The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-22
new PLAN TO CLEAN RIVER
alderman shearer Submits Plan to Dig
Channel to Connect Lake and River
at Broad Street-order Pomeroy st.
Paved - Long Council Session.

The city council had another one of
it's four hour sessions on Monday night
but it was busy session at that and
most of the time the council members
were working on matters Of interest.
Featured was the report of the license
committee. The committee recommend
ed the granting Of some ninety saloon
licenses, two were turned down and
seven others were held up pending d
further Investigation on the part of
the committee. An adjourned session
will be held on next Monday evening
at which time the license work for the
year will be closed up. The two sa-
looms refused licenses were the Krisor
place on North Milwaukee avenue and
the saloon at the corner Of Park and
Church street.
The committee held that the council
had no power to grant a license to the
Krisor place on account of the fact
that it had lost it's license right year
ago and for the further reason that the
property was not within the saloon
district. There was no argument
against this report of the committee.
Edward Murphy had applied for the
license at the corner of Park and
Church streets and there was something
of fight before the application was
turned down. The members of the com
mittee declared that they had no OBJ
lection to the applicant for the license.
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not be made fit for saloon purposes.
An agent Of the Cream City brewery
appeared before the council and made
considerable fight for the place, but
when it went to vote the committee
was sustained. AS the place has been
out Of business for more than three
months the license right there is dead.
The place has been the scene of a lot
of trouble in the past and it is declared
that none of the men granted licenses
have been able to conduct a success
full place.
The names of the seven other IL
censes held up were not made public at
the council meeting. They include one
of the saloons on Main street and sew
eral on the outskirts. Most of these
licenses were held up on account of
the fact that there were several appli-
Jcants for the same license and the
committee had not had time to go into
the merits of the case.
No Sunday Closing Petition.
The expected petition asking the
council to take action to close the Ke-
nosha saloons on Sunday, did not reach
the council. Monday afternoon men
who were at the head of the move
ment gave out notice that they were
not ready to present the petitions.
"The petitions are now in the hands
of church organizations, - said the pro
moter of the plan, "and we will take
no action until we are assured that the
people belonging to these organizations
are united on the movement Tt is
said that one or two of the larger
church organizations have declined to
90 into the movement at this time. 1t
is probable, however, that the petit
lions will be sent to the council at an
early meeting.
New Plan to Clean River.
Alderman Shearer of the second
ward, proposed to the council new
plan for the cleaning of the river and
the harbor. He suggested the digging
of channel from the river to the lake
at Broad street with a view of permit
ting the water from the lake at that
point to run int othe river, making
real current which would carry the
stagnant water out through the har-
Dor. The alderman declared that he
knew nothing of the engineering prob
lem to be met, but he suggested that
the matter be referred to the commit
tee on harbor and breakwater and the
city engineer to make an investigation
and bring report to the council at
an early meeting, Many people be-
lieve that this will solve the problem
of cleaning the river. 1t is possible
that the council will meet with
some engineering difficulties in carry
ing out the plan.
Two circumstances were sent to the
council against the proposed paving of
Pomeroy street, but they did not repre-
sent a majority of the property own
ers on the street and the street assess
ment committee was instructed to pro-
coed at once to advertise for bids for
the paving of the street as provided in
the specifications. It is expected that
the work will be completed before the
end of the present year.
New Police Station Again.
The plan for the building of new
Rplice station bobbed up sepenely again