The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-04
DREAkWATER CONTRACTS
Council Orders Band Concerts for the
City Parks Boosts Compensation Ct
Mayor-orders Macadam Streets
of Second Ward Re-surfaced.

night Not the real vigorous drastic
regulation, in regard to fees, which had
originally been proposed by the com
mittee on judiciary and ordinances, but
compromise license fee which was
adopted to secure the passage of the
ordinance. At that it is thought that
the new city ordinance if enforced,
will do much to force jitneys to be of
service rather than to simply litter
up the streets.
The ordinance as passed puts about
the jitneys all the drastic regulations
proposed in the original ordinance pro-
posed but the amount Of the fees to be
paid by the drivers of such cars was
changed from five to three dollars a
seat and the license for the driver was
placed at five dollars a year in
stead Of fifteen dollars as originally
provided for
The ordinance is not satisfactory to
the jitney men and it is not improbable
that an effort will be made to fight it
by publication on Thursday. Under
this ordinance the city is given powers
to regulate the jitneys in nearly every
form of regulation that could be sug-
gested. It gives the city the right to
enforce the orders Of the railroad COM
mission in regard to routing of the lit
neys; it gives the council power to pre-
vent crowding; to make the jitneys
sanitary; to force them to be provided
with lights and to observe the rules of
the roads which will safeguard the
lives Of the passengers who may use
them and at the same time put a crimp
in the competition that the jitneys put
up against the electric railway COM
pany. The fees for licenses are prob
ably as high as those collected in any
city in Wisconsin and probably higher
than collected in most cities of the
country.
The ordinance did not go through
without a struggle Michael Yabs,
representing the jitney association, APP
peared and made statement to the
council, protesting against many clauses
in the ordinance. The only protest that
seemed to appeal was the one against
fees charged, Alderman Turkelson Of
the second ward, Who had fathered the
ordinance, had provided himself with
a lot of interesting facts in regard to
jitney violations and regulations and
he fred a broadside into the ranks of
the friends of the jitneys. He de-
clared that the jitney men had been
insolent in refusing to abide by orders
of the railroad commission and that they
had paid no attention to service so long
as they could collect nickles.
When the original ordinance got to
a vote Aldermen Pabst,. Martin, Wachs,
Meyer, Keul and Zimmerman voted
against it while the rest of the mem
bers of the council went on record on
favoring it. This left twelve votes for
the ordinance, one less than enough to
pass it. The city attorney held that
the mayor should vote, but the. mayor
side-stepped. He declared that he
wanted time to consider it and while
he was considering Alderman Pabst
came through with a move to re-
Consider and an amendment changing
the fees. This amendment was ac-
copied unanimously and the ordinance
as amended was passed.
Autos For Hire Hard Hit.
The men who drive automobiles for
hire were not as favorably received
by the council and the ordinance pro-
viding for the regulation of these We
hicles went through in its original form
with the fees at FIVE dollars seat for
licenses and fifteen dollars for a driv-
er s license. 1t contains all of the
drastic regulations placed about the
jitneys and few more for good meas
ure. This ordinance will also be effec-
tive after publication on Thursday.
Order Contracts for Breakwaters.
The council closed up the proceedings
to build the outer breakwater when the
mayor and the city clerk were ordered
to enter into contract with McMullen
and Pitts of Manitowoe, for the con-
struction of added breakwaters, it being
understood that the contracts will not
be signed until after the city has Sc
cured the consent of the government
for the construction of the breakwater
along the lines, far out in the lake re-
Gently adopted in the plans for the i'm
provement. 1t is expected that the
work will be done during the coming fall
months. The contract price for the
work is little over s3S 900.
Grant Two Saloon Licenses.
The council closed up the granting of