The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-12-25
Mayor Is Advised City Must
Provide Proper Terminal
Or Government Will Ex-
pend Nothing Here.
CITY MUST AID IN WORK
Government Ready To Do Engineering
But Cost Of Terminal Open To All
ships Must Be Paid From the
Funds Of the City.

Mayor John G. Joachim this morning
received a formal notice from Edward
H. Schulz, in charge of the federal en-
cheering department for the district,
notifying him that the city of Kenosha
must provide terminal facilities for the
Kenosha harbor if the city hopes for
any further permanent improvements to
the harbor on the part of the United
States government He announces that
under an act Of Congress the Secretary
of War has been directed to with hold
appropriations for permanent improve
ments Of all harbors where cities fail
to take such steps unless it can be
shown that the public's interest will
be seriously affected by delay in such
projects. The order is not an unex
pected one. When Engineer Schulz held
his hearing in Kenosha some time ago
to discuss proposed changes in the har-
Dor he advised the local officials that he
would be slow to recommend any
changes in the local harbor unless the
city of Kenosha showed willingness to
help itself by providing proper terminal
facilities. The facilities demanded by
the government must be built in way
that they will be available for shippers
Government to Engineer Work.
In order to get cities to carry out
this plan of the War Department and
make possible the proper development
of the harbors and other water ways,
COL Schulz has informed the Mayor
that q board Of engineers under the
direction of the War Department will
be ready to aid Kenosha in suggesting
plans and specifications for proper ter
minals necessary for the development
Of the harbor.. The order will in no
way affect small appropriations made
from time to time for the maintenance
of the harbor or the dredging work
which is necessary to bring the harbor
to proper depths. About FIVE thousand
dollars is appropriated annually for this
work in the Kenosha harbor There is,
however, at the present time demands
for permanent improvements in the
harbor and these will be held up un-
til the city acts.
No Money to Build Terminal.
1.-THE city would like to comply with
this order Of the War Department at
once,v declared Mayor Joachim this
morning, but the need of improve
ments in the harbor has not appealed
very strongly to the city officials or to
men who would be most expected to
seek such improvements No appropria-
tion of money has been made to pro-
vide terminal and with most Of the
funds badly craIaped now it is going to
be very difficult to find any money
which could be diverted into a fund to
make possible the building of a term
inal such as is demanded by the gov
eminent. / have no idea what the
construction Of such terminal would
cost, but I know that there is no
money available for it,
1t is possible that such a terminal
can be built by private enterprise and
turned over to the city for man agement.
Undoubtedly this course would be fol
lowed if large industries of the city saw
a necessity for some immediate perma-
nent improvement of the harbor. The
matter will be laid before the council
at its next regular meeting and the
aldermen will be given chance to
take some action on it.