The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-08

i into a back alley.
The speech of Mr.. Trenary was Bit
ter in spots and when he had conclud-
ed Mr.. Frost, in a sarcastic vein.
stated that he had come to Kenosha
to deal in facts and not preiudices.
He stated that Mr.. Trenary had stated
not single fact against the building
of the line, but had appealed to the
prejudices of the people. This road,
declared Mr.. Frost, ''rnnst stand or
fall on its merits. We have stated
what we will give the people and it
will be no more or no less and if the
people want it on these terms we are
willing to build it.
Company Paid Taxes
Here there was some other matter
| brought into the discussion when Mr..
Trenary declared that the company
was not paying proper taxes to the
city. Frost at once challenged the
statement and Trenary was forced to
admit that the company had paid
every cent demanded by the state law.
Mr.. Frost stated that all references
to the stock of the company were out
of order but stated that there was
stock Of the company for sale and that
it was for the people of Kenosha if
they desired to buy it.
Hegeman Gets Cheers
Then Alderman John Hegeman
spoke and put himself clearly on rec
ord. He stated that he had been placed
on both sides of the fence, straddle
of the fence, and it was proba BILE that
he would be under the fence before
the fight was over. II desire to gov
ern myself, said Mr.. Hegeman, "by
the wishes of the people. Personally
am Indifferent. know that the
property on the west side Of the city
has been increased in value hundred
per cent by the coming of the railway,
and believe it will mean the same
thing to the people owning property
on South Ashland avenue. | am OPP
posed to se1fshness in this matter and
believe that we should act for the best
interests of the people.
Here the alderman was stopped by
repeated cheers from the lobby. ''In
regard to this boulevard business,
said the alderman, 81 am opposed to
boulevards. Boulevards are for the
use of men who have more money
than brains. Men who have those
high things-I don't know the name
of them, but they use a ladder to get
into them-and the man who has a
decent pair of pants may sit on his
back porch and watch them go by on
1.-THE boulevard. I am the, man with
| fifteen cents in myipocket who wants
| to be able to take nickel of it aud
get on street car and go and visit
my friends. / certainly shall not
stand in the light of the great num-
Der of people residing at the south
end of Ashland avenue.
Concluding Mr.. Hegeman stated
that the city should have some COM
pensation for the granting of the
franchise and that he was opposed to
the fifty year grant. He said that he
was of the opinion that the company
should make some arrangements for
| cheaper fares.
Company's U1timatum
In reply to these suggestions Mr..
Frost stated that in city of $4,000
people a street railway was not con-
sidered a safe investment and that
the franchise would be valuable only
as the officials of the company made
it so. He stated that it would be
necessary for the company to expend
large sum of money to give the best
possible service to the people, but
that this was their plan regardless of
cost. He said that the cry was not
for cheap fares but for the best ser
vice and that his company would at
tempt to give this.
Here Walter r. Anderson appeared
before the meeting and made COM
plant on service and President Frost
ordered superintendent Russell TO
take immediate steps to secure the
improvement needed.
S1ossOn Against Road
| Judge S1osson was the next speaker
and he read a list of the streets over
which the company now had fran
chise and stated that there was no
need Of granting further privileges.
He said that the company had as
much as the city should grant at this
time. He spoke of possible municipal
ownership in the future and stated
that the council should not 1egis1ate
SO as to make such plan impossible.
He stated that the asset asked by the
company was a most valuable one and
that the city should get due COM
pensation. He said that the re-
possibility was now on the council,
and that if the council granted the
franchise to the company, the resi-
dents of Ashladd avenue would &C
cept it in a sane manner.
Here Alderman Heg eman made
protest against criticism that was be-
ling made in regard to the former
passage of the franchise and stated
that this was unjust, as none of the