The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-09
Council Votes to Buy 25Pigs
as Experiment in Making
Garbage Collection a
Paying Proposition.
FIX WIDTH OF PAVED STREET
Wisconsin Gas &c Electric Co. Gets An
other Year in Which to Install Under
ground Work-Council In Extended
Session With Many Battles.

The City Council is planning to give
old General High Cost of Living an
awful swat right in the face and at the
meeting on Monday evening the council
voted unanimously to buy twenty five
pigs and place them on the city poor
farm with the understanding that they
will be the van guard of drove of hogs
which is going to fatten on the output
of the garbage cans of Kenosha.
Worchester, Mass, made thirty thous
and dollars last year by fattening hogs
on the garbage collected in that city
and the city of Kenosha may some time
rival in wealth the packers Of Chicago
by utilizing the products Of the garbage
cans. The committee on public health
and sanitation gave its complete sane,
tion to the plan to utilize garbage and
the experiment is to be tried out now
with the understanding that if it is
successful a larger drove of hogs will
be bought later. People are going to
be asked to refrain from putting
broken glass and other dangerous ma
terials into the garbage cans and the
garbage which is to go to the drove of
hogs is to be from selected families.
Set Widths for Paving.
The council without division adopted
the report of the street assessment
committee fixing the width of the road
ways of various streets which are to be
paved during the coming season and at
the same time the plans and specifca
tions for the pavement were. adopted.
The following is the widths provided
for the streets to be paved: North How
land avenue, 80 feet; South Rowland
avenue, 30 feet; North and South
Newell streets, 33 feet; Pomeroy street,
"a feet; Salem avenue, SO feet; Durkee
avnue, "a feet; Sheridan Road, 80 feet,
and all alleys 16 feet.
Alderman Pabst launched protest
because the width of the pavements
have been fixed without the property
owners being consulted, but the mem
bers of the committee explained that
this was strictly in keeping with the
provisions of the state law and it was
declared that the widths for pavement
had been arranged in keeping with
former pavements in the same streets
Many Annual Reports.
It was night of annual reports and
many of these drifted to the council
Most important was the report of the
city clerk showing all of the expendi-
lures of the city for the year. 1t was
arranged in excellent shape and along a
new plan. Instead of giving expendi-
lures for short time periods the report
showed the full expenditures for the
fiscal year.
The report is the most complete and
concise statement of the affairs of the
city ever prepared for the council and it
has the same value as an annual report.
The report of the Board of Health
for the year showed that the expen-
ditures of the board had been 81, 39006
and that the balance on hand at the
end Of the year was $6,643.64.
The annual report Of Pauper Commits
sioner Saftig showed that the expenses
of his department had been $19,S97 .65
of which $14,664.9S had been expended
for the support of city dependents and
$5,232.67 for the poor farm. The report
reflects the very large increase in the
cost Of living during the past two years
Favor Meters for ALL
The City Council showed its willing
ness to abide by the action of the rail
road commission in ordering that all
water be sold by meter and the Park
Board was instructed to put in meters
for handling water at the various parks
of the city. Later orders will be given
for the installation of meters in every
school building and fire house and in
the City Hall. Under the provisions of
the commission order the city must
pay for water the same as any other
patron of the municipal company.
The council gave It's sanction to the
plans of the Park Board for the build
ing of the new sidewalk in Bond s
Woods Park and for the. erection of
comfort stations and the contracts for
this work will be let at once. Louis
Anderson viii get the contract for the
two comfort stations and they viii
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Paddy Wagon" to be Pensioned.
The Kenosha paddy wagon, which has
been operated by the police department
for the past six years in which time it
has answered nearly twelve thousand
calls, is to be pensioned. The police
committee reported that it was no
longer fit for service and bids for a
new modern wagon were ordered 1t
expected that the battle between