The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-07
Council Hesitates When it
Hears Salaries Paid to
Y Election Officials.
BUT GRANTS IT LATER
Receives Vocation School Re-
port for Year and Budget
for Coming Year.

While the election officials at the
various polling places in the city of
Kenosha were sweating away over the
ballots on Tuesday evening the city
council at the city hall YVES hesitating
over whether they would allow them
the same salary as in other years
All of the councilmen we're little
surprised when they learned that
some of the men working at the polls
received from $12 to $18 for their
work in connection with the election.
At first glance at the bill the city
fathers wanted to investigate. Then
they remembered that sometimes the
polling officials were required to work
all night and lose the next day be-
cause Of it and in consideration of
this decided that the pay was not so
exorbitant as to demand cut. The
pay for the primary election was al
lowed. There was some discussion as
to the advisability of making a cut
before the regular fall election.
vocational School Reports.
The annual report Of the Board of
Industrial Education was received
showing that the disbursements dur
ing the past year had been in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The coun-
Gil was asked to raise by local tax
levy $4,000 for the work of the
school during the coming year. This
sum will be supplemented by aid re-
ceived from state and other sources.
The board has fallen in with the
city planning project and in its report
agreed to turn back to the city the
sum which has been laid aside for the
erection of a new building with the
idea that the new vocational school
building is included in the projects
mapped out by the school survey re-
Gently adopted by the council.
The report was referred to the
council as committee Of the whole
to be reported back at the next regu-
lar meeting.
Plan to Plat Grant Court.
An interesting plat was presented
to the council for approval in blue
print of Grant Court, which is to take
the place of the property now known
as Shadow Lawn" the former home
of Mr.. and Mrs. z. G.. Simmons and
the former home of Mr.. and Mrs E. L.
Grant, both fronting con Prairie ave-
nue.. The plat provides for the divid-
ing of this property into twenty-one
building lots with large court within
them. The plat was referred to the
city planning commission and final ac-
ion deferred pending its report
The question of whether or not per-
sonal bonds could be accepted from
contractors for five-year guarantee on
concrete paving work was presented
and referred to the city attorney
There was suggestion made that it
of pavement because of this difficulty:
Disallow Blind Mans Claim.
A claim was presented by Frank
LaMere, blind man, asking for IS 900
damages for injuries which he re-
ceived when he fell in a hole along a
street where improvements were being
made. City Attorney Higgins reported
that he had investigated and had been
told by the contractor that the man
had been led around the hole several
mornings before the accident and had
been warned to use another street in
the future. LaMere suffered several
broken ribs and received other injur-
les as a result of the accident. He
has been in the hospital for several
weeks but will recover, The council,
taking into Consideration the report
of the city attorney, voted to disallow
the claim.