The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
APPROVE OUTER BUEAKWATER
Council Puts Applications for Inspectors
On File--Protest on Breakwater Dis
tricts Assessments Placed on File
Other Council Business.

Declaring the DINNER ordinance re-
Gently passed menace to life in Ke
nosha, the Common Council on Monday
night suspended the operation of the
ordinance and it is back to the bright
lights for the automobile drivers Wf
! Ken0sha. The chief Of police was in
structed to give formal notice to the
automobile drivers to take off the dim
mers and use lights which would prove
as protection to the people using the
lstreets and at the same time as a pro-
lection to the drivers themselves. The
argument was vigorous and many of
1.-THE members of the council showed a
Willingness to repeal without further
consideration the dimming ordinance.
EThe resolution finally passed by a vote
EOf twelve to six sent the ordinance
Fback to the judiciary committee with
the understanding that amendments
fare TO be presented if the committee
Kinds a way to dim the lights without
making the dimming menace. If
Esuch plan is not found and found
Equickly the ordinance will be wiped
bOff the ordinance records of the city
and it will be back to the bright lights
for Kenosha. Many accidents were
Edeclared to have resulted directly as
the result of the enforcement of the
Edimming ordinance. Chief O'Hare ap-
Epeared before the council to protest
Eagainst the ordinance holding that the
lglaring light was to be preferred to
the DINNERS.
/ Name No Building Inspector.
The council9did not elect building
tnspector at the meeting Monday night
land the matter is to be held open until
some time later in the year. There
were plenty Of applications for the
position, the list including +. B. Bra
Zee, Frank Griffith, G. M. Sharpe, E. G.
anderson, Louis p. Nelson, Charles +.
EHuber, G. r. Horritt and Frank Dris-
sell. The applications for the position
Eof plumbing inspector were from
Charles e. Jensen and o. E. Prichard.
sAl of these applications were placed
ION file and they will be considered
when the council is ready to provide
por the enforcement of the ordinance.
"A noisy kick was heard against the
assessments levied by the city for the
eNorth Lake avenue breakwater dis
ltrict but the city attorney held that
no protest had been received from any
of the property owners at the time the
district was formed and that the eoun-
c1I had no power to rebate any assess
ments made. The amounts which are
small will be collected with the regu-
lar city tax in the spring.
There was a protest against the
building of gas tank on the corner
or Grand avenue and Sheridan Road
and the matter was referred to the
committee on health and sanitation.
There was a big protest against the
city installing any lights in Park View
subdivision until after all lights now
ordered by the city have been installed
and a resolution was passed directing
that plat submitted providing for
the location of lights in this territory
be filed until such a time as the coun-
cll was ready to take up the matter.
The park down by the Green RIDGE
cemetery on Sheridan Road is to be
known officially as 'FSheridan Park -
IN the future but the finance commit
tee reported against making any an
preparation for the improvement of the
park next year.
City to Have Smoke Ordinance.
Smoking chimneys in the city are to
Ebe regulated by ordinance as the eoun-
Ecll voted unanimously to have the in.
pdiciary committee draw an ordinance
similar to the one now enforced in
lother cities to protect against smoke
1t is expected to come before the coun.
eil at the next regular meeting.
The committee was given further
Pime to draw the ordinance against alb.
normal moving pictures.
1t was announced that wire fences
would be erected on Main street bridge
20 protect people who may seek to
cross the road in the middle of the
bridge and thus subject themselves to
Sanger of accident.
Approve Outer Breakwater.
The committee ON harbors and
breakwaters gave its approval to the
Iong considered plan for the building
pf the outer breakwater from the piers
south to Eichelman Park and the mat
er was referred to the finance commit
Zee to report what moneys could be
made available from the incoming tar
evy to start this big work with The
further recommendation that if the
money could be obtained that the city