The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-18
President Frost Of. the kenosha
Electric Road Sends New
Ordinance to Committee
LITTLE CHANGE IN MEASURE
Offers to Pave Portions of the Streets
and to Build Bridge, But Fails
to Give Low Fares or the
Universal Transfers
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Albert C. Frost, president of the
.EKenosha Electric Railway, has sent
to Alderman Edward C. Alleman,
member of the special railway com
/ mittee Of the City Council, an amend
/ ed ordinance by which he seeks to
secure franchise for the extension
iof the lines owned by his company in.
Kenosl1a. The proposed franchise
ordinance has not as yet been con-.
Esidered by the committee, and no re-.
port on It has been sent to the Conn
mon Council. AS the matter is wholly
lin the hands of the committee, the
lordinance will not be presented to
/ the Council until such time as the
committee has decided as to what
action it would recommend on it.
Alderman A1lelnan when seen this
morning stated that he had the ordi-
nance, but that it did not in any way
inject the measures that had been set
by the committee and that he, for one,
would not be in favor Of recommend
ling its passage to the City Council.
kTnThe franchise ordinance as pre-
pared by the attorneys of Mr.. Frost
comes as a result of many conferences
lbetween the railway men and the
knembers of the committee. During
II the entire summer the committee and
iEMr. Frost made efforts to get together
land after the last meeting it was
Il Thought that Frost would send an
sIordinance which would prove accept
liable to the committee and meet with
Lea good reception on the floor of the
I Council. aa M
If The new franchise ordinance is, to
/ FAN intents and purposes, the same as
4 Formerly presented by Mr.. Frost and
/ his associates. It@is changed in that
Il ut provides for the building of steel
Il bridge over ( theg Kenosha river at
sAshland avenue, and II provides that
the railway company shall pay for
1.-THE paving iofe eighteen feet on all
II streets where double tracks are laid.
This is concession to the property
owners Of two feet Of paving. The
lcompany will hot seek To dictate the
lpaven1ents to be put III, but will pay
their share of the costs of any pave
nent proposed by the property owners.
The new franchise ordinance makes
no provision for universal transfers,
land has no reference to Scent fares
for workingmen. It is, of course,
tffty-year franchise but as it is an
amendment torthes grant under which
1.-THE company is now operating in Ke-
I.nosha, the grant would extend for
Ionly forty-6ve years, the life Of the
llpresent grant.
Members of the committee when
seen stated that they had not consid-
Tered the new ordinance but it was
Ievident that they we're not in any
way enthusiastic over it. Just at
present Frost is too busy to give a
great deal of attention to the Keno
nosha local line. He was in Milwau-
kee n Tuesday afternoon and stated
that he was giving all of his energy
to the completion of the Chicago &
milwaukee road to its northern term
inal and he gave assurances that cars
would be running into Milwaukee
|early next year. The construction
crew is now working eight miles
north of Racine and it is the plan Of
the company to continue the work
just as long as the weather will per-
NIT and it is possible that the old
! plan of stringing arc lamps along the
route will be adopted in order to allow
i the men to work day and night
/ Frost has secured all the materials
needed for the completion of the road
and it is on the ground so that there
will be no delay save in the securing
i of labor for the work. The contracts
have been so arranged that it is
thought that the work will be COM
pleted by the middle of June or the
first of next July.
4 In the meantime it is stated that
/ plans have been drawn for the erec-
ton of splendid brick station at
Kenosha. More than fifty stations
have already been erected along the
lime between Racine and Evanston
and as rapidly as possible the temper
! airy stations erected at the larger
cities dIS O61ng TORN QOWn ana re-
4 placed with permanent stations. AS
i Kenosha is furnishing large traffic
flor the company it is the plan to build
one of the finest stations on the line
here. It is probable that the work of
building will be started in the early
spring and that the station will be
completed next year. The new sta
ton at Zion City which was erected
at cost of $4,000 is now completed
and ready for use. It is one of the
finest railway stations on any line be-
tween Milwaukee and Chicago.
How They Are Missed.
| II always have felt that a, dog was
indispensable about the house and