Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-05-24
Opening of the Lake Shore Road.

last bar OF ircu completing the railroad commune
estiop between Chicago and Milwaukee, and con,
meeting the latter city well as our own and 9TH
ers OH the route, with all the Of the world east
of US. OF COURSE an event SO important and look
ed for with So much irlpatiynce, could not pass
without marked manifestation Of popular feeling
The progress Of the road through the cry was
watched with great interest, and on the morning
of Saturday, when The final bar certain to b.
laid, our citizens Of all ages and both sexes, with
fair spdnk!ing from tie rural Districts, appeared
ON tho ground The arrangements made contem
plated the presence OF The city authorities, mem
befs oftie press, aad other invited guests from Oh
cago, Milwaukee, Waukegsn, and Racine, who
after the ceremonies completed, would be
Joined by the authorities and invited guests OF Ke
nosha aud proceed On excursion to Milwaukee
and return; the expectation Of which visitors, of
course increased The interest of our citizens. Two
large handsome forest trees, wdch stand like gi-
gantc sentmes close each side of :he tack
near the depot grounds and where the unon vas
made, had both floating ?om their peaks the ma
tional flag. and on the green opposite was planted
the piece of artillery which hid often before spoken
fog the city on its festive occasions.
About ten O'clock the whistle Of a locomotive
was heard, and train extemponzed for the occa-
sion out of platform cars, rushing in from
the north with our Milwaukee and Racine friends
en- baaId. We recognized many familiar faces :;
Mayor Cross Postmaster Noonan, Mr.. Booth Of
the Free Democrat, Mr.. Watson Of the Sentinel,
MIR. Aiken of the Wisconsin, among those from
Milwaukee; and the Mayor. Col Clement, Lore ems
70 James Esq, ex-mayor sMcDouaid, aud many
othes, from Racine.
About an hour aiterward came laundering in
from Chicago the regular excursion train, compi-
sing eight passenger cars, with large number of
guests from Chicago aud Wauhegan Mayo
Boone, WIN, r. Ogden, d.. Maxwell. Stewart o.
tho Tribune, Wells Of he Press, being a few Of the
former; and ex mayor ]. c. smith, {. VI. Haw>
ley, Eeq. II. " Biologist, Eaq Gcer OF the Ga
ze,te, Tobcy Of The Chronicle, AND many others Of
The lattcr. OF course, nearly all Of these gentle
men had ladies with them aHd few We are plea
ssd 10 add TO keep mp the average Tor those who
had none, he'd t~o or three.
Oa tic arrival Of The Chicago train the ceremo>
MES Of the occasion were commenced. Mayor
Cross Of Milwaukee, standing near Mayor Room
Of Chicago. and between the rats TO be fastened
down surrounded bv dense crowd. spoke at some
length Of the Importance Of the enterprise thcr
about 10 DO ronsIanualed, both in businets and
sorial pa.at # view.
Mayor Boone replied briefly aud perln"h ~.
concluding by .c!auos that 10 ruthless ha"9
should dare 20 tear nsuu4cr t.c lake c.t,s which
,hev, ,Aat day. should in together. This sand
th4 Ia vas ,li1-trd AID these N 1yors drove HON"
ths spikes ,ha. fastened t. m1&jlg one in interest
these Furnishing cities, and King 10 them as pen
dam levels tie smaller c te Is between taem ! lis
done, the whistle sounded, the cannon hsched
fefih IT'S thauters in rapid succession the heis o.
the cty we're iunr vi. IN chees.ul sound the excel!
lent hand which accompanied The Milwaukee, del
ersfiop uttered mos, culiyenjn. notes. the thou
.s,ds assembled on the Green sAoatcd cheerful
adjrus. amid which The Kenosla guests got
hard. aud the excursion train moved on toward
Milwaukee.
4 more h-nui,rul day for such an occasion was
q ,.yer exncrienced Not q cloud dimmed til, sky
villa . s'ial.t breeze f.oa the lake made the tenn.
n.,aI,,,e most d.Irh,ruI If a plcassn er party
,t> ,,a,. o'sased viii, Itself and Il is oun-
dr.s ever ,.al t.,rther. il mast have been an OK
c.ei,palv nica-tnt enc The cars the finest
r,,r..ls we ever tfa,eed in. aud the engines
.-.r ..l !. .,,,,i,s-lhc Milwaukee" p rtlcu!ariy
him, baudsaue euor.h for pator. Al the AZ
r.,...or,ar,s o., the road were tip top. and had in
-, e.,i, .,ud gll the n,orhscy of an exceuen,
b..i,e,s. So far rs lie road IS concerned. it was
the coo,,,ou remark Of those familiar with such
matters, that for Il new road. il was the best the>
had ever passed over; and when we state the fact
that bat an hour uu( seventeen minutes were con
sumed on the return mp from Milwaukee to he,
nosha, rule more need he sad 0" that score We
tliuk wien tie road IS lai''y completed aud settled
10 lis pace, as good time will be made on 1t as OF
any road N tn, couotry. II is not strange then
with the pleasant weather and pleasant Surround
iuss, that die excursjoris's should have been 1t
th. b..t possible hunol with themselves and al
the rest OF mankind, and that time with then