The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-10

widening the streets IN question VIII
start Immediately but it does mean
that the legal work will be started
looking towards the widening of the
streets in the not distant future.
No action was taken regarding
| Sheridan Road north of Market street.
May Vacate Old Chicago Road.
| A petition was received from num-
| Der of property owners along the
"Old Chicago Road" lying south Of
Selma avenue, asking for vacation
/ of 400 feet Of that road. The road
has been abandoned for many years,
many people not even knowing that a
road there ever existed. The part
which it Isl desired to vacate is a strip
400 feet long north of the old st.
James cemetery and is a part of
strip of property which is being pur-
chased by the city as school site.
The petition revealed that the school
board has secured options on this
large site facing on Park avenue and
extending through to the Liberty sub
division. The vacation is asked in or
der that the owners may convey to
the city school board the entire site.
The council set May 9Th as the date
for the hearing on the petition.
A petition for the division Of the
First ward into two precincts with
the G. & N. w. Railway as the divid-
ing line was granted. The voting place
for Precinct A, lying east of the
tracks, is the Durkee school; for Pre-
cinct B, west of the tracks, the voting
place is the Deming school.
A petition is in circulation for the
Lewiston of the Eighth ward but it
was not presented Monday evening.
! A communication urging that the
city before buying the Pennoyer park
tract on the north side should investi-
gate the possibilities of buying the
Hannah tract on the west side of the
Lefty to provide park facilities for that
district wasAreceived and referred to
the city manager for investigation.
Suggestion that Milwaukee avenue
be widened north of Limit street and
that the railway tracks be relocated
there as contained in a petition from
property owners was referred to the
city planning commission as too large
project to be acted upon without a
thorough investigation.
Demand New Foghorn.
The council voted to petition the
commissioner of lighthouses to inves-
tigate the condition of the foghorn at
| the Kenosha harbor and to secure
new warning signal for this city. 1t
was declared that the foghorn is old
and that in recent months several of
the larger boats now making Keno
hsha as port had had trouble reaching
| the harbor.
| C. s. Lathrop was granted a petit
| tion asking for a return of the deed
which he had offered to the city for
! dedicating the west half of Huron
street from its present terminus to
Milbur park addition, it being ex-
planned that other conditions of the
deed had not been met.
/ Petition for paving the following
streets were granted: Fremont avea-
nue. between Tanner Court and Mar
tket stSeet; Marian avenue between
Prairie avenue and Northwestern
! tracks, Greenwood avenue from How
| land avenue east to Lincoln park. and
| South Lyman avenue; South Lyman
avenue from Lincoln Park to the term
linus of South Lyman.
/ Contracts for the building of sew
ers were let to Markus Thomson and
for catch basins and stubs to Andrew
Thomson, both. Kenosha contractors,
and both low bidders on the work in
question.
Water Main Costs Jump.
Costs of the laying of water mains
have jumped with result that the
price per foot was advanced from
eighty cents to one dollar, this being
in keeping with the law authorizing
cities to charge for the laying Of a
six inch pipe.
That residents of the city have some
benefits was shown when the council,
| in acting on the petition of Edward
| Werve asking for water mains agreed
to enter into a contract where he paid
S1.50 a foot for the laying of the
mains and SO per cent more for water
service than those within the city. A
similar increase was made for sewer
service. NERVES home is just out
side the city limits in the town of
Pleasant Prairie.
A petition from the Holy Rosary
congregation for the paving of Pearl
street between Rowland avenue and
| Brockett was also received and refer
red to the proper committee.
The council when it adjourned, adj
/ journed to meet as a committee next
Monday evening to confer with the
county board members regarding the
claim of the Hutter Construction COM
pany, builders of the courthouse over
the delay in starting work due to in
ability to secure the site at the time
/ set. At the same time a committee
from the American Legion will appear
before the council to discuss several
projects.