The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-20
(From Mondays Daily.)

The railway riddle which has en-
crossed the attention of the people OF
Kenosha for so many weeks is hnallY
solved and today it is possible to give
out something of facts Of one OF the
greatest railway deals ever contem-
plated in Southern Wisconsin and one
which means great deal to the peo-
pie of Kenosha city and county. For
weeks surveyors have been working
south of the city laying out line ana
setting the stakes for the proposed line
and today it is announced that the
line is to be the property of the Ch1ca-
90. Kenosha and Milwaukee Electric
Railway Company. .... ...-. ...
This company is incorporated under
the laws of the State of Wisconsin
with a capital stock of $50, OOO and 1t
is backed by the best known traction
companies in the Northwest. The in
corporation papers have been hled at
Madison with the following officers and
incorporates:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Clark, Evans
ton.
Vice-President-George S. Rhodes,
Evanston.
Secretary-James Cavanagh, Keno
sha.
Treasurer-George Rhodes, Evans
ton.
Among the men acting as incorpor-
ators of the line are John c. Slater of
this city, and several of the officers and
! directors of the Northwestern Elevat-
/ ed and Union Loop of Chicago, are in
terested in the road. The purpose OF
the incorporation as stated in the. art1-
I Giles is to build an electric line between
Waukegan and Milwaukee which Will
be a connection with the lines now OPP
Grated by the Northwestern Elevated
and Union Loop Companies of Chica-
90. This company practically controls
/ the lines of the Chicago and M1lwau-
! kee Railway Company between Evans
ton and Waukegan and the building of
the line between Kenosha and Wauke-
gan is only a start in the completion
of an air line route between Chicago
and Milwaukee.
The company is company which
means business. No longer will the
Council be asked to deal with COM
panies seeking rights only to sell to
other parties, but when the Chicago,
Kenosha & Milwaukee company seeks
a right to enter the city it will seek
this right for the immediate construc-
ton of the road.
The plans of the company are COM
p1eted and there is no longer any doubt
of the building of the road as far as
the city limits. The line will run di-
rect1y east of the tracks of the North
western railway. There will be no
de1av in the construction of the road;
no iniurctions to be overcome as it
will be a road built on private grounds
and its completion will only be de-
1aved by scarcity of material and
workmen.
The completion of this road means
everything to Kenosha. 1t means
rapid transit to the cities north and
south. 1t means that with the road
completed ard connections secured the
people of the city can take car at the
Grant House and land IN any part Of
Chicago within two hours. It means
cheap traffic for with the completion of
the road the rates of fares between this
city and Chicago will be greatly re-
daced.
It means q reduction in freight rates,
for the proposed road has made ar
rangements to connect with the belt
line at Waukegan by which Kenosha
will have the right to tap all Eastern
and Western roads running in, to and
out of Chicago.
The new company comes before the
people with a business proposition.
The plan is no new scheme, but its
promoters have been at work for years
and in this time the plans have been
laid with such a broad foundation that
it is almost impossible for them to be
overthrown One point IN its favor is
he fact that the company has a right
bf way and tracks laid west of Camp
Logan and no other company can hope
b secure this right without many
months of litigation.
AS to the connections of the road,
little can be said at the present time.
The new company will probably seek a
rpht to build line along the Plank
rod and in this manner make con-
Notion with the ST. Paul road at
Trlesdell.