The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
TO PUT IN STATIONS.
NEW PLAN PROPOSED BY THE M. R.
AND K. MANAGEMENT.
FARMERS BECOME INDIGNANT.
And will Fight any Effort on the Part of the
Company to Limit Their Rights and
Conven1ences-Plan to Reduce Time
Between Racine and Kenosna.

Since the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way Company have taken hold of the
Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Elec-
trio railroad the air has been full of
rumors in regard to the new plans of
the company, and now it is announced
the running time between Milwaukee
and Kenosha by placing stations at
convenient points along the line. For
merly the policy of the road has been
to stop at any signal for passengers re-
gardless as to where the stop was de-
handed, but according to the an
nounced plans these stations will beset
up in the near future and the cars be-
tween Racine and Kenosha will stop
only when signaled at these stations.
The announcement of the plan has
caused storm of Indignation among
the farmers in front of whose places
the road has been constructed. One
of these farmers was in the city Thurs
day night and denounced the new
arrangement as outrageous and con-
trary to the agreement under which
franchise rights were granted to the
former operators of the line.
A L. Curtis, we'll known farmer OF
Berryville, in speaking of the scheme,
said that while he had given a great
deal of his time to assist the M. r. & Z.
officials in obtaining a franchise to lay
the road, he was ready and willing to
fight any plan like the one proposed.
The farmers claim that when they
gave their consent for the building of
the road it was a written condition that
the cars should stop whenever signaled
and they regard this new plan to place
stations at certain points along the
road to be breach of contract, and if
such plan is carried out they claim
that they will fight the road in the
courts and make an attempt to tie it
up by injunctions.
According to the plan, as told to the
farmers along the line, waiting rooms
will be erected at intervals four miles
apart between this city and Racine and
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these stations. With many of the
farmers this rule would change the
road from blessing to curse and
they demand that if the company
would adopt such rule they must buy
their right of way and fence it in.
Further developments in the contro-
versy will be watched with great
interest.
From recent movements of the new
company it is evident that their aim is
to establish through line between
Milwaukee and Chicago, and every
effort is being made to reduce the time
of running between the intermediate
points in order that the road may be
better able to compete with the Chi
cago & Northwestern and st. Paul
lipes.
The Chicago line is now under con-
struction and before many months will
be running. Cars will then leave Mil
waukee and passing through Racine,
Kenosha, Waukegan, Fort Sheridan
and Evanston, run into the city Of Chi
cago. The line to KenOsha is running
and various parts of the line north
from Chicago to Waukegan are fin
ished To Evanston the line is run
ming and the franchises and right of
way is about secured for all of the line
with tho exception Of the fifteen miles
between Waukegan and Kenosha.
We do all kinds of job work.