The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-20
TO END SERVICE
WITH NEW ORDER
President and Members of
Police and Fire Com
mission Quit.
LIBRARY BOARD TOO


The police and fire commission of
Kenosha which has several times been
storm center under the aldermanic
form Of government, will go out Of ex-
istence as the present board is consti-
tuted with the coming of the new form
of city manager government on next
Tuesday.
President Henry B. Robinson of the
board, announced this morning that the
members of the board had unanimously
voted to tender their designations. The
action was confirmed in an informal
meeting held on Friday and the resig-
nations along with those of many other
boards of the city will be rendered to
the new council on Tuesday.
The action of the police and fire
commission and that of the directors
of the Gilbert NJ Simmons library
of similar import leaves the board of
health as the only board not tender
ing a resignation.
Will Act Later On.
DR.. G. H. Ripley, president of the
board Of health, said this morning:
"We are planning for meeting to
take up this matter and it win prob
ably be held on Monday. We want to
do the best possible thing for the pro-
lection Of the health of Kenosha and
we want to be advised as to just what
is the best step to take"
DR.. Ripley declared that the board
of health was in complete sympathy
with the reorganization of The city
government under the new form and
that the board would in no way han
dieap the new order of things.
Library Board Joins Movement.
The slogan "No Handicap for the
New City Government" has been
adopted by the members Of tie board
of directors of the Gilbert Ne. Simmons
| library and at meeting of the board
held on Thursday evening it was
unanimously decided that the men,
bers of the board will tender their
designations to the new council when
| it is organized next week. The direc-
tors are E. L. Grant, PRESIDENT of the
board, Charles C. Brown, Mrs. L. l.,
Vergil, Arthur H. French, William J..
Mainland, Carl W. Johnson, z. G. Sim
mons and Peter Fisher, Jr.
Several Of the members of the board
have been connected with the organi-
cation since the opening of the library.
These men are still in complete SYM
pathy with the work of the library
rry,%h M e.
eminent in Kenosha and it is under
! stood that none of them will shirk the
duty of service if their work is sought
by the new city administration.
Robinson Would be Helpful.
"The police and FIRE commission does
not in any way desire to handicap the
new form of government and in ten
dering our designations we do it with
the idea of putting these important
| departments of the city government
under the new council just as soon as
| it is possible to bring the re-organi-
zation," said President Robinson this
morning. cat meeting held several
weeks ago the members of the COM
mission decided that this was the wise
course to take and the designations
were prepared at that time. 1t was
our understanding that they should
not be presented until after the or
ganization Of the new council. We
want to be in complete touch with the
new government and certainly we will
govern our actions entirely in keeping
with the desires of the new council.
The members Of the board include
President Robinson, Secretary John
Priddis, P. J. Moohan, Nicholas Misch-
Ter and Otto Wfndorf. Most of the
members Of the commission have been
in office for many years.
There are $4,000 daily street car