The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

West side boosters Wemb ATJ6Y me
big stuff at a meeting held on Tuesday
evening and they went after it in way
that promises to put a crirnp into any
airs shat some Of the down town NOR
chants have assumed. Here are some
OF the things that have been starteai
A west side branch Of the
Kenosha postofice.
The immediate opening Of club
rooms and if necessary the build.
ing Of a. club house.
New lighting system for the
west side.
Protest against workmen being
paid in checks.
A community Christmas tree
The big movement started for the
evening was the suggestion that q
branch Of the Kenosha postofice be 10.
Gated on the west side of the city and
to secure this a committee Of five Of
the most prominent men Of the west
side have been named. This commit
tee will see to it that petitions are put
in circulation at once and these petit
tions addressed to the postmaster gem
eral will demand that immediate action
be taken to erect such branch office.
They will show that fully one-half of
the mail received at the Kenosha post
Office is delivered west of the North
Western railway tracks. The commit
tee is composed of Julius Lindhart,
former Mayor M. J. Scholey, Robert
Cooper, William Schend and Walter
Mailer. This committee Will see to it
that every man residing west of the
railway tracks signs this petition and
not only signs it, but that he become
en- active booster for the west side
branch postofice. The committee is
not going to sleep on the job and IL is
expected that the petition will be
forwarded to Washington within The
next two weeks.
Immediate steps are to be taken for
the opening Of club rooms for the use
of the west side business men and these
are going to be real club rooms. A
committee of five of the most enthusi-
astic members of the West Side
Boosters Club lis to have charge of this
work. The club instructed the commit
tee to make an effort to rent proper
rooms for the use of the organization
and failing in this to at once seek
property, properly located, ON which
may be built q club house. There was
unanimous feeling that the organi-
zation should have its own club quart
ers at once and it is probable that
temporary quarters will be opened be-
fore the beginning of the new year.
The discussion on plans for better
lighting of the west side brought many
suggestions. Ultimately it is planned
to work out a system of decorative
lights for the entire west side business
district, but pending the carrying out
of this plan President Thomey has
been directed to make report to the
club showing just what can be done to
improve the present street lighting sys-
tenn furnished by the city.
Members Of the organization declar-
ed that the present city lighting sys-
tenn on the west side could be improved
thirty three and third per cent by the
use of soap and water and nothing else.
Some of the business men have agreed
to furnish the soap and it is thought
that the Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Company will be able to furnish water.
The west side is even ready for the
community ''frills" and at the meet
ing on Tuesday night arrangements
were made for the first west side com
munity Christmas. A committee com
posed of Thomas Holton, Joseph Ger
ZACH and Adolph Stevens was named
to have charge of the work of getting
the community Christmas tree and max
ing arrangements for the program to
go with it. 1t is declared that the
west siders will have community tree
which win be more beautiful than any
ever erected in Kenosha to mark the
coming of the Christmas season.
The meeting was decidedly enthu-
siastic one and it featured the fact
that the west siders are thoroughly in
touch with the new movement for the
development and improvement of that
section Of the city. A lot of prominent
men are taking part in the big move
.ment and the meeting on Tuesday
night gives every reason to believe
Ahat these men are going to get results.