The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
More Than Eight Miles to be Paved According
to the Announcement Given Out at
the Council Meeting.
MAKE SEWER ASSESSMENTS UNIFORM
Old Sewer Assessment Districts to be Abolished and All
Assessments in the Future Are to be
at $500 Per Foot Rate.

| leading to the old station had been
used for these purposes. The petit.
ton asked that the company be in.
structed not to continue this practice
inasmuch as there was great danger
to public safety. An injunction was
threatened if the city failed to act
City Manager Osborn was directed tc
confer with street railway officials and
to direct that the streets should not
be used for that purpose
To Open Putnam Street.
The recommendation of City Man
ager Osborn that Putnam street be
opened for vehicular traffic and AID.
ans street for pedestrian traffic and
that the old Green Bay road crossing
be closed in keeping with the petition
of the MacWhyte company was re-
ceived and motion passed to take
the proper steps to carry out the pro.
visions of the recommendation.
Requests for rebates in taxes were
received from many individuals and
concerns. One of the most interest.
ing of these was that of the German
American clubhouse, which based its
claim for a rebate on the fact that
the building had been completed only
for portion of the year for which
the tax was paid. All were reported
to the city manager for further in
vestigation.
A petition asking for the naming OF
7. Webster Six, 852 Grand avenue, to
fill the vacancy made in the board Of
school commissioners by the recent
resignation of Harry Quandt, in the
Fifth ward, was received and referred
to the city manager for report later
Create Revolving Fund.
A resolution for the transference
of $131,061.25 from the Main street
bridge fund, now replaced by bonds
sold for that purpose, to the contin.
gent fund for the purpose of estab-
fishing a revolving fund to finance
public improvements was adopted
This plan has received the sanction
of state examiners.
Indication of the plans of the park
director for improvements during the
coming season were given in the in.
PRODUCTION of measures to authorize
the city manager to secure bids fol
the enclosing of the Lincoln park
shelter house and for the establish.
ment of a sprinkler system at the
golf course. The advisability of the
latter was questioned somewhat by
some of the members of the council
and definite action was not taken.
More After Dance Censor.
A petition from the Balm school,
Parent-Teacher assication was receiv.
ed asking that censor be named fol
the dance halls and was placed or
file.
City Manager Osborn presented 6
report of the recent conference OF
cities at Manitowoc over the lake
drainage question showing that much
had been done to start movement
against the taking of an undue amount
of water from Lake Michigan by the
Chicago Drainage system The prob
lem of whether or not property or
Washington Island should be pur.
chased by the city in keeping with
the Simmons bequest was also pre-
scented.
An offer to sell the Llama property
at the southeast corner of Park street
and Sheridan Road to the city fol
$4,000 was also received. This is {
part of the property needed to carry
out the civic center project. 1t was
referred to the committee of the
whole.