The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
Congressman to Push Con-
sideration of Kenosha
PostOffice Needs.
HOPES FOR SUCCESS
Widening Of Market St. West
to West Main st. May Be TAX
en- Up and Consent Asked.

Congressman Clifford E. Randall
leaves on Friday for Washington for
the session of Congress which opens
en- next Monday and the Kenosha con-
gresham is going to make an effort
to secure legislation for the enlarge
ment of the Kenosha post Office at
the session. He has introduced bill
providing for appropriations and as
soon as he reaches Washington he will
make an effort to have conference
with the committee on public build
ings with a view of having the bill
reported favorably at an early date.
While it is not expected that the short
session of Congress opening on Mon
day will make a great many appropria-
tions for public buildings, it is expect
ed that public building bill will be
presented and every possible effort
will be made to have an appropriation
for Kenosha included in the bill.
Plans Badly Interfefed With
The plans for the boosters for the
new post office have been badly inter
fered with on account of lack of con-
gressional support, but it has been
declared that this lack of support was
due largely to the fact that the big
questions following the war made it
all but impossible for domestic ques-
tions to get much of look-in during
the last two sessions of Congress.
There is at the present time no OPP
tic ~ 0pe " wiz seen 500 ~
as a site Tor an ENLARGED post Office and
as other options have been given it is
probable that there will be some trou-
Bile securing the property once sought.
However, it is believed that if Con-
gress makes an appropriation sufficient
to carry out the suggested plans that
property could be secured.
Widening Market Street.
In the meantime the plan for the
widening out of Market street is going
forward and this may demand some
action by the federal government.
Former Mayor Dan o. Head has been
preparing schedules for the considera-
ton of the common council in regard
to the proposed widening Of the street
and he has shown from the assessment
rolls, with liberal allowances that the
cost of widening the street from
Chicago street to the railway tracks
will be in the neighborhood of two
hundred thousand dollars in damages
and this amount would be considerably
reduced by the charging back of bene-
fits. In order to get the property
necessary from the post Office grounds
1t will be necessary to have some official
action from the government vacating
this property. 1t is said that the
street can be widened at the post Of
fee without making any serious
changes in the present building.
Randall Ready to Act.
81 am willing to do anything I can
for the city to aid in carrying out
this PLAN" said Congressman Randall
on Tuesday. 81 want to be advised
as to just what the city wants in this
regard and will take up the matter
at once and try to get just as much
speed as is possible in carrying it to
a successful conclusion. / am not Of
the opinion that great deal of new
business will be taken up at this SEES
sion of Congress, but the two houses
will probably be in session until the
4th of March and there will be some
time to consider the demands of Keno
sha for better post office facilities"
Congressman Randall said that the
post office department had made a sur
vey of the conditions in Kenosha and
that he hoped to have some very ac-
tive aid from the department in secur-
ing aid from the coming session OF
Congress. The amount to be asked for
Kenosha must be regulated according
to some fixed plan agreed upon by
the architects of the post office de-
partment.