The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
Milwaukee Real Estate Men win
Turn Over Land for Four Miles
of the Sheridan Drive
AUTOlSTS WILL HELP LOBBY
Bill to Provide for the Preliminary
Survey of the Road Expected to
Pass at This Session-No
Help From Kenosha

The Sheridan Drive project is going
along faster under the energetic prod
ding of the Milwaukee gentlemen who
have recently interested themselves
in its promotion than it ever did be-
fore in this State, and there is every
indication that their energetic pro-
motion will result in the bill for the
survey of a route through the three
counties of Milwaukee, Racine and
kenosha being pushed through the
Legislature at this session. The road
would be of great benefit to this Sec
ton of the county, and the rise in
real estate values which would follow
its completion would much more than
equal its cost to this county, but both
of our representatives are said to be
opposed to the building of the road,
and no help can be expected from
them when the bills providing for the
road come up in the Legislature from
time to time. Already practically
four miles of the proposed Sheridan
Drive between Milwaukee and Chi
cago have Oeen plated. The South
Point Park company has signifed it's
willingness to turn over a strip of
land a mile and a half in length and
120 feet wide, extending from ST.
Francis seminary to Cudahy, the plat
having already been prepared. There
is another strip over two miles in
length, owned by the Cudahy Broth
ers Land Investment company, which
will be plated within short time,
making four miles in all.
This, members of the Sheridan
Drive association believe, is an indi-
cation of success for their project.
All of the property through which the
roadway will pass is owned by wealthy
men or corporations, and the traffic on
the drive would not in any way inter-
fere with the farmers in the country.
1t is believed that the association can
easily acquire title to all of the land
that will be needed.
A meeting of the association was
held in Mayor Becker's office at which
steps were taken to engage a lobbyist
at Madison for several weeks before
the hearing on the bill providing for
the appointment of commission to
make the preliminary survey. The
bill states that there shall be three
commissioners in each county Mil
yankee, Racine and Kenosha-to ar
range for the survey and that the
total expense to each county shall not
be more than $500. M. Laffey, Ben
jan1in Eaton and H. F. Lindsay, Jr.,
were appointed to confer with some
attorney.
The question arose whether it would
be better to have only one association
or auxiliaries Ia the several counties.
It was decided to conduct most of the
business from the Milwaukee associa-
ton and to have others organized in
the places along the route. Patrick
Cudahy, who was one of those in at
tendance, spoke in the highest terms
of the new movement, saying that
there is little question but that the
drive will increase the value of
property along the lake shore.
A wide drive between the two cities,
it is believed, will keep most of the
automobiles on one road. This plan
should not receive any opposition
from farmers who will not be troubled
in breaking theit. horses to the sight
of the gasoline carts" In eastern
states there are driveways similar to
the one which has been proposed
here. The Sheridan drive is practi-
cally completed in Illinois, south of
Waukegan, and with boost from the
Wisconsin legislature in the way of
making the preliminary survey, it is
believed that the movement will be
we'll under way in this state within a
year or two.
Patrick Cudahy was elected first
vice president of the association.
The other officers are Mayor Becker,
president; H. F. Lindsay, Jr., second
vice president, and M. Lafey, secre-
tary aud treasurer.