The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-06

gramJ Whlch mas Deen. Planned 1or sew
sral years by the passing city council,
is hanging in the balance. At the last
regular meeting Of the old aldermanic
council, held Monday evening in the
council chamber at the city hall, the
councilmen failed to take definite ac
Gion regarding the various paving con-
tracts and after wandering about in
maze of argument finally voted to de-
lay action until an adjourned session
of the council to be held on Thursday
evening
The discussion brought out contin-
ued suggestions that the entire pro-
gram for street paving be laid over to
the new city council to decide and it
is not improbable that this action with
all it's attendant delay will be taken
by the council on next Thursday eve
ming
Too Many Petitions.
The chief trouble came up over the
question of what kind of paving was
to be used on the various streets,
When the meeting with property hold
ers to decide on this was called prior
to the regular meeting of the council
the aldermen found themselves facing
rather ticklish proposition. There
we're petitions for each kind of paving
for almost each street and apparently
the contractors for the various kinds
Of paving had made the rounds and
helped to circulate the petitions.
Many of the property owners in
their anxiety to get paving no matter
what kind had signed each and every
one of the petitions and consequently
the council was left in a quandary to
know just which one of the brands
was really the favorite.
Fireworks Starts to Fly.
It wasn't long until the meeting be-
gan to run true to form and the fire
works started to fly Alderman Thorn
messen of the Ninth ward started il
off when in a rather fiery speech he
advocated that the entire matter be
laid over to the new council.
"The contractors have forgotten that
the war is over" he declared. "There
isn't enough drop in those prices to be
considered I'm in favor of letting
the new city manager and the new
council decide on this. Maybe they
can get lower ones"
There was opposition to this i'm
mediately. Alderman Anderson re-
minded the council that it might take
the new government several weeks to
get organized and that if this entire
paving program was turned over to it
there would be an attendant delay
which would mean that many of the
streets would remain unpaved for an
other year at least.
Whose to Get Credit?
whats the use in giving the city
manager all the credit for this paving
when we've done all the work we
have?" urged Alderman Theodore Loef
This statement brought on the answer
that if the contracts were hurried
through it might be discredit and not
credit which would accrue to the coun-
Gil as result of its last important
action
Finally motion by Alderman Palm
green that the question be referred
again to the street assessment COM
mittee to be reported at the adjourned
meeting Thursday evening was car
ried. Alderman Thommessen led a
fight for reconsideration but this was
lost by a large majority. Alderman
Anderson suggested that the interview
ng time be utilized by the aldermen
in each ward in finding out the real
sentiment of the people along the
streets to be paved as to the kind of
paving to be used.
keep Your Hands Clean"
The tensest moments of the meet
ing came when Attorney Calvin Stew
art rose to oppose the laying of a
brick pavement on South Chicago
street instead of merely resurfacins
the street.
"There is something rotten in Den
mark if at the last meeting of the
council all of the contracts are let de-
spite the protests of property owners
declared Attorney Stewart Believe
me the courts will hear of this if the
paving on South Chicago street is torn
up despite my protest and brick paw
ing put in. If you think you're going
to get any credit for that, you're badly
mistaken. l want to say to you or
the eye of your retirement that you
should leave with clean hands. / be-
lieve you will"
Mayor Answers Quickly.
There was fire in Mayor Joachim's
eyes as he rose to answer.
Mine years I've been here and there
isn't spot on them yet" he declared
as he held out his hands to the coun.
ell and to the spectators. They're as
clean as some of those people in the
audience but they are backed by civic
pride. When l go out of here II
leave just as / came in These con.
tracts have been hanging fire fol
three years; they are not being hur.
ried through at the last meeting"
Attorney Stewart rose quickly tc
say that he did not mean to cast any
aspersions on the council but that +
merely meant to warn them that ha )
action now might result in the wrong
sort of an impression being given out
regarding the action of the council