The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-27
NO BATTLE OF EASEMENTS
People Complain to Officials on Account
of Materials Left on Streets and They
Will Be Moved Just as Soon as
Men Can Be Secured.

LloSpeIlUy is IOunu TO De SORT OF a
two edged proposition in Kenosha for
with prosperity bullying from every fac
tory chimney day and night the work on
sewers in the city is being halted on
account of the inability of the contrac-
tors to get men,, Every man who waits
work is now in line for a job in Kenosha
but the line is SO short that there is
little chance for the sewer contractor
to get even look in. Work on the in
terceptnig sewer is being held up and
the sewer on the west side Of the city is
not moving along as rapidly as the con-
tractor and the city officials would like
to see it.
Kicks a-plenty are coming on the
sloWness of the sewer work. The city
officials have appealed to Contractor
Kennedy to rush things and his answer
has been "Show me where to get the
men, The main complaint sent by the
people is due to the fact that materials
have been piled on several streets Of the
city in anticipation Of the sewer work.
The property owners claim that instead
of going into a sewer trench most of
the gravel is being thrown by the boys
onto lawns in the neighborhood.
On account of the inability to get
men the intercepting sewer work has
been out of commission for some time,
and the rumor was circulated that the
work had been stopped by threats of
injunction. Injunction nothing"
said the city engineer this morning.
"The only injunction that is stopping
the work is the fact that it is impossible
to get men to 60 down into the trenches
and work. Right now there seems to
be work for every man who wants work
in Kenosha and a lot of them prefer to
work in a factory to work in sewer
trench. Conditions are getting to be
the same all over the country and it is
certain that Contractor Kennedy has
something of task to get his work in
Kenosha completed in the time limit
set in the contracts. / don It want to
kick on the way Kennedy is handling
these jobs either for / believe that he
is making every possible effort to get
men and keep the work going..'
The city engineer explained the story
Of the easements. You see, the city
has two easements for what is known
as the right of way through the Karnes
property. One. of them was given the
city by the Misses Karnes and the other
by the Northwestern Railway Company
The only question that arises as to this
part of the sewer is the manner in which
the sewer is to be built. The city got
it's easement from the Karnes sisters
before the Northwestern paid cent
toward the condemnation of the prop
erty for an industrial track Now the
company insists that the city make the
sewer strong enough to carry filling as
may be necessary to support railway
tracks. We believe that the fact that
the city had the easement before the
Company got any claim to the property
makes it obligatory upon the company
to look after it's own filling
lnG GdS6I1SuG OlIGl6u W JIG CIby ny
the railway company has not been form
ally accepted by the council.
If there is to be any question as to
this portion of the right of way for the
sewer the council will not be forced to
hold up the work as there is a vast
amount of work north and west of the
property in question where the contrac-
tor will find work for every man he
we'll be able to employ during the next
few months. It is admitted that efforts
are being made to get men but thus
far these efforts have not been highly
successful. Every industrial center in
this section of the country seems to be
working at high tension and for this
reason there are no idle men to be Sc
nurnd