The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-08
Racine People Expect to Get Big
Remuneration When Chicago &
Milwaukee Road Enters City
MAY MAKE CONDITIONS HARD
Company Plans to Build Spur From
the West Line Into the Center
of the City if Right of Way
Can be Secured

The people of the city of Racine are
anx1ously awaiting the coming of
President A. C. Frost to that city 10
the gu1se of a franchise hunter. It is
evident from the statements that have
been made that President Frost may
expect a hard fight before he gains
Ethe desired entrance to Racine. A
short time ago it was stated that Mr..
Frost had purchased right of way
lover Sixth street but this is not fact.
The Racine Times seems to voice the
spirit of the off Gals Of Racine and in
speaking of the coming of Mr.. Frost
last night the paper said:
Nov that President Frost of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
way company has offered to do so
much for the city of Milwaukee in
exchange for certain franchise privi-
1eges, city officials in Racine are
wondering what he expects to do to
gain the friendship of the residents
here. Racine has received very little
for any franchise which it has granted
and some Of the aldermen are, of the
mind that it is about time that the
city was benefited in some way
financially. The franchise rights are
certainly valuable to the traction and
other companies and the tax payers
who grant them these same rights be-
lieve that they should receive a re-
turn of some kind.
Heretofore there has been little said
on the matter but just at present the
tax payers as well as the city officials
are waking up and getting informed
on the question so that they will be
able to act inte1ligently when Presi-
| dent Frost arrives on the ground and
makes his requests for rights, which
he undoubtedly will in short time.
SO far he has not been in the city as
! have been here on numerous occasions
and the right of way to the west of
the city has been surveyed and grade
stakes placed in position SO that the
work of building the line early in the
Spring can be gone ahead with.
/ "The matter was talked over by a
number of city officials yesterday and
| the question as to what he will want
from the city was asked. None of the
! officials were able to give out any
definite information on that subject,
but they all agreed that whatever
rights the new company will ask for
should be paid for in cash or an
equivalent. This portion of the mat
] terahas been definitely decided upon
/ by several mem bers of the council and
the new company will not be allowed
to run their cars into the city before
it has agreed in black and white to
pay handsomely for it.
! Some Of The city officials are of the
opinion that Mr.. Frost will come be-
/ fore the council and ask for the fran
lchise held by the Milwaukee company
for the running of cars on West Sixth
street be transferred to the new COM
pany. It is we'll known that Mr..
Beggs has given the new company an
option on that line, but he will not be
able to make the transfer without
.
4 1t is believed by some, however, that
| he will wish to run an entire new
/ line into the city, either on Sixteenth
or Twelfth streets. IF this should be
the case he will require franchise
and for this also will be asked a
handsome considerati
Sixteenth street property owners
L
are already making objections to cars
being run on that thoroughfare. They
do not object SO much to PASSENGER
cars being run there, but they state
positively that they will never allow
the company to haul freight trains
through that street if they are able
to- prevent it. Before two months
have passed all of these questions
will be before the council for their
determination and warm time can
be looked forward to-