The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20
UREAKWATER PARK IS Hello UP
Members of the Council Refer Plans to
the Park Commission For It's Sane
ton and Some Formal Action May be
Taken at the Next Meeting.

The city council at It's regular meet
ing on Monday evening received the
formal petitions providing for the car
rying out of the proposed sale of the
water plant to the Simmons Manufact
uring Company. These petitions call
ed for the vacation of q portion of
Lake street and of the portion of Mar
ket street east of Lake street. They
were signed by large number of
property owners, the verifcation show
ing that the number of signers was
considerably more than is required by
the laws covering such vacations. A
resolution was passed ordering the
publication of the formal notices in
connection with the vacation. There
was little argument on the question
and when the resolution was put to
vote the only votes registered against
II were those Of Aldermen Rowe,
Joachim and Smith The ordinances
for vacating the streets will be pre-
sented at the next meeting of the
common council.
This was the most important matter
TO come before the council although the
alderen remained in session until pref
ty close to midnight. Two ordinances
providing for the issuing of bonds to
the amount of 100000 for the building
of the new Collins street school and
100000 for the extension of the trunk
sewer were presented and given their
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opposition TO either of the ordinances
and it is expected that they will be
unanimously passed by the council.
The ordinances provide that the city
pay interest at the rate of four and
half per cent. The bonds are to be
serial bonds with the provision that all
of them be paid off within twenty
years.
There was a remonstrance against
the decorative lights on Wisconsin
street but the remonstrance is not
thought to be effective on account of
the fact that the contract for the lights
has already been entered into by the
city. No protest was made to the
council before the letting of the con
tract and the members of the commit
tee are of the opinion that the protest
at this late day can not be considered.
In this connection the committee on gas
and light was instructed to have the
ornamental standards in the Market
Square Park changed so that they will
conform with other standards to be
placed on the surrounding streets.
Breakwater Park Laid Over.
The plan of purchasing land for a
park at the end of Lake avenue to be
followed with the building of break
water at a cost of $4,000, was not ad-
vanced at the meeting on Monday
evening. Alderman Gundlach in charge
Of the work, made a report, but sew
eral of the members insisted before
the council acted that the matter
should be referred to the park commits
sion and the whole plan was referred
to the commission practically without
debate.
The question of the opening of Balm
avenue over the tracks of the North
Western Railway Company came up for
a considerable discussion. Alderman
Goodman, chairman of the committee
on railways and transportation, declar-
ed that the committee had gone into
the matter at length with the officials
of the company and that they had sug-
gested that the matter be left over I'M
til next spring. They held that with
seven tracks crossing the street the
crossing could not but be most dan
gerous one for traffic Alderman Good
man declared that he hesitated to make
a recommendation in the matter and
he suggested that the council seek
some absolute agreement with the com
pany that the crossing would be open
ed and properly protected next year
before starting any fight on the mat
ter. He held that with such an agree
ment and with the assurance that the
company would not contest the order
of the council at that time that he