The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
WILL OPERATE TWO STEAMERS
Flora M. Hill to be Placed in Commits
sion Between Kenosha and Chicago
and Marquette to Go on Run Be
tween Kenosha and Milwaukee.

A new lake freight service between
Kenosha and Milwaukee which will I'M
doubtedly have traffic arrangements
with several Of the great steamship
lines running out Of Milwaukee to
Michigan points is being planned by
the Hill Steamship Company and it is
feXpected that the new service will be
inaugurated before the close of the
present marine season. 1t will mean
much to Kenosha shippers as 1t will
offer the same competition between
Milwaukee and Kenosha which the
company has established between Chi
cage and Kenosha The new service
| is to be made possible by the addition
of new boat to the Chicago, Wauke-
gan and Kenosha line The new boat
| will be the steamer "Flora M. HILL -
which is now receiving her finishing
touches at the ship yards at Fairyport,
Michigan
The Flora M. Hill is the old govern
ment tender "DahIia'' which was re-
Gently purchased by the Hill Company
from the government at cost of
$4,000. She has been entirely rebuilt
and when the work is completed she
will be one of the finest freight and
passenger boats on the lake. No ex-
pense has been spared in rebuilding
the Dahlia. Her cabin has been en-
larged and the decks have been coated
with steel so as to make her one of the
finest freight and passenger boats on
the lake, The ship yards will
turn out the rebuilt boat early
in October and at that time she
will be rechristened as the "Flora
M. Hill' in honor of the wife of Cap
tain Hill" She will come to Kenosha
at once and go on the run which has
been taken care of by the steamer City
of Marquette and the Marquette will
then be rebuilt for the Milwaukee run.
Captain L. P. Hill in speaking Of the
matter this morning said: "The peo-
pie are beginning to realize the service
that is being furnished by our company
and we have had many requests for a
service out of Kenosha to the north.
The two steamers will make it possible
for us to give this service and as soon
as the Marquette is rebuilt we will
give the Milwaukee run a trial. If
the business warrants it we will make
a daily run between Milwaukee and
Kenosha and we shall plan to take
care of both freight and passenger
service. The business of the Chicago
run is growing very rapidly and we
may need two boats on this service,
but the public can be assured that we
will provide to take care of the service
regardless of the number of steamers
needed The Flora NJ Hill will be as
fine a boat as can be found on the
lakes for freight and passenger service
and she is going to take up the old
run of the Marquette just as soon as
she is ready for her maiden trip
The scheme of running a boat to
Milwaukee has been taken up with the
business men of the city and they
promise to give the proposed line a
great welcome. The steamer could con-
meet with the Michigan fruit boats and
in this way insure cheaper as well as
better and quicker shipments of fruits
to the city The lake freight service
of the Hill company has proved such a
valuable addition to the transportation
facilities of Kenosha that any extern
sion of it is assured success.