The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-19
VOTE BONDS FOR
new HIGH SCHOOL
$500, 900 School Bond Issue
Voted by City Council
Monday Night.
AMEND DANCE BILL
Dance Ordinance Amended to
Close Hall for 80 Days for
Violation of Ordinance.

! A 100000 bond issue to provide
funds for the erection of the new
Kenosha High School building now
under the process of construction, was
authorized Monday evening by the city
council at its regular meeting when
an ordinance to this effect was passed
unanimously on it's first reading. The
issue is to be twenty year bond is
sue and will bear interest at IL per
cent.
This is the second school bond is
sue to be authorized by the council
for the new high school building fund.
| Several months ago a 100000 bond
issue was floated, it being the under
standing at that time that it would
only partly pay for the new building.
This fund will be exhausted within
will then be relied upon to furnish
money to keep the building under con-
struction.
Sell at Premium.
The first issue was also IL per
cent bond issue but sold at SO high
a premium ttAut VAC AkAbCAC2O A6SS V4o
thereby cut to. less than IL per cent.
1t is believed probable that the new
tissue will also demand premium.
The bond market is better at this
season of the year than later and for
that reason the issue is being prepar-
ed at this time although it will not
become actually effective until about
the 1st of April.
This bond issue is part of the Sc
ries of bond issues authorized by the
voters in the school bond issue ref
erendum several years ago when the
building program for the schools was
endorsed by the voters.
Amend Dance Hall Ordinance.
The dance hall ordinance was up for
it's second reading and was passed with
one change. The clause which es-
tablished the penalty on the owner
of a dance hall where a violation of
the ordinance took place originally
read that the hall should be closed for
a period of six months. Discussion
showed that this would be unjust reg
ulation against the owner of the hall
inasmuch as he might not be to blame
for the violation of the ordinance. 1t
was voted to change that clause to
read that the hall be closed for per-
iod of thirty days upon conviction
of violation of the ordinance.
| At the last meeting of the council
there was much opposition to this
clause of the ordinance. No one, how
ever, appeared on Monday evening to
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bill.
Change Zoning Ordinance.
The proposed change in the coming
ordinance to allow the establishment
of an undertaking establishment in
any district which is zoned as COM
mercial district was also adopted by
the council. This has been under dis
cussion for several weeks, investiga-
ton showing that such places Of bust
ness had been evidently overlooked in
the drawing up Of the ordinance. The
city planning commission had recon-
mended that such change in the
ordinance be made.
A recommendation was also recelv-
ed from the city planning commission
endorsing the proposed opening of
Oakland avenue.
Old Question Revived.
A communication from Ludwig
Klemm, whose residence is at the
southeast corner of Erie and Eliza
beth street revived the old problem
of closer regulation Of street car and
other traffic about the North Shore
railroad station He maintained that
the street cars were not living up to
the regulation of hating at this COR
ner only to take on or let off passen-
gers but were parking there instead
of on the switch belonging to the COM
pany and located north of the corner.
He also maintained that closer regu-
lation of taxicab and other motorist
traffic should be established there for
the safety of all concerned.
The communication was referred to
the city manager for investigation.
This question has bobbed up frequent
ly, an order having been issued to the
street car company to use its own
switch for parking purposes several
months ago.
Change Voting Place.
The voting place for the First Pre-
cinct of the Ninth Ward was changed
from the portable school building on
Selma avenue to the Presbyterian
church hall, at the corner of Salem
and Third avenues. This change was
necessary because the other arrange
ment interfered seriously with school
plans.
Water mains for the following
streets were authorized by the coun-
Gil, all on petition from the property
owners: Belmont Place, Beverly Place,
Kenwood Place and Plymouth Place,
all from Exchange street to Park
avenue; Erie street from Selma ave.
nue. to Roosevelt avenue; Putnam
street from Racine avenue to How
land avenue; Rowland avenue from
Albers street to Hartung street; Mich
igan street from Selma avenue to-
Allenwood avenue; Howard street
from the west line Of the Howard sub
division to South Chicago street; Fifth
avenue from Castle avenue to Selma
avenue; Hamilton avenue from Prairie
avenue to Corcoran Drive.
Purchase Of three trucks LIZ
ton WHITTIER truck from the Whittier
Motor company; a III ton truck from
the Stretch Motor company and 1f2
ton Nash truck from the Greiner Nash
company-was authorised. The recon-
mendation Of the city manager for
the letting of the contracts for auto
mobile insurance for cars owned by
the city to the lowest bidders as an
nounced previously was also author
he