The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-19
FIGHT ON BREAKWATER PARK
Krisor Saloon Gets Final Quietus When
Big Majority of Council Vote to Up
hold the Committee on License Park
Bond Ordinance In


action in the water works deal on Mon
day night when by vote Of Ia to g.
Aldermen Rowe, Joachim and Smith
voting in the negative-the mayor and
city clerk were directed to sign deeds
for the transfer Of the old water plant
to the Simmons Manufacturing Co.
with the understanding that the com
pany is to pay over the $4,000 and
deed to the city the land on the island
which is to be used as the site for the
new water plant 1t is expected that
the deeds will be placed in escro with
the Northwestern Loan and Trust com
pany this week and the city will take
immediate possession Of the new water
works site and have the right to do
anything with the land that it may see
fit. The action was taken in Just half
a minute after the council had heard a
letter from z. G.. Simmons in which he
explained his agreement with the water
commissioners Rowe, Smith and Joa-
chin had been against the deal from
the start and there was no surprise ex-
pressed at their vote. Following the
action Of the council the water board
will at once proceed to close up it's
contracts and the extending Of the new
intake will be started at once.
Krisor Gets Quietus
The final quietus was put on the
) Krisor saloon on North Milwaukee ave-
nue. by majority Of the aldermen.
Attorneys for Krisor appeared and pro-
tested against the constitutionality of
the saloon district ordinance passed in
! 1907. They even suggested that they
would take upon themselves the trouble
and expense of court fight to show
the ordinance invalid against any pro-
test of property owners but the council,
following the suggestion of the city at
torney, expressed belief that the or
dinance was entirely valid No new
petition was presented in support of
the saloon and the committee on license
brought in report recommending that
the former action, by which the license
was refused, be not reconsidered. The
report of the committee signing the
death warrant of the saloon was adopt
ed by the following vote. Ayes, Sulli-
van, Rowe, Shearer, Barr, Anderson,
Bounsall and Goodman. Nays, Alder
Kisten, Donahue, Smith, Gundlach,
men Roberts, Tully, Martin, Rauen,
Willems, and Joachim.
With the settlement of the saloon
question large number of the inter
ested" taxpayers left the lobby and
there was no cheering from the depart
ing citizens or near citizens.
Harry Copen sent a petition to the
council asking that it make an investi-
cation of his saloon at the corner of
Church and Park streets holding that
the place had been maligned. The com
mittee on license was instructed to
make the investigation.
Fight on Breakwater Park
There was long discussion Of the
proposed new breakwater park on
North Lake avenue which ended just
where it started-iR nothing. The re-
port on the cost of land to be purchased
WAS still in a condition which caused
several, If the aldermen to declare that
y was iYnposible to understand what
theaparSz would cost the city and after
the long argument the whole matter
was referred back to the committee.
A seemSag effort to Hgouge" the city
was resented by some of the aldermen
and if there is not a pretty early set
Element OF tho troubles over land for
the park it now looks as if the whole
plan would be abandoned. Alderman
Gundlach has been the promoter of the
plan and he promised to have more in
telligent report ready for the council
at the next regular meeting.
Refurnish Fire Houses
Firemen in Kenosha are going to
have all the comforts of home. The
council ordered the committee on build
ing and water works TO get a large
amount of new furniture. This is to
include rugs and tables and book cases
and magazines and in addition it is to
install bath rooms and shower baths
and out of it all there may come a
gymnasium for the use of the firemen
at the central engine house with the
idea of extending the plan to other
fire houses later on. The chief of the
fire denartrnant and tba oh;af re ,,o1;oa
came in for some caustic criticism
from some of the aldermen. There was
lot said about joy riding at the ex-
pense of the city and the council turned
down fat a proposition to appropriate
$40 to send the chief Of the fire depart
ment to the annual meeting of fire
chiefs at Cincinnati. A good deal Of