The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-06
COMMISSION TOFlNANCEPL PLAN
Council Gets Communication from Tele-
phone Company Demanding Hearing ON
Underground Wires on Pomeroy st.
Licenses for Circuses, Etc.

The city Of Kenosha is going to have
modern police station, for at the
meeting of the Common Council on
Monday evening the aldermen voted
to proceed at once to purchase the
Sullivan property at the corner of Park
and Chicago streets and proceed to the
erection Of the police station under the
plan proposed by the Police and Fire
Commission. The price agreed upon
for the property was $500. It is
50x92 feet and ideally situated for the
police station plan. The plan for
financing the building Of the station
will be similar to the plan followed in
purchasing the Sheridan Road play
ground property. The council appro
priated $1,000 as the first payment on
the property and the remainder needed
for the purchase and the erection of
the building is going to be secured
through members of the Fire and Police
Commission. The property will be
turned over to a trustee, the building
erected and the city will pay for it
in five equal payments. When the last
Of the payments are made the trustee
will formally deed the property to the
city. Work on plans and specifications
for the police station will be started
at once. The plans, which have been
discussed by the commission, provide
for the erection of three story build
ing which will have every modern
equipment for police departments. The
cost of the entire property is estimat
ed at between fifty and sixty thousand
dollars and the promoters of the
plan are hopeful that the new build
ing can be built by the latter part
of this year.
The plan had the recommendation
of the committee on police of the
council and the full endorsement Of the
Police and Fire Commission
The Sullivan property is the only
one that has been considered by the
council as site for the police station.
1t is held to be ideally located in con
nection with the City Hall property
for this purpose.
In its communication to the council
the commission asked that ten more
men be added to the police department
at this time. The aldermen could not
see their way clear to add this number,
but it took fiftyffty break with the
commission and ordered the employ
ment of five new police officers. 1t is
probable that at least two of the
new men will be for the starting of
detective bureau.
Telephone Company Protests.
The Wisconsin Telephone Company
sent long communication to the coun-
ell protesting against the order for
the placing of conduits under the paw
ing on Pomeroy street. The communi-
cation stated that the plan of the com
pany was to have its east and west
conduits on Prairie avenue and that
to put laterals on Pomeroy street at
this time would entail very large ex-
pense on the company. 1t held that
this expense was tunwarranted, in
expedient and unreasonable. - The
council instructed the company to APP
pear for a hearing on the matter at
the next regular meeting of the council
to be held on the evening of July 18TH
No other company interested in the
conduits in question gave any notice
of appeal.
The three banks in the city named
as repositories for the public funds
furnished bonds and these were re-
ferred to the committee on bonds.
A movement was started to put an
end to the appearance of carnivals and
circuses in Kenosha without the pay
ment of Standard license fees and
an ordinance will be drawn fixing the
amount of such fees.
The financial report of the Gilbert
M. Simmons Library showed balance
on hand of $15,58sO2.
To Regulate Jitneys.
The council took up the question of
the regulation of jitneys in Kenosha
and the committee on judiciary and
the railway and transportation commit
tee was directed to act in conjunction
in the matter and bring in an ordi-
nance which would tend to correct
abuses. The report of the commission
indicated that only a small number of
the jitney drivers were complying
with the state Law. at this time and