The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
Regular Traffic on C. & N. Be.
tween Kenosha and MiIWau.
kee Opened To- day
FIRST CAR is UNHERALDED
Dream of Alexander CLARK, Volney
Foster, and Albert G. Frost Car
ried Out After Twenty
Years OF Struggling
(F'rom Saturday IS Daily

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| The dreams of Alexander Clark, Vol
ney Foster and A. C. Frost were real
tized this afternoon when after years
Of struggle interurban traffic was
opened between Chicago and Milwau-
kee by means of the Chicago and Mil
Waukee Electric Railway, and notwith-
I standing the financial difficulties of
the company the day was one of re-
joicing among the men who had made
the construction of the line their
business for many years. More than
two decades ago the first survey
for a line was made, but only
in the last five years has the
dream of the early promoters seen any
chance of realization. Alexander
Clark, the real pioneer in the building
of the line, died in the work. He
died practically at his post of duty, as
he had been working on the survey
on the day when he was seized with a
sudden malady and died without
friends and alone in a little railway
station in one Of the villages along
the route of the proposed line. Volney
Foster Of Evanston, took up the work,
but he died before the line had been
extended to Kenosha. Then came A.
G. Frost, and while he las seen the
completion Of the line according to the
plans mapped out by him, he is at
present in such financial tangle that
it is not probable that the opening Of
the line was under his guiding hand.
1t must, however, have been matter
of qualification to him even with the
financial tangle staring him in the
face.
The first car from Evanston for
Milwaukee left the Illinois city at
noon passing through Kenosha Just be-
fore two O o'clock, and with it came the
announcement that regular hourly SER
vice had been inangurated. The com
pany has issued it's time tables and
traffic sheets, and it is planned to
keep the cars in regular operation
from now on. Cars will leave Evans
| ton for Milwaukee at fifteen minutes
| after the hour and leave Milwaukee
for Evanston at $3.50 a. m. and every
hour after until 9:30 p. m. The run
ming time Of the regular trains will be
two hours and forty-fve minutes. In
addition to these regular trains,
train will leave Milwaukee at Ills
and run as far south as Waukegan,
and another will leave at 11:3O and
, run as far south as Racine. It is
probable that these trains will be very
popular with Kenosha and Racine
people who desire to attend the
theatres in Milwaukee during the
theatrical season. At Evanston the
through cars will make connections
with the trains on the Northwest
| ern Elevated Road and by these
trains the passengers will be carried
into the loop district in Chicago. At
Milwaukee the interurban cars will
connect with all the Milwaukee lines
and at the same time with the cars
of the Milwaukee Northern Road.
! Cars on this line run to Cedarburg,
Port Washington, Sheboygan and all
/, intermediate points. The Milwaukee
I, terminal of the line is at the corner
/ of Grand avenue and Second street.
| the very heart Of the shopping dis
/ trict Of Milwaukee.
The fare between Evanston and Mil
waukee will be $1.10 for single trip
or $l.90 for the round trip. This is
about the charge for single ride tic
| ket between Milwaukee and Chicago
on the regular rates now in force on
| the steam roads,
| In addition to the regular cars 1t is
the plan of the receivers in charge of
the operation of the line to put on
regular buffet parlor car service be-
! tween Evanston and Milwaukee on
Nov. Is. This service will consist of
five limited trains daily from each of
the points. These trains will make a
much faster time between the two
cities and will stop only at the larger
cities along the route. Announcement
!, Of the time of these trains and the
rates will be made early in November
The opening of the line was in mark
ed contrast with the opening of the
other divisions Of the road when 4. C.
Frost was at his zenith. There was no
ceremony attending the opening and
the only announcement of the coming
of the first train in the long planned
service was a, dodger issued by the
company announcing the time of the
coming and departure Of the cars.
It is expected that many Kenosha
people will make the trip to Milwau-
kee tomorrow to test the new line.
The fare for traffic between Milwau-
| kee and Kenosha. will be forty-fve
cents for one-way ticket, or so cents
for the round trip. To this must be
added five cents for transfer on the
city cars in Milwaukee.