The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-10-20
Business and Professional
Men Hear Plan to Make
City Excursion Terminal
WILL SUBMIT A PROPOSITION
Committee to be Named to Get Written
Proposition From Indiana Transpor-
tation Company in Regard to Elk
cursionss

Fifty well known business and pro-
fessional men Of the city met at the
EIks club rooms Friday evening, at the
call Of the Kenosha Industrial Assocla-
lion, for the purpose of discussing the
plans to make Kenosha one of the ter
minals for the excursion business of the
Indiana Transportation Company dur
inc the year 1911 and while no final
action was taken in the matter the
plans of the company were discussed
from every standpoint and as a result
r. Of the meeting a committee OF prom
inent business men will be named to
wait upon the officials of the company
and ask them ito submit a proposition
in writing to the city. William FL.
Purnell, cashier of the First National
Bank presided at the meeting and as
chairman of the meeting he will name
the committee to confer with the
steamer men and when their proposition
has been properly reduced to writing
another meeting Of the Industrial Ac-
ISOLATION and interested citizens will be
called to further consider the matter
The sentiment at the meeting was de-
cidedly friendly to the coming of the
excursion boat but at the same time
the business men did not desire to buy
cat in bag and to this end it was
suggested that definite proposition
should be made by the Transportation
company before any final action was
taken.
The way for the meeting was paved
by visit Of the officials of the Indiana
Transportation Company to Kenosha on
Friday afternoon. In the party were
l. l. Spiro, president, S. w. Larsen,
vice-president, w. X. Greenbaum, gem
cal manager and John G.. Mott one of
the directors of the company. The
members of the party went all over the
city in automobiles and they were
agreed that Kenosha would be a very
advantageous point for the landing of
excursionists during the summer sea-
son. General Manager Greenbaum was
the only member of the party to remain
for the meeting Friday evening. He
declared that the company would MOB
build new boat for the Kenosha run
at this time but that it was the plan
of the company to alternate the steam
ers "United States and "Theodore
Roosevelt" on the run to Kenosha
during the coming season and that if
the plan proved success that big
boat would be built before the season
of 1912. Mr.. Greenbaum declared that
the company was not looking for any
big bonus from the people of the city
but that if the boat landed here the
company would expect that the city
would improve the property on Wash
ington island and offer to the company
suitable place for landing the crowds.
He suggested that the city erect a suit
able shelter equipped with water closets
and with places where the people could
rest and that it improve the island so
that it could be used as a place for
picnics. "We don't want to come in
to Kenosha under any misrepresenta-
tions,' said Mr.. Greenbaum, "and we
want to fulfill every contract that we
make. We believe that we will bring
to Kenosha an average of more than
1900 people a day and believe that it
would be a good thing for Kenosha
to have these people in the city. On
Sundays and holidays we would bring
much larger crowd to the city. 1t
has been suggested that the city ar
range to aid in paying for the adver-
Using of the business for the first year
and suggested that fund of $4,000 be
raised among the merchants [ feel GER
tain that the people we will bring here
will leave no less than 100000 in Ke-
nosha the first season and the business
would be larger in other years. Our
business is not an experiment We have
been running these excursions for wears
and they have proven great help to
terminal points. We are going to con
tinue to run to Michigan City as in
the past but if we could send one boat
to Kenosha it would provide just one
more terminal for excursions. -
Mr.. Greenbaum declared to the men
at the meeting on Friday evening that
the managers of his company would be
glad to meet with any committee of
citizens and suggest some proposition
which would be mutually helpful to the
city and the company.
1t is expected that some decision will
be reached before the end of the present
month in order to allow the company
time to complete its plans for the com
ing season.