The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06
GIVES RIGHT OF WAY
H. S. VAN INGEN WILL PROMOTE
THE INTERESTS OF THE ROAD.
MAY BE BUILT IN THE SPRING.
Waukegan Has Been Asked TO Pass
An Ordinance Giving the Through
Line Right of way In Conjunction
With the NJ, r. & K.

From present indications it is very
probable that Kenosha and Waukegan
will be connected by an electric road
in the early spring and this city will be
the most important point on the line
between Chicago and Milwaukee.
For some time this subject has been
agitated and that man Van Vlissingen
and Fl. S. Van 1ngen have been men
toned as prime movers in the project
In order to ascertain the facts in the
case a representative of this paper
called on Mr.. Van Ingen Friday night
and in conversation the gentleman said
that he would consent to give the right
of way to the company through his
land if he was certain that it had
proper backing. Var Vlissingen, be
continued. is a real estate dealer IN
Chicago and represents lare 9 amount
of Chicago capital. The scheme now
sought is to connect line from the
belt line in Chicago with the factory
regions of Milwaukee and other smaller
cities in Illinois and Wisconsin. The
right of way has nearly all been secured
and what is more to the point the
company will lay it's track on its own
property. The road has already been
built as far as Waukegan.
In order to avoid the E. j. & E. slip
with the proposed Chicago and North
Shore railway and to escape long
condemnation suit against the E. j. &
E., Mr.. Van Vlissingen and bis attorney
want franchise for their railroad on
various streets of Waukegan. Instead
of coming down the flats across the E.
j. & E. slips, as had been their plan,
they now propose to branch off just
north of the slip and come down
through the streets of the city. From
this point it will be built through Mr..
Van Ingen's land to this city. The
representatives of the NJ, r. q K. are
evidently in close connection with
the promoters of the Chicago and Mil
waukee road, and it is stated on good
authority that the entire syndicate
operating all these suburban lines is
backed by the Standard Oil Company
who propose to use the lines as a
freight carrier between Chicago and
Milwaukee
Mr.. Van Vlissengen is reported to
have said in an interview Friday that
" the surmises that his road was to
become a part of the Milwaukee,
Racine q Kenosha electric road are
correct. 1t is now clearly evident on
every hand and the missing links in
the chain are being provided for as
rapidly as possible. For long time
the M. r. & K. has been making a
plucky fight to get franchise through
the city of Kenosha. 1t has been
unable to until now. Arrangements
are being made, public sentiment has
turned in its favor and all indications
seem to point to the securing of a
franchise in the near future.
Now that the hand of the M. r. &
X. officials has been completely ex
posed the people of KenOsha will recOg-
nize how valuable is the franchise this
company is asking through this city,
and demand a compensation accord
ingly. Upon the success of the M. +.
& <. efforts in Kenosha depends the
success of the entire system between
Chicago and Milwaukee, and the city
should take lots of time to consider the
proposition. The special committee
appointed to consider the proposed
franchise ordinance has not as yet
made any report. They met Friday
evening, but only three of them turned
out and the matter was laid over until
next week.