The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-27
TO HAVE PUMPS FOR GARAGES ONLY
Council Decides that Garbage Cans viii Be Sold to the
People as in the Past and Price Is Placed
at Three Dollars Each

The city council SHE'D at the agree
ment proposed by the directors of the
N. A. Allen company on Monday night
at the special session of that body,
and some of the aldermen seemed to
see in the demand of the tannery for
dredging and dock Strengthening" a
niger in the wood pile and the whole
matter was laid over until later in
order to await the return of E. c..
Theirs, president of the tannery COM
pany, and to give the engineer and
the harbor and breakwater committee
time to make some Investigations as
to just how much it was going to cost
to straighten the dock and dredge the
river to a distance of two hundred feet
west of the proposed new street line
as called for in the telegram from
I President Theirs. The council was
mot ready to take the bull by the horns
and order a condemnation proceedings
/ to secure the land necessary for
Strengthening the street and motion
to this end was held out of order by
the mayor and the matter left open.
Engineer Estimates Cost.
City Engineer Brennan, after there
had been considerable discussion of
the proposition from the Allen COM
pany, said that he believed that he was
making liberal estimate when he stat
ed that the approximate cost, of
Strengthening the dock and doing the
necessary dredging might be in the
neighborhood Of twenty-five hundred
dollars. He estimated the cost of dock
repairs at $1,000 and of the dredging
at $780, The mayor held that the
dredging might be helpful to the city
in furnishing material for filling in the
gap back of some of the piles set for
the new bridge.
The committee said that the pro-
vision for dredging and Strengthening
the dock was not clearly understood
at the meeting with the officials of
the company and Alderman Anderson
referred to it in the nature of an "add-
/ ed attraction" He held that the cost
of doing the work demanded by the
tannery might run into lot of money
and moved that the city proceed to
condemn.
! Believe Proposition Best Possible.
Mayor Joachim appeared favorable
to the proposition but wanted final
action on it held up until after the
return of President Theirs and after
a statement of just what the company
wanted had been submitted to the
council. He held that the telegram
was just little indefinite. Many of
the other aldermen took the same
view. It was held that the city might
be liable to Greiling Brothers for de-
laying the contract, but at that the
/ aldermen believed that the matter
should be further considered The
aldermen seemed to be a unit in the
desire to go back where they started
and vacate the stub end of Pine street
but it was held that this could not. be
done.
Slater Shows New Confusion.
The city attorney added new con-
fusion to the conditions when he de-
clared that he was hopeful that he
could find way to vacate to the tan
merry company the street now in USE
In order to make this possible without
securing the consent Of every property
owner on Main street, or at least on
large portion of it, he has already
invited the railroad commission of
Wisconsin to help out. The commits
sion engineers were here on last Sat
urday and it is believed that the vaca-
ton of the street can be provided for
without the city even passing an ordi-
nance by having the order for vaca-
ton made part of the commission
order providing for the separation of
the grade Of Main street. Commits
sioner Allen has given the assurance
out Of this difficulty for the city. The
plan now is to have some final and
that the commission will find way
definite action taken to clear away the
present difficulties at the meeting Of
! the council to be held June 7, but it is
possible that an agreement can be
reached which will make possible
clearing up Of the matter at spe-
cial session Of the council before the
next regular session.
Pumps for Garages Only.
The council had its old provender
of gasoline pumps for discussion at
the adjourned meeting. The commit
| tee on fire department, with the chief
added, brought in report recommend
ing that no further permits for curb
pumps be granted. This report was not
accepted by the council, but the body
did vote almost unanimously to limit
curb pumps in the future to garages.
The city attorney was directed to
start immediate action to secure the
removal of one tank which had been
! put in at the corner of Rowland and
/ Grand avenues without a permit from
the council or the committee. Five
permits for curb pumps asked for by
garages were ordered granted at once.
The question Of the installation of
more than one pump for any garage
was left with the committee with the
understanding that a report will be
brought to the council on each indi-
vidual petition. AS fast as possible
it was the sentiment of the council
that the pumps at the curbs be elm
mated.
Want Gates and Sidewalks.
The council ordered the committee
on railways and transportation to
make an effort to have the Northwest
ern Railway company install gates at
both the Prairie avenue and the Sher-
idan Road crossings and repair and