The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-24
GRANT ERIE STREET
AS STATION SITE
Council Votes to Open Way for Erection Of
New Passenger Station for
North Shore Line.
HOLD UP THE SALOON PERMITS
Council Shows Little Interest in Formal Surrender Of
the Franchise Of the City Heating Plant
- Other Council Business.

The city council at it's meeting on
Monday evening voted Is to 2 to open
the way for the erection of modern
passenger station for the use Of the
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee
Electric Railway company and by this
vote the ordinance vacating to the
company eleven feet off the east side
of Erie street was passed. Aldermen
Wyss and Kinchner voted against the
ordinance and Alderman Loef was not
present at the council meeting when
the vote was taken.
1t was the end of long fight to
secure the vacation Of the portion of
the street for the station. Representa-
tives of the company were present at
the meeting and they declined to
promise that the, company would open
q section of Erie street to the south of
the site picked by the proposed new
station. They declared that to do this
would entail many difficulties in con7
nection with lifting the mortgage from
the property. 1t was blunt refusal
on the part of the company to make
any promise to the city to secure the
vacation Of the strip Of land.
Say Station Will Start Soon.
The representatives of the company
declared that with the favorable action
of the council on the vacation ordi-
nance the company would start work
on the new station just as soon as it
was possible to get men and material.
He said that the expenditure for the
station would be between $4,000 and
100000 and that it was the plan of the
company to rush the completion of the
building. 1t was said that the COM
pany hoped to have the building well
under way before the end of two
months.
Only Two Streets Paved.
Without division the members Of the
council voted to lay over the paving
program and out of dozen streets
proposed for pavement earlier in the
year but two were left when the coun-
ell got, through eliminating, following
protests from property owners. The
two streets were Victoria and Wescott
streets These two short streets are
left on the paving program and the
former is to be paved with brick and
the latter with asphalt. The demand
is to be made that the work of imDrov-
ing both of them be completed this
year, The matter was referred back
TO the street assessment committee to
bring in a report. Bids offered for the
paving of all of the other streets had
either formally or informally remon-
strated to the council against the paw
ing of the streets until material and
labor costs became lower.
Reject License Applications.
The license committee reported on
its investigation Of the applications
for Class A permits, meaning saloon
licenses, and forty of the applications
which had been filed with the commit
tee were held up pending further in
vestigation into the merits of the APP
plicants. Chairman Loef Of the com
mittee asked the council to adjourn to
Friday night to permit a further in
vestigation by the committee. All Of
the old storm centers among the sa-
looms were among the applications held
up and while all of these may be
granted, at the meeting on Friday
night, some Of the members Of the
committee were not satisfied to rec
ommend the granting of licenses to
men who had violated state and ma
tional laws.
The Glass B permits asked by sell
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most without exception. Scores of new
applications were presented to the
council on Monday night and it is ex-
pected that all Of them will be acted
on by Friday evening.
May Publish Health Bulletin.
The board of health made g formal
application to the council for permits
sion to publish monthly health bull
letin and the matter was left in the
hands of the committee on printing to
estimate costs and make a recon-
mendation.
The proposed Sheridan road sewer
went into the discard as the street
assessment committee held that the
cost at this time would not be war
ranted by the need. Contracts were
let for sewers on Lyman avenue and
Limits street and the committee was
Instructed to order the contractor to
make an immediate effort to secure
the completion of the sewer on Marion
avenue at the earliest possible time.
The contract for this sewer was de-
clared to have been let five years ago.
Surrenders Franchise Rights.
In keeping with the permission Of
the railroad commission, the Wiscon-
sin Gas & Electric company formally
abandoned its heating privilege in Ke-
nosha and surrendered to the council
all rights claimed under it. The coun-
Gil did not take action on the sur
render of the franchise, but ordered
the communication Of the company
placed on file pending the carrying out
Of an agreement to have the company
make some changes at the city hall
and central engine house which would
provide for the heating of the engine
house from the city hall boilers. In
surrendering the franchise, the com.
pany expressed a regret that it had not
been able to make a success of the
heating plant. II was the same old
bunk that theacompany has been hand
ing out in the past It got just rip
pie of interest from the members of
the council.