The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-24
COMPANIES SEEKING EVIDENCE
Kenosha Electric Railway Company
Will Have More Witnesses in Regard
to Service and Promises a New Sen
sation-Other Company is Busy.

The Wisconsin Railroad Commission
with Commissioner John III. Roemer of
Milwaukee in charge will resume the
investigation into lighting conditions
in Kenosha next Monday morning and
the attorneys representing the Kenosha
Electric Railway company and the
Kenosha Gas and Electric company are
getting ready for busy week IS work.
The attorneys for the Railway COM
pany declare that they will have lot
more evidence to present to the COM
mission. AS yet the Kenosha Gas and
Electric company has not outlined any
defense that it will put in and it is
understood that the old company will
depend largely on the fact that the
company is under the wing Of the Rail
road Commission The new COM any
will offer more evidence of inadequacy
of service and during the past few
weeks the town has been combed to
find people with complaints against
the service Of the old company. When
the hearing Is resumed the attorneys
for the Railway company will seek to
assault the present service of the com
pany as the Commissioner had indi.
Gated that complaints of years stand
ing were not of great value in deter
mining the present conditions in Ken
osha. Manager S. A. Loughridge Of
the Railway Company has declared
that his company will have some sem
sational facts to present to the com
mission but it is not expected that
there viii be anything as wildly ex-
citing as the appearance of Walter
(Bray) Burns. Mr.. Burns has been in
Kenosha on several occasions since he
took the stand On the closing day Of
the former investigation and it is Just
possible that he will have some more
revelations to make. During the recess
there has been lot of statisticians
at work preparing figures for the con-
sideration of the commission and it is
probable that both sides to the con-
troversy will have lot of things to
offer The officials of the Kenosha Gas
and Electric company have declared
that the figures presented to the COM
mission at its last session were named
On an old report made by the company
to the commission and that the new
figures will paint the company's bus
mess in much better light. The old
company has also summoned witnesses
to show the changes in the service
since the installation of the new sys-
tenn Of the company. 1t is claimed
that this system was installed largely
on account of the fact that the old
company had been assured the pro-
lection OF the State Commission
against competition when it surrend-
cred its franchise. It is claimed that
the Kenosha Gas and Electric company
has expended more than $4,000 in re-
building the system in Kenosha.
There is no reason to believe that
the commission will render any decis-
ion in the matter before the opening
of the new year but the two companies
have declared truce on the court
fight pending the decision of the COM
mission and the case now pending in
the Supreme court of the state is being
held open. This case was to have come
up under the order of Judge Belden
at the August term of the Supreme
court but the attorneys agreed to await
the decision of the commission.