The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-22
$4,000 NEEDED FOR REPAIRS
State Board to Send a Strong Letter
to the Common Council Urging That
Some Immediate Action be Taken
Praise for Other institutions.

"We don It want to condemn the
Kenosha poor house or get into any
squabble with the members of the com
mon council but we do believe that a
city like Kenosha should give a little
more attention to her dependents. The
present poor house is not what it should
be and if the council would follow our
recommendations and expend less than
two thousand dollars out there it could
be made decidedly acceptable to the
state board of control and lot more
comfortable for those old men who are
spending their declining years there. -
This was the comment of Frank T..
Walsh of Milwaukee, member of the
state board of control, who followed
w. E. Graebner of Milwaukee into
Kenosha on Thursday to make final
inspection of the Kenosha city and
county institutions for the state board
Walsh showed an especial interest in
the poor farm. He was here some time
ago and made suggestions to members
of the council but these suggestions
have not been met. Walsh hurried
out to the 'ffarm" Thursday after
noon and when he came back he held
another conference with the officials.
Kenosha is progressive along lot
of lines and there is no reason why she
should not be progressive in taking
care of her paupers. With poor house
just across the way from the splendid
sanitarium that is being built the city
should take some pride in the mainten-
ance of it,, - was more of the comment
of Mr.. Walsh. He paid a high tribute
to the work that is being done by
George Meyer, the keeper of the poor
farm and declared that Meyer was get
ting excellent results from the equip
ment given him to work with. The
matter is to be laid before the council
in special communication from the
board which is expected to reach the
council at its next regular meeting.
Several Of the members of the council
are favorable toward meeting every
suggestion of the state board and it is
the board will be carried out and the
Kenosha poor farm brought up to the
standard of other city and county in
situations. Mr.. Walsh inspected the
county jail and the lookup during his
STAY in Kenosha. q You have got
to hand it to the sheriff. was his com
ment in regard to the Jail. "The Jail
is in great shape and it s kept in good
shape all the time. I believe with
Mr.. Graebner that the Kenosha Jail is
one Of the best kept jails in the state. !"
After he had looked about the city
lock up he gave it a clean bill Of
health. No objections to the lock up
at all 1t is in good shape and well
kept all the time, but the city of Keno
sha has got to do something to properly
protect the stairway leading down from
the police office or else move the police
office to the ground floor Of the city hall.
The state board has called the atten-
ton of the council to the fact that this
stairway is more or less of menace
right now but nothing has been done. -
It might be said that the matter of
protecting the stairway has been re-
ferred to a council committee and this
committee is now busy getting estim-
ates on the cost Of the work proposed
to be done. Mr.. Walsh left Kenosha
late in the afternoon and he will sub
nit his report on Kenosha institutions
within the next few days.