The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-03
Railway Officials stagger-
ed at Size of Board Bill
\. for Deputies.
POLICE ALSO DINED
Chicken Dinners for Police Of
ficers Are Also Listed on
the Board Bill.
Here is a pretty pickle!

Here is pretty pickle!
Local officials of the Northwestern
Railway company are scratching their
heads trying to figure out how much
special deputy police can eat. Their
calculations started on Monday after
noon when Michael IneIe, owner of the
eating place on West Main street where
the deputies have been dining. pre-
sented his bill for the month of july.
1t is admitted that the bill staggered
the local officials. It was for more
than $500 which the railway company
was expected to pay as a part of the
remuneration of the deputies who have
been doing special guard duty since
the railway strike started.
More Than Milwaukee.
Some of the officials are convinced
that there must be ''nigger in the
woodpile" somewhere. The board bill
for all the deputies in the yards at
Milwaukee was under 5000, where hun
dreds are employed instead of twenty
as in Kenosha. Today a close scrutiny
of the bill was being made to discover
how the deputies and the special police
could eat up $500 worth of food in this
time.
When the men were placed at work.
they were given cards which entitled
them to get midnight lunch at the
eating house in question. 1t was I'M
derstood that they were ito have what
they wanted" and the railway company
would foot the bill.
Chicken Dinners Too.
Now when the officials look over the
bill they find that several items are for
chicken dinners at 1925 each, these
being for regular members of the DO
lice force who are detailed as special
police to help guard the railway prop
erty during the strike. That discovery
started the ball rolling and every item
of the bill is being investigated.
1t is intimated that some of the dep
uties must have misunderstood the
agreement and instead of getting a
midnight lunch have been eating regu-
larly at the restaurant all at the ex-
pense of the railway company. -..,-r
maybe it'd be cheaper to pay the
employees what they want and end the
strike" commented one Of the men in
vestigating the bill, as he smiled over
some Of the figures.
Explains Chicken Dinner.
One of the three policemen, who are
named in the bill, explained his YER
sion of the $2.25 chicken dinners
charged to them. He declared that
along with the representative of the
company they had eaten there one
night and at his bequest ordered a
chicken dinner.
"He paid for his dinner as he had
an expense account" declared the po-
liceman. "The man charged him 80
cents and dinners just like that but
served to US are down at 1925 each
now. That's all know about it."
The company admits that all of the
men, including the three special police
men, had been given cards allowing
them to ego the limit but declares
that the company had expected reason
able luncheons and regular rates.
Thesrailway officials were reticent in
talking of the episode this morning
but no little comment had been aroused
among the people employed around the
depot. 1t was stated that it was
matter which would be settled by the
company privately.