The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-22
WILL PAVE STREETS
Chicago, Kenoshs q Milwaukee
Electric Railway Offers Con-
cessions for Use of Streets
NEW FRANCHISE ORDINANCE

! The franchise ordinance proposed
| by the Chicago, Kenosha, Milwaukee
and Lake Geneva Railway Company
was presented to the city council on
Monday evening, and the council
directed that the ordinance be pub
lisl1ed at the expense of. the promot-
ers. The ordinance is similar to
many other ordinances which have
been presented to the council during
the past few years for the purpose of
securing rights Of way through the
city. It does not in any way contem-
plate the building OF a line for local
street rai1waysservice. The company
asks fifty year franchise and it is
stated that the line is to be used for
the carrying of passengers, express
matter, mails, private baggage and
packages. The company will put
down seventy pound T rails in the
city and covenants to run at least one
car over the road every hour of the
day.
The most important feature of the
franchisesis the concession offered by
the company to the city in return for
the grant asked. The company binds
itself to pave every street passed over
from curb to curb with macadam, and
also to put in a curb of stone on
either side of the street running the
full length of the line.
Further the company offers to
build a graded approach and trest1e
over Pike Creek and to put six-foot
plank walk for the use of pedestrians.
The paving proposition will undoubt-
ed1y appeal to many of the property
owners along the proposed route.
The route laid down for the opera
ton of the road is peculiar one. It
extends from point in Balm avenue
where the route of the Chicago, Keno
sha & Milwaukee survey ends, thence
along and over Balm avenue and Ex-
change street and over private prop
erty to Park avenue, across and along
private property and Chicago street
to Strong street, thence along and
across Strong street and private prop
erty to Julius street and across julius
street and private property to Ash
land avenue, thence north on Ashland
avenue to Pike Creek and across Pike
Greek and along private property TO.
the south end of Caledonia street and
over and along Caledonia street to
the north end of the street. The fran
chise provides that line over this
route must be started within three
months and it must be completed
within two years.
The second route named in the
franchise is westerly along Strong
street to the west end of the street
and then across over private property
to the west limits of the city. No
time is stated for the construction of
the west line, but it is understood
that the right to use the street is
given for the life of the franchise or
IN other words for fifty years.
There are no other important points
id the franchise and it is evident that
the company is simply seeking right
of way through the city The ordi-
nance will be published at once, but
it will be some time before the council
will be in a position to take any.action
on it.
The ordinance providing for a route
on Ashland avenue clashes with the
ordinance presented by the Chicago
and Milwaukee company and It is
probable that the presentation Of this
ordinance will delay any passage of
the Frost ordinance.