The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-24
KenOsha Electric Railway Co.
May Extend Lines To Grand
Avenue This Year
SEE CHANCE FOR BIC PROFITS
superintendent Russell Declares That
the Company is Seeking to
Open This Extension With
in Few Weeks

The people ON Grand avenue may be
riding to work before the end Of the
present year as it was announced on
Wednesday b. Superintendent Russell
of the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany that the managers Of the company
were planning to connect Grand avenue
with the West Main street line Just as
soon as possible and that if money can
be raised the company will have this
work done during the present year.
This is not because the managers of
the company believe that the building
OF the road will improve the roadways
in that section of the city, but on ac-
count Of the fact that the company sees
a chance for a large business in that
part Of the city and for the further
reason that it appears certain that this
will be an increasing business.
The company will complete the four
blocks of road at the end of Grand
avenue by next Monday and it is ex-
pected that John 0. Jones will start
Immediately on the paving of the
street and that it will be completed
within the next three weeks. Man
ager Russell in speaking of the mat
ter yesterday said: GIVE are now try
ing to get hold of money enough to
complete this Grand avenue line as we
realize the fact that there is vast
amount of business waiting for us in
that part of the city. There is only
about three blocks of the line to be laid
and we can throw that in in short
order just as soon as provision is made
for raising the money. Things are get
ting brighter every day with the com
pany and it is certain that this ex-
tension will be the first one to be
made. The people out there are anxi-
GUS to have the cars running and il
is certain that they will not seek to Law
obstacles in the way Of the company
when the work is started We are also
anxious to get things arranged so that
we can utilize the West Main street
line to the railway station and this
cannot be done with profit until the line
to the west end of Grand avenue is com
pleted. Tt will cost lot Of money for
us to make the changes at the corner
Of West Main and South street and for
this reason we are anxious to let this
slip until the Elizabeth street injunc-
tion has been disposed Of by the Su-
preme Court.
The posts have all been set for string
ing the trolley wire along Grand avenue
and West Main street and the special
work for laying the crossings over the
Northwestern tracks at Grand avenue
has all been on the ground for some
time. When the company starts to put
in this line there will be nothing to
hold the work back and there is no rea-
son why it should not be completed in
few weeks. Just as soon as the work
men finish on West Grand avenue they
will be moved to Market Square to raise
tho track there for the proposed pave
menty but this work will be finished in
less than ten days and then the men
will probably be taken back to put in
the remainder of the extension on
Grand avenue.
The company has plenty of cars and
plenty Of power to operate this extern
sion so that the only cost will be in the
completion Of the few rods of track
and the stringing of the trolly wire. It
it said that the entire link could be
put in at a cost of considerable less
than $4,000.