The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-05
NEW RAILROAD.
New Line from Chicago to
Milwaukee.
Coming Through Kenosha.
What the Milwaukee Sentinel saw

What the Milwaukee Sentinel says:
Francis Hinton, e. A. IBennett. GEORGE
u Van Dyka, William d. Van DYKE and
Z. +. Prussing are the incorporators of the
Milwaukee, Bay View & Chicago Railroad
company. The articles of incorporation,
which were filed yesterday, state that it is
the purpose of the company to build road
from the north line of Milwaukee county
through Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha
counties to Chicago. The capital stock is
| 100000
The lncorporators are all connected in
some capacity with the Illinois Steel COM
pany. Mr.. Hinton, the resident manager.
said yesterday:
The new organization will own and con-
troll all the locomotives and cars whi.h be-
long to the Illinois Steel company at Bay
view, also the twenty-five miles of tracks
and switches running from the south end
OF Jones island to and about the works, in
Guiding the connections with both the Chi
cage, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago d
Northwestern roads. The stock will be
owned and controlled by the Illinois Steel
company. The charter is a broad one, and
can be extended as they see fit. There are
many advantages in this, and they are fol-
lowing the same move taken by all the
other works under the control of the Hi
nols Steel company.
AS the Illinois Steel company virtually
holds the key to any entrance into the city
that might be contemplated by either of
the two roads now talked Of the Wisconsin
Central and the Illinois Central, it was
thought by many that the new company
was organized to help in bringing this
about, but this is denied by the rolling mill
officials, although it was rumored some
time ago that certain road had APP
preached the rolling mill CO npany in rela-
ton to buying the right of way through
Jones island most of which is owned by
the Illinois Steel company From one of
the stockholders of the new road we learn
that it Is the intention of the new company
to pass through both the cities of Racine
and Kenosha. This will, no doubt give us
a cheaper route to Chicago which the other
roads have so long neglected to do"
1t has been fixed belief among the best
Informed citizens of Kenosha for long
time that the Evanston branch of the c.,
M. & St. ?. BY. would be extended through
Kenosha md Racine to Milwaukee. Ru-
NOR OF late has been unusually active in
spreading this belief and several things
have occurred that seem to confirm the
statements that the time is not many
months distant when Kenosha will have
another railroad. The above article has
been corroborated by the statement of "a
gentleman in Kenosha personally intere. ted
in the projected road, that the right of way
has been all secured and that the shops
will be located on Washington Island.
This statement was given as truth and
the gentleman who made it is usually sup
posed to be good for anything he may say.
A great many rumors of this kind have
come to the TELEGRAPH-CoURIE but no
faith was placed in them. One great
trouble with this town has been that when
there is chance of getting large institu-
ton to locate here the owners Of land in
the neighborhood of the desired location
acted the fool and put extravagantly high
prices on land, made it impossible to secure
it at u fair price and thus cut their own fin
gers. This town would be we'll rid of few
old blood suckers that have stood in the
way of its growth these many years.