The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-07

Street Commissioner Bert Hartl Is Dis
charged by Unanimous Vote Of Coun-
Gil With Mayor Concurring Other
Work of the Council.

The city council at its meeting on
Monday evening declared against cam
outage. It insisted that the question
Of building two new school buildings
in the city be put up to the people just
as it is and that the people be asked
to decide just what action the council
is to take in regard to providing funds
for the erection of the two school
buildings
The suggestion that the people be
asked to vote on two bond issues of
100000 each with the council know
ing that the schools would cost at
least $4,000 more than the amount of
the bond issues failed of sanction and
the council voted that the people
should pass Judgment on the question
of building the two schools and the
question to go on the ballot will be-,
"Shall the Common Council provide a
fund of $2S0,000 for the building of
school on the north side of the city
and another on the west side of the
city, it being understood that 100000
of the amount is to be secured by the
issuance Of bondsg"
Members of the Board of Education
were on hand to show the council the
need of the proposed new school
buildings. With Jay B. Glerum as
spokesman the needs of the city were
we'll presented and it was shown that
there was at this time need for con-
siderable extension of school facilities.
Junior High An Experiment
Mr.. Glerum in his address to the
council opposed the building Of new
central high school at this time on the
grounds that the Junior High School
plan, adopted in Kenosha three years
ago was till in the experimental stage
and he declared that it would take
some time for the board to be made
certain just what the plan would work
into. He declared that the board
would not recommend the building of a
new high school plant at this time he
cause of the fact that the needs of
Junior High School work might change
the program Of school work entirely
during the next five years.
Members of the council insisted that
the people should be thoroughly adj
vised as to just what the new build
ings were to cost and that the adj
visory vote be taken along proper
lines. This demand was crystalized in
the resolution to submit the question.
Street Commissioner 'Fired.'
The council by unanimous vote dis
charged from the employ Of The city
Bert L. Hartl who has been street com
missioner Of the west side. 1t was
held that he had not given the work
the attention that it deserved and that
members of the council had been I'M
able to find him in order to give orders
for work, Hartl was not present at
the meeting but when Alderman Boun-
sail made the motion to discharge him
for lack of interest in the work it got
the unanimous vote Of the aldermen
and Mayor Pfennig insisted that he
also be put on record as concurring
in the action of the council. No com
missioner was elected to fill the va
cancy and the matter was left in the
hands of the street committee to pro-
vide an emergency commissioner until
after the new council is organized and
a new commissioner elected.
Take Chance on Prange Contract.
The council voted unanimously to
award the contract for the west side
sewers to Edwin III. Prange of Grand
Rapids, Mich, brother of Albert
Prange who had the original contract.
There was a string to the recommends
tion of the committee and this string
provided that the sureties offered by
Prange be fully investigated and that
the members of the committee be fully
satisfied that they would make good
before the contract is signed. Prange
has promised the counc-. to begin work
on the sewers within the next two
weeks and the contract provides that
they be completed by December 31st
of this year.
The Prange bid was more than $685.
600 lower than the next lowest bid
ard the members of the council held
that as the bonding companies which
had bonded the former contractor
would be called upon to pay something
like $4,000 of the new contract that
the council could take no action other
than let the contract to the lowest
bidder.
Prange is an experienced sewer man
and he has given assurance to the
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