The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-21
HOSPITAL HELPED
BY CITY COUNCIL
New Isolation Hospital Re-
ported Finished and Funds
for Its Running Expenses
Are Appropriated.
MUST GET NEWvOTING PLACE
Only Short Session of Common Council
Held Monday Night at Which
Routine Business is
Transacted.
MUST GET new VOTING PLACE

At the request of q. G. Simmons,
chairman of the Kenosha Hospital
Board, the common council, at its meet
ing Monday evening voted an appro-
|priation of sum sufficient for the com
|pietion of the Isolation hospital and
its running expenses during the
recent epidemic. The amount re-
quired is estimated at somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 year.
Mr.. Simmons told the council Of the
great benefit the Isolation hospital had
been in the epidemic of Spanish in
fuenza and the great blessing it would
be in the future where persons with
a contagious disease could be separat-
eG from the rest of the city and be
treated without danger to the rest Of
the inhabitants of the town or the
other patients in the hospital. He
also spoke in praise Of the equipment
of the hospital.
Alderman Shearer, also member of
the hospital board, had spoken earlier
in the session of the great good to the
city the Isolation hospital could be
made to do. He stated that by hay
ing the isolated hospital when mem
Der of family was seized with some
contagious disease it could be taken to
the hospital, the homo fumigated, and
the children could continue at school
and the bread winners of the family
could continue at their work without
having the house quarantined as the
custom is now and cause the children to
lose school and the workers Of the
family to lose their work as long as
the house was under quarantine He
stated that he would be willing to
rest the reputation of his entire serv-
ice in the common council upon the
part he had taken in this one thing
the establishment Of an Isolation hos
pital in Kenosha. He further stated
that Mr.. Simmons would have some
thing to say later and further action in
the matter was deferred until Mr..
Simmons s arrival.
The common council met at the usual
hour with all the aldermen present.
Petitions from the board of directors
|of the Kenosha Chamber of Commerce,
The MacCamber & Whyte Company
the Whittier Motor Truck Company,
and the Peter Pirsch Company, asking
for an extension Of the electric street
car service to accommodate the en-
ploIees of these manufacturing firms
scattered about in all sections of the
cit ywere received and read and the
matter referred to the Transportation
Committee Of the Common Council with
the Mayor added.
A communication was received from
the board Of education notifying the
council that the administration build
ing in the sixth ward was no longer at
the disposition, which means that the
city must find a new voting place in
that ward.
The report of the city treasurer for
the month of October was then received
and read. The report showed that the
funds of all the departments of the
city were overdrawn. The street
assessment committee reported com
pletion and the acceptance of sewers
on Charles and Strong streets and Balm
alley.
The report of the city engineer show
| ing the completion and acceptance Of
several pieces of sidewalk in various
parts of the city was read, accepted
and bills of the contractors ordered
lpaid.
Alderman Sheare1, of the finance
committee reported bills which had
been presented to his committee for
payment and recommended their pay
Iment. One of these was bin for the
railroad transportation of 200 sailors
from Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton and return, amounting to $3.50 on
Peace Celebration day, November II.
Another was for furnishing them
meals at the various hotels in the city
that day amounting to.$122.85, which
were ordered paid. Bills of the school
board for food furnished to sick per-
sons while the epidemic Of Spanish in
fluenza prevailed, amounting to sl91.33
ware op.jnrn3 RI no ,,a,d
Alderman Shearer also stated that
TIE street railway company had been
asked repeatedly to pay its bill for
street sprinkling but 50 far had
neglected to do so. He stated that
| the Isolation hospital was practically
completed and that the hospital board
had arrived at the point where it would
| like to know its status and the city Is
status IN regard to it and its upkeep.
He thought the institstion would be
the means Of saving many lives. but
liz it were only instrumental in saving
| a few it would be we'll worth the
money it would cost to operate it. He