The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
THE NEW KENOSHA.
A City of Beautiful Homes,
Shady Trees.
THE PARK CITY.
A Wonderful Growth Within
the Past Four Years.
THE PARK CITY.
KENOSHA CITY.

Inc dllefeuI dfGlcleS GLdC appear
in this paper were written in d con
sentative style and an attempt has
been made to make all statements
that appear in this paper reliable
and true to the facts. This is not a
boom edition but an effort to
show what KenOsha is and has to
offer. The beginnings of the place
are chrOnicled for the benefit of the
large number of recent corners to
KenOsha who are interested in
knowing something about the early
history Of the city which they have
made their home.
For many years Kenosha was
known as dead place and this i'm
preston became SO general and so
firmly fixed in the minds of large
number of it's own citizens that they
were slow to realize the force of the
reasons that induced visitors to look
so favorably upon the city. But the
fact is that KenOsha can show up
natural advantages for manufacture
ING establishments or residence
such as but very few cities
i'm the West can boast of.
Considerable has been done to i'm
prove these natural endowments,
but the work has hardly been begun
which is to show up Kenosha as a
full fedged manufacturing city
Konosha is on the list this year
for a government appropriation of
$40, 600 to be expended on it's har-
Dor This is more than it ever re
ceived before, but with the proper
improvements there are thousands
of feet of dock frontage available
and unused. Kenosha has as good
a natural harbor as any on the west
side Of Lake Michigan and in time
its banks will be covered with vast
establishments whose owners saw
the value of the unused dock
frontage The manufacturers in no
city in the United States can show
a better growth and prosperity than
those in Kenosha
The Kenosha of 1890 is a vastly
different city from the Kenosha of
1885. The growth of Kenosha in
that time has been a surprise to it's
citizens and the wonder of the neigh
boring cities. The heavy debt that
had been incurred years ago in
building the Kenosha and Rockford
Railroad had threatened the city
with bankruptcy The prospect of
being obliged to pay the debt, or
even the interest on it, appalled,
many persons who otherwise would
have looked very favorably upon
Kenosha as place to buy property
and 90 into business, and the result
was that for many years the place
stood STILL or refrigerated Real
estate was almost valueless, very
little property changing hands at
ALL and the transfers that did occur
were made at such remarkably low
figures that no one cared to buy
property here
But all this has changed. In
1886 the city obligations were pur-
chased by enterprising citizens led
by Mr. z. G. Simmons, to whom all
honor is due for this great achieve
ment. reduced to 5000, 600 and re
funded at ) per cent. This debt the
city has paid the interest on every
year, and also paid $25, 600 of the
principal within five years, leaving
but $175, 600 Of debt
In 1886 the Chicago Brass Works
were located in Kenosha, largely
the result of Mr.. T. G.. Simmons
efforts. and from that time onward
the growth of the city has been re-
markable. The Chicago Brass
Works has tripled in size. The
Scotford factory was brought here
from Waterbury, Conn. The Lane
Manufacturing Co. has been estab-
ished and has grown at a marvellous
rate The Bauer Watch Case Co.,
Of Chicago, was bought out and the