The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-21
BIG IMPROVEMENTS
Northwestern Railway Company Will
Greatly Improve Their Station in
This City During the Year.
WILL BUILD BRICK PLATFORMS

And the Whole Will Be Enclosed Under
Roof-Many improvements Planned to
Facilitate the Handling of Freight in
the City as Well as for the Comfort and
Accommodation of the Passengers Using
the Road.
The travelling public of Kenosha
will be pleased to learn that the officials
of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company have decided to
make extensive improvements in the
property of the company in this city,
and early in the spring work will be
started to improve the grounds about
the station. When these improve
ments are completed the station of this
company at this point will be one OF
the most convenient along their entire
line. For years the people of the city
have been greatly incommoded on ac-
count of the fact that they were forced
to a1ight from Chicago trains on the
west side of the track. Many times
the trains from the city have pulled in
| when drizzling rain was falling and
the passengers were often required to
stand out in the rain and wait until
south-bound train moved away on the
east track. All these difficulties will
be done away with for an official of the
road stated this morning that the COM
pany had decided to build a fine plat
form on the west side of the track.
The old platform will be torn away and
in it's place wi11abe constructed a plat
form of brick similar to the platform
of the companY's station at Lake
Forest. This platform will be extend
ed the entire length of the station and
the whole will be rooted over with
slate roof. The platform may be con-
tinued so as to make it enclose also the
track on the east side.
Other improvements have also been
planned for the accommodation and
comfort of the patrons of the road IN
this city. The little park which has
been laid out on the southern end OF
the property owned by the company
will be extended the full length of the
property and will be made into park
for the use,.of passengers while wait
ing for the different trains. It has
been suggested to the company that
they build road along the west side OF
the north-bound track in order to pre-
vent the blocking of traffic while
trains are loading and unloading at the
station. Often the trainA extend
clear across Pearl street and traffic is
sometimes delayed for a quarter of an
hour. This defect could be easily
remedied by building road on the
west of the track leading to Market
street.
All the improvements thus far an
nounced are for the benefit of the
travelling public, but it is stated that
the company will take steps to add
greatly to their facilities for handling
freight in the city. A new freight de-
pot has been suggested, but it is hardly
thought that this improvement will be
completed at present. The tracks of
the company will be extended to such
an extent that the company will be
able to handle all the freight coming
into the city with neatness and dis
patch
AS stated before in this paper, Ke-
uosha pays more money into the cof-
fers of the company than any city be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, and
from their actions it is evident that
the loyalty of the people of the city to
the road is appreciated.