The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-29
Indiana Transportation Co.
to Run Excursions to Ke-
nOsha Next Season
SEE Big BOOST TO BUSINESS

The Indiana Transportation Company
of Chicago has definitely determined to
make Kenosha an excursion point for
the season of 1911 and the company
has let a. contract for the building of a
big steel steamer to be used on the run
between Chicago and Kenosha and it
is part of the contract shat the new
steamer is to be ready for excursion
business before Decoration Day of next
year. The company has not completed
any arrangements for the business with
the city but it is understood that leases
have been arranged with the holders Of
property on Washington Island which
will give the company docking privil-
eges on the island and it is possible that
some of the property owners will ar
range to convert a part of the property
into park for the entertainment of
the thousands Of visitors who are GER
tain to follow the opening of the ex-.
cursion business. Several conferences
have been held between the property
owners and the transportation men and
these men feel certain that the coming
of the excursion boat will be a great
thing for Kenosha. The company dur
ing the past year have been taking to
Indiana cities from three to five thous-
and visitors daily and it is declared
that the new steamer will be one of
the largest excursion boats ever built
for use on the lake. The boat will be
modern III every way and it is planned
to make it the safest boat ever used
for this business on Lake Michigan.
It is planned to have the boat make
daily trips to Kenosha from Memorial
Day until the first of September.
The Transportation company will un-
doubtedly later ask the city to take
steps to provide for some accommoda-
tions for the visitors but much of this
work will be doneIby the owners of
property on the island. 1t is said that
the Kenosha Electric Railway company
has notified the Transportation COM
pany that 1T vii build a spur track to
the island providing the council will
grant permit for the building of the
line and it is thought that the plan viii
meet with favor among the members of
the council. Business men see a great
advance in the business Of the city
as a result of the coming of the ex-
cursion boat and for this reason it is
not thought that the city council will
seek to put any handicap in the way
Of the men promoting the enterprise.
The building of a railway to the is
land would be welcomed by che prop
erty owners but they would ask that
the line be operated not only during
the summer months but during the en-
tire year.
With the announcement of the COM
ing of the excursion boat the Chicago
men who have a lease for the bathing
beach on the island are planning to
make big improvements before the op-
ening Of the new season and it is
planned to make the Washington Is
| land beach one of the most attractive
to be found along the lake. It viii be
| patterned after some of the big bath
ing beaches in Chicago and it is GER
tain that this beach will be one OF the
big attractions for the visitors. More
| detailed announcements of the plans
of the excursion company will be made
public within a. short time.