The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
Chicago, Kenosha & Milwaukee
Railway Company Will Pay
Hard Cash for Paving
WOULD SATISFY DIRECTORS
Company Offers to Pave the Street
About Tracks and to pay Dollar
and Half Foot for the use of
all Streets Passed Over

Sna, milwaukee ana Lake GENEVA
Railway company have made a new
proposition to the city, and the propo-
sition was submitted in writing to the
special railway committee at a meet
ing held at the office Of Jas. Cavanagh
this afternoon. The proposition
which is said to be the final word from
the railway company practically pro-
vides for the paving Of all streets
passed over at the expense Of the
company.
When the franchise ordinance was
origina1lysp resented to the city coun-
Gil it contained a clause providing for
the matchmaking Of all streets passed
over by the cars of the company, but
on some of the streets the property
owners have made decided objection
! to the building Of a macadam street
and in order to meet this objection the
company has taken out the clause
providing for the macadamizing of
the streets, and has made the follow
ing proposition. On all streets where
single tracks are laid the company
will pave and maintain nine feet of
the street, and where double tracks
are laid the company will pave and
maintain seventeen feet Of the street.
This pavement is to be Of any sort
demanded by the property owners
through the city council. Added to
the paving provided for, the company
agrees to pay into the city treasury
for the uses of the property owners
the sum Of $1.50 to provide for paying
the further cost of paving streets
passed over. This offer is to apply to
all streets in the city regardless of
the time when the tracks Of the
company are laid. It means an ex-
pense to the company of S1.50 for
every foot of track laid besides the
cost of paving between the tracks.
The officials of the company declare
that this money will in many cases
more than pay for the paving of the
streets.
No other changes are made in the
ordinance as proposed by the COM
pany and the clause calling for the
building Of the bridge over the Keno
sha river remains unchanged.
The main objection to the franchise
has been raised by people on Ashland
avenue and Caledonia street and the
officials of the company state that the
new proposition would provide for the
paving and curbing of these two
streets without cent Of expense to
the property owners. No provision
is made in the new proposition for
any cash bonus to the city other than
this payment to be used for the in-
provement of the streets.
It is possible that this proposition
will meet with considerable support
among the people who are anxious to
have railway on Ashland avenue,
bat there are some who oppose the
railway on any terms, and when the
report of the committee is presented
to the council these people will make
a decided protest against the passage
of the ordinance.
The committee members have made
no statement as to when the railway
matter will be brought up, but it is
certain that the members Of the COM
mittee are anxious to get it out Of the
way in some fashion and II is possible
that the matter will be submitted to
the council at the meeting to be ne1d
on next sMonday evening. Nothing
further has been heard from the Of
ficia1s ofathe Kenosha Electric Rail
way company, and the committee has
about given up hopes of any new
proposition from Frost and his as
sociates.