The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-12
many EASEMENTS SECURED
City Attorney Is Directed to Bring
Condemnation Proceedings at Once to
Secure Right of Way-Will Extend
Sewer Along Kenosha River.

The city council took the bull by the
(horns at the adjourned meeting on Mon
day night and adopted plans for an
extensive system of sewers for the
/ draining Of the north and northwest
/ sides of the city. Regardless of the
fact that all necessary easements had
mot been secured the council directed
/ the street assessment committee to adj
vertise for bids for the new sewer and
directed the city attorney to at once
hstart actions in court for the condem-
nation Of right of way through lands
whore property owners had refused to
x grant easements. 1t is expected that
\ these suits to condemn the right of way
( will be started before the end of the
ppresent week and they will be urged
to completion just as rapidly as posi-
kble. The sewer committee is hopeful
Ethat the work on this big sewer will
sbe started early in September and that
a good portion of it will be completed
before the end of the autumn. 1t pos
sible the entire sewer will be complet-
ed during the present year. The pro-
posed sewer will cost in the neighbor-
bhood of 100000 of which amount
NEARLY $4,000 must be paid from the
general funds Of the city.
I Before the final plan for the sewer
was presented to the council for adop-
tion changes were made so as to make
the sewer take in the draining of a
Ilarge part of the Kenosha river and
while it is not planned to have the
jsewer carry the storm water Of the
river and the plan does not provide
for the closing up of the river it is
Thought that the sewer will accomplish
the long sought plan of taking off all
tof the sewage that is now being poured
Into the river. The sewer will run
along the west bank Of the river to
North Pleasant street where it will
prove an outlet for the main trunk
sewer recently built along Racine
avenue north to the rope factory.
The route Of the sewer as outlined
Us starting at, Park street and the lake
rand running in diagonal direction
Through the property of the Simmons
Manufacturing Company to Pearl
street, then west along Pearl street to
FChicago street and then north and west
talong the river to its juncture with
North Pleasant street. 1t is proposed
Ito build a sixty inch sewer along the
river to Middle street, between Middle
land Bronson street the sewer will be
Iforty-two inches and north from this to
North Pleasant it will be forty inches.
The plan also provides for the build
Hng of sixty inch sewer on Middle
street connecting with the intercepting
sewer at the river and running west on
Middle street to the west limits of the
city. 1t provides for forty eight
inch sewer running along on Brockett
street from Middle to Grand avenue
and for smaller sewers north on
Brockett and Edward street
The completion or the sewer viii
make possible connections with the
Dnain sewer on the north side which at
the present time has no outlet. 1t will
lalso make possible the connecting up
Sof the sewer recently laid on West
Grand avenue. The connecting up of
these sewers will make it possible for
1.-THE city to collect assessments from
tthe property owners for these sewers
iand the total amount to be collected
lin back payment will be in the neigh
Eborhood of $4,000. 1t was announced
Hhat easements had been secured from
practically all Of the property owners
ITO the Middle street intersection and
From many of the property owners along
the river north of Middle street. The
misses Karnes, who have been some
thing of thorn in the flesh of the
committee in this matter, were present
sat the meeting of the council. They
Sdeclined to enter into any extended
discussion of the matter and asserted
Fthat they were entirely agreeable to
ga suit for condemnation.
The members Of the committee are
hopeful that it viii not be necessary
to condemn more than three pieces of
property in order to secure the right
of way for the sewer.