The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-18
CITY TO FINISH SEWERS
Bondsmen Are Notified That Trunk
Sewer Extension Must Be Completed
at Once Oil Inspector squeals on
City for Not Paying Auto Licenses.

| The City Council is going after purer
milk for Kenosha. It is going the limit
and at the meeting on Monday evening
the committee on Health and Santa
ton was directed to arrange for an
early conference with the members
| of the Board of Health with view Of
fighting out lot of health. problems
among which was the milk supply. of the
city. The City Inspector was instructed
to give more of his time to making in
spections of milk and he was instructed
to take drastic methods to get rid Of
dirty milk. It is expected that lot Of
cans Of milk will be poured out ia the
street within the next two or three
weeks. In addition to this the city is
going to pass some sort of an ordinance
which will make it possible to bar from
the business in Kenosha any milk man
whose milk is not kept clean enough to
require certificate for the city and the
milk licenses will be issued with the
understanding that monthly certificates
taken after the members of the council
had chance to look at the second re-
suit Of the analysis of milk taken from
| Kenosha milk dealers wagons It
| showed little or no Improvement over
the former investigation and lot of
the milk was shown to be filthy.
While the Health and Sanitation com
mittee are considering the milk condi-
tions with the Health Board the COM
mittee will also take up the rapid
spread of scarlet fever on the west
side of the city. Alarming reports were
made by members of the council from
that portion of the city and even though
the Health Officer is in Washington
and one Of the city nurses in Richmond,
/ Va, an effort will be made to have
emergency officers put to work to stop
the spread of the disease.
City May Finish Sewer.
The city council took steps to secure
the completion of the trunk sewer on
the west side of the city which has
been in course of construction for more
than two years and the city attorney
was instructed to notify the. bondsmen
Of the contractor that the city would
at once advertise for bids for the COM
pletion of the sewer and that claim
would be made against the bondsmen
for the cost of the sewer above the
contract price, This is the second no
| tice to be served on the bondsmen in
connection with this sewer and the city
officials are now determined to clean
up the "west side ness regardless
of the cost Of the cleaning.
Aid Heating Fight.
Miss Virginia Wulff sent a petition
to the council and addressed the council
urging that the aldermen take some
action to force the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric Company to live up to the pro-
visions of its franchise relating to the
heating plant. She declared that she
and other property owners had been
Disseminated against on account of the
fact that the company had refused to
provide extensions of the eating plant.
Miss Wulff asked the council to take
some action which would force the hand
Of the company. She suggested that
| the matter be taken before the railroad
rcommission and into the courts. The
petitioner at the present time has a
complaint before the commission in
which she charges discrimination and
a hearing on the complaint is to be
held on November 1st. The matter was
referred to the mayor and the city at
torney with orders that they take such
action as possible to prevent discrimi-
nation on the part of the company.
Oil Inspector Suuea1ed.
The council received letter from
Merlin Hull, secretary of state, telling
the aldermen that it was one of the
state oil inspectors who had squealed on
the city for not having the proper num-
bers on the automobiles owned by the
city. The aldermen filed the letter
but took no action to have the new state
license plates purchased.
The city now has its own garage and
an hour of the time of the council was
nent in deciding nothing-as to what
should be done with the cars. The
garage has been rented from Mrs. Helen
Harbert and a man is to be in charge
of it to look after all the cars of the
city. They are expected to be in the
garage every night at six O'Clock and
stay in the garage all day Sunday.
The council ordered the purchase of a
second truck to be used in the collec-
ton of garbage and ashes and it is
thought that with this increased equip
ment the city will be able to render