and some of the members of
the council. The mayor attempted to
take upon himself the entire solicitude
for the people in the western district
and he was numerically fayed by AL
derman Sullivan, who pointed to the
fact that he was a member of the street
assessment committee when sewers en-
tirely inadequate and useless were
built in adjoining districts to the prop
erty recently annexed. There was a
long and heated argument between the
mayor and Alderman Sullivan and Al
der Bounsall who espoused the cause
of Sullivan, came in for just as hot a
roasting. 1t might be said that the
words of the mayor dropped off his
back like basting on a roasting duck
and the alderman from the ninth came
back so hard and fast that the argu-
ment was closed so far as the mayor
was concerned.
A lot of the time of the meeting Of
the council was given to school mat
tiers. The question of amending the
city charter to place the levy of the
school taexs in the hands of the alder
men came up, but it did not get far.
The city attorney in his opinion as to
the methods to be followed in chang
ing the charter strongly urged that the
petition for such a change should come
from the people and that it should be
submitted to the people for referendum
before any final action was passed
George Wallis appeared from the school
board and spoke at length in defense
of the board and it's methods of work
and declared himself of the opinion
that the board of education was better
able to take care of expenditures than
the city council on account of the fact
that the board was in closer touch
with the school system.
The whole matter was friendly ar
gument and it is probable that it will
result in joint meetings of the finance
committees of the boards in the future
with the council committee acting as an
advisory committee to the school board
committee. The council by unanimous
vote gave the school board permission
to exchange set Of three lots on JENNIE
street for block of fourteen lots in
Highland View subdivision, it being
understood that the board would paw
$500 in cash additional The big tract
of land to the west of the Balm drive is
to be used in The future as school site.
Ii. L. Bullamore has finally succeed
ed in giving the city public park.
Nearly a year ago he offered the park
to the city through the park board, but
it was not until Monday evening that
the council committee reported in favor
of accepting the land. There was
strong opposition to the acceptance of
the land on the ground that the deed
of gift was not such as to allow the
city to use the land for any purpose it
might see fit. Mr.. Bullamore waxed
eloquent in his attempt to give the land
under the original proposition, that it
was to be used for park purposes and
the council finally accepted the proper
ty by vote of ten to seven. Under
the terms of the gift the city must
build sidewalk about the block of
land and improve it in reasonable
time.
The meeting was a long drawn out
one and there was lot of pickering
on nearly everything that came before
the aldermen. The matter of Emil Fox
and his right to carry gun was not
brought up and it was understood that
a fruca had hanu daaIarod until IoAor
in this matter. When the members of
the council have more time it is prob
able that this matter viii be brought
up and disposed of.
Announcement has been made of the
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