The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-23
THREATEN TO PUT ON FORCE
Bonding Company Sends Agent to Ke-
nosha and He Goes to Grand Rapids
to Force the Contractor to Rush Work
May Be Completed in Spring.

The officials Of the city have made
a call upon the bonding company
bonding the contractors in charge of
the work of the extension of the trunk
sewer in an effort to get action on the
work and the agents Of this company
have been notified that if work on the
sewer is not rushed and rushed at once
that the city will adopt its option ex-
pressed in the contract and put large
force Of men to work and complete the
sewer at the earliest possible time and
look to the bonding company for pay
ment for such sums as the city may be
forced to expend above the agreed con-
tract with the A. HI. Prang Company of
Grand Rapids. An agent Of the Fideh-
ty and Deposit Company of Baltimore,
which company signed the bonds of
the contractor, has been in Kenosha
and has been fully informed Of the
intentions of the city. He took the
first train for Grand Rapids and went
with view Of demanding that Con
tractor Prang come to the city at once
and see to it that the sewer is complet-
ed. The first Of the year was the time
set in the contract for the completion
of the sewer, but it is admitted that
with the work dragging along the way
it has in the past two months it would
be impossible to meet this provision
of the contract
The Grand Rapids man who has the
contract for the big sewer, is declared
to be entirely responsible and he has
done lot Of work in Wisconsin and
Michigan cities, but the job in Keno
sha seems to have been started wrong
and as a result it has just dragged
along until the patience of the officials
is about at its limit. Tt had been
planned to have this big drain com
| pleted in order to carry off the surplus
water brought by fall and spring
rains. There is no chance Of it being
Of any value for the fall rains and I'M
less a very large force is put on it
will be impossible to have it ready
to gather up the foods in March and
April Of next year.
The people out in that district have
been counting a lot on the completion
| Of the sewer. The work that has been
done has been done well and the Of
| fcials agree that there is no complaint
| on the character Of the work. Con-
tractor Prang has force of twenty
five men at work under proper super
vision and some time in he dim
distanct future this force lid COM
plete the building Of the sewer and
do it well.
Contractor Prang has never asked
for the payment Of a cent of money
on his contractor Of $107 900, although
he has made considerable expenditure
in the city. He has not completed
enough work to ask for an estimate.
We have no desire to be hard with
the CONTRACTOR said City Engineer
Bremen today eve appealed to the
bonding company just to save trouble
for all concerned. The work is going
forward so slowly that the sewer can
not now be completed by spring. If
we can force the contractor or his
bondsmen to rush the work SC as to
have the sewer completed to the
tracks of the North Western road by
the early part of the spring it would
bring big relief to the people in that
district. It is impossible now for the
sewer to be completed by the time
named in the contract and it is useless
for US to expect such completion
IT is probable that with the call
made on the bonding company and the
visit of the representative of that com
pany to Grand Rapids that the work
on the sewer will pick up materially.