The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-23
BOND RESOLUTION FAVORED
City and County Tax Payers United in
Urging Board to Open Way for the
Completion Of Permanent Road
Work In Pleasant Prairie.

The fate of the road bonds for the
county to provide for the completion
of the concrete roads in the town of
Pleasant Prairie still rests with the
county board members for after the
question of bonds had been thoroughly
discussed on Monday afternoon it was
voted to adjourn without taking formal
action. The question of issuing the
bonds is to come up at the meeting of
the board on Wednesday morning and
board will be favorable to the proposed
issue. The resolution for the bonds
was offered by Supervisor George Leet
of the town of Somers. It provides for
an issue of serial bonds of 5000 with
four and half per cent interest and
payable in ten years. The money to be
raised by the bond issue is divided as
follows, $4,000 for the completion of
the concrete work on the Sheridan road
from the city to the state line; 81, 500
for the completion Of work on the Will
mot road in Pleasant Prairie, and the
remainder of the money for work ON the
Milwaukee road southerly through the
town. All of the money is to be ex-
pended in the town of Pleasant Prairie
and the amount of the bonds is exactly
the amount necessary to pay the share
of the county for the work proposed in
that town.
The resolution provides an annual tax
for the payment of the principal and
interests ON the bonds and the total of
this will be in the neighborhood Of
$4,000.
The bond issue resolution was given
the most hearty support by prominent
men of both the city and the county.
The only opposition was proposed by
P. Fl. Tobin, former member of the
county board from the town of Pleasant
Prairie who Based his objection to the
issuance If the bonds on his belief that
the meeting held in the town of Pleas
ant Prairie was not in keeping with
the demands of the state law for such
an election. District Attorney A. Il.
Drury presented an opinion on the
legality of this election in which he
held that every provision of the state
law had been met in the meeting and
that there was no doubt as to the au-
thority of the town of Pleasant Prairie
and of the county to issue the bonds.
Mayor Charles H. Pfennig represent
ing the city spoke strongly for the
bond issue as mayor and as member Of
the board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce. Charles III. Goodman
sroke for the Kenosha Retailers associ-
alton, Peter Rhode spoke for the Auto
mobile club and other speakers in favor
Of the bonds were Harry Skinkle, Ed
Dayton of Kenosha and Dr. J. A. Lowe
Of Pleasant Prairie. In addition to this
argument in favor of the bonds petit
tion signed by many prominent tax
payers was presented urging the board
to act favorably on the bond issue.
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr.
Tobin declared that he was not opposed
TO Ine proposed DoHu ISSUE UuG tnab ms
interest was to know that the county
was acting in legal manner. It had
been expected that Attorney R. v.
Baker would attend the board meeting
end represent protesting property own
ers but he did not appear. It was stated
that he. would appear later before final
action in the matter was taken.
The entire afternoon of the board
session was given over to the road bond
discussidh and no other matter was
taken up.