The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-02
TT Is ALL SETTLED.
MILWAUKEE CO. WILL CONTROL M,
R. & X. AFTER MARCH FIRST.
RACINE LINE WILL NOT BE SOLD
But the Line Will Pass Under the Entire
Management of the NJ. E. R. L.
Company-Franchise Will
Be Urged.

| As stated in this paper Thursday the
Milwaukee, Racine dC Kenosha Electric
railroad will shortly pass under the
control of the Milwaukee Electric rail-
road, which is operated by q syndicate
consisting of John I. Reggs, 81. G.
Payne and Charles Pfster. The Mil
waukee company will take charge on
March 1st, and in this way another
step will be taken by the big syndicate
| to perfect plan for the establishment
of an electric railway system that will
connect with Milwaukee the cities of
Oconomowoc, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh,
Neenah, Appleton, Kaukauna, PePere,
Green Bay, to the west and north, and
Kenosha, and Chicago at the south.
The system of the Milwaukee,, Racine
& Kenosha line is to be operated, be-
ginning that date, by the Milwaukee
company, and will be, as far as the
public is concerned, part of the Mil
waukee system.
The plans for the union of the inter
ests of the two roads is new one and
the news of such a combination was
first given to the public through the
columns of this paper. John |. Beggs,
who is general manager of the long
system of electric railways extending to
every large city in northern and south
eastern Wisconsin, was interviewed
Friday night in Milwaukee and said:
There will be no change of the
ownership Of the Kenosha line. 1t was
somewhat unsatisfactory to have the
employees of the Kenosha line under
our Jurisdiction as far as South Mil
waukee, and then under the jurisdic-
ton of the Kenosha company beyond.
Under the new arrangement the mon
will be under our orders all the way,
and there will be no divided RESPONSE
bility to interfere with the proper
training of the men.
" At present there will be no change
in the running time of the cars, though
this will be reduced ultimately. We
will continue to get our power from the
Belle City Electric company at Racine
for the present, and will also run the
cars over the Racine system. 1t is
likely that manager Blatt, at Racine,
will sever his connections with the
company in that capacity beginning
J March /, and we will place there a
terminal perintendent, the same as
we have for our Waukesha line. All
| ko1 V1yifh hn
in this city and the entire management
will center here. The change in man
agement is made so as to give the public
better service. The responsibility will
be wholly with the Milwaukee company
The question of getting franchise
through Kenosha is one that the owners
of the line may continue to negotiate
upon, or we may take it up ourselves.
Those are questions for the future"
Matthew Slush, President of the
railway, was seen in regard to the sale
of the road to the Milwaukee Street
railway company or Chicago svudi-
cate. Mr.. Slush said that there was
no truth in the report of sale and that
no proposition has been received. He
admitted that some time ago negotia-
tions were pending to consolidate the
local Belle City Street Railway line and
the Milwaukee, Racine & KenOsha, but
the deal was off. In his opinion the
Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha and all
other lines between Chicago and Mil
waukee would eventually be controlled
by one company or system.
Just what effect this deal will have
on the franchise fight now pendiag in
this city is hard to prognosticate, but
from present appearances it appears
that there has been an understanding
between the M. r. & K. and the
Wegner forces from the beginning, as
it will be remembered that the Wegner
franchise ordinance was not ordered
published.
The NJ. r. q K. are now making re-
newed efforts to secure the passage of
their franchise ordinance. Albert
Zens and Michael Harkin have been
employed by the company to secure a
petition to the Council from citiz ms
all along the right of way desired and
these men have been so successful that
they now have the written consent of
almost every business man on Main
street, as we'll as the citizens residing
along the proposed line on the North
side.