The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-02
WILL PURCHASE ROAD TRUCK
County Roads Committee Is Empowered
to Purchase Truck to Be Used for
Road Work and It Is to Be Paid for
From the Maintenance Fund.

Kenosha county has formally and
officially invited the members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Wis
consin to hold their 1917 encampment
and reunion in the city of Kenosha
and before the adjournment of the
county board no Wednesday afternoon
a resolution was passed by unanimous
vote requesting the next county board
to make an appropriation Of five humid
red dollars to aid the veterans in en-
tertaining the encampment. The
members of the present county board
had no power to make this appropria-
ton or the matter would have been
closed up at the session on Wednesday.
There is no doubt but that the next
board will provide for the appropria-
tion and when the members of the
Fred S. Lowell Post go to the annual
encampment this year they will carry
an invitation to the veterans backed
by official authority.
The board spent nearly all of the
session on Wednesday afternoon dis
cussing plans for roads at the Willow
brook Sanatorium. When the board
adjourned no final decision had been
reached in the matter and the matter
was referred to special committee
composed of Supervisors Hensgen,
Link and County Highway Commits
sioner John Herzog and they will have
power to act in the matter. 1t is
probable that the committee will de-
eide to build twelve foot concrete
driveway leading from the road to the
entrance Of the sanatorium. A five
foot concrete walk will be built along
the front Of the sanatorium and con-
crete walks will be provided in the rear
of the institution. The same commit
tee will have charge of the work Of
leveling off the grounds in front of
the sanatorium and this landscape
work will be done just as soon as the
weather will permit.
The county supervisors reversed
their action at the January session in
regard to the purchase of a motor
truck for use on the roads and such
a truck will be purchased. No pro-
vision was made as to the kind of
truck or the amount to be expended,
this matter being left in the hands of
the committee on roads and bridges.
The cost of the truck will be paid out
of the road maintenance fund. It is
understood that the truck will be used
not only for the repair Of roads, but
also for hauling material used in the
building of new roads.
The purchase of the truck will be a
big drain on the road maintenance
fund which at present amounts to
only about eight thousand dollars. Tt
is thought, however, that all repair
work can be provided for in addition
to the purchase Of the truck. 1t is
probable that the committee will ar
range for the purchase Of the truck at
once so that it can be used for the re-
pair work Of the early spring.
The members of the board spent
more than two hours at Willowbrook
during the afternoon and they were
given a chance to see just what is
needed to make the institution com
plete in every way.
When the gavel fell on the adjourn
ment motion it marked the close Of the
activities of the present board. The
next meeting of the county board will
be held some time in April following
the spring elections. It is not thought
that there will be any large number Of
changes in the makeup Of the board
as most Of the members have announced
themselves as candidates for re-
election. The board has been one Of
the most progressive bodies ever nam
ed to represent the county.