The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-21
WANT SCHOOL BOARD TO MOVE
City Council Will Use "Storage Room
for Building Department and May
Ask City superintendent to Move
Favor Mothers Pension" Act.

j. M. Albers, a man schooled in the
art of building at the University of
Michigan and man with considerable
experience as a practical builder, was
unanimously elected as the first build
ing inspector of the city of Kenosha
by the unanimous vote of the Common
Council at its meeting on Monday
evening. He was selected by the spe-
cial committee named by the council
to consider applicants after it had con-
sidered the qualifications of more than
twenty men who had applied for the
position. Inspector Albers has been
schooled for this position as he took a
three year course at the University of
| Wisconsin as a building engineer. He
has been in Kenosha for many years
and has been actively connected with
the work of the Grant Planning Mill.
He will begin the duties of his new
Office the first Of January. The council
voted to have the school board vacate
the room adjoining the Office of the
city superintendent of schools and this
will be fitted up for the use as the
Office of the building department be-
tween now and the opening of the new
year. Inspectors Albers and Hamlet
are now arranging their business so
that they will be able to give their
full time to their work for the city
after the opening of the new year.
/ Council Favors Mothers Pensions
The council Of Kenosha will not go
on record as being in favor of the re-
peal of the state law providing aid for
dependent children. A resolution was
presented asking the state legislature
to repeal the act and it was adopted
by the council by all but unanimous
vote but later on in the evening Alder
man Sullivan urged the reconsideration
of the resolution and after consider
able argument the council voted Is to
2 to not adopt it. There was a feeling
among the members of the council that
some amendments should be made to
the law and these will be incorporated
in new resolution which will be pre-
sented to the council at it's next meet
ing. The move to have the council ia
vor the repeal of the law came to the
city council through the medium of the
County Board which recently passed a
similar resolution. On mature consid-
GRAFTON the aldermen declared that
they believed in the principal of giving
relief in the manner outlined by the
law but that there should be changes
in the method of administration.
Would Gust School Board.
The council spent considerable time
discussing a motion to request the
Board of Education to find other off
GERS for the superintendent of schools
and her staff of workers. It was held.
that the city needed the Offices in the
City Hall for other activities of the
city. The schools were not without
their champions ON the council and
when the question of asking the board
to vacate went to a vote there was
large majority in favor of having the
Office of the superintendent retained at
| the City Hall. The small store room
which is to be vacated was given to
the School Board for its use with the
understanding that it would be vacated
just as soon as the city had demand
for the ROOM
The session Of the council was not
busy one and it was given over largely
| to routine work. The committee on
| judiciary reported in favor of dividing
the first ward with West street as the
| boundary line for two new precincts
and providing that the voting place
Of the first precinct be at the High
School and on the second precinct be
at the Deming School. The resolution
for the ward change was adopted by
the unanimous vote of the council and
the new precincts will be in effect at
the next city election.
The judiciary committee was not
ready to report on the proposed change
of license fees for junk dealers and it
also asked further time to take up the
question of regulating moving picture
shows with the understanding that
meeting would be held with interested
| parties during the present week.
The question of the licensing of the
saloon at the corner of Church and
Park streets died a natural death when
the applicant for the license withdrew
the application. Alderman Rockwell of
the fourth ward asked to have his vote
at a recent meeting of the council cor
rected to show that he was opposed to
| the granting of the license and a state
ment to this effect was placed in the
minutes of the meeting Of Monday
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