The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
EENOSHA COMMITTEE HOPEFUL
New Company Wants Association to
Insure Sewers, Streets, Water and
Annexation Of the Subdivision to
the oityo


The committee of the Kenosha In
dustrial association which went to
Chicago Thursday afternoon to confer
with the McComber White company in
regard TO the location of the proposed
plant of the company in Kenosha re-
turned home without any definite
agreement with the company. The
committee found that Kenosha has an
active rival for the location of the
company in the Business Mems asso-
citation Of Danville, ILL.,. which has of
fered the company a site within the
limits of the city of Danville and has
placed $4,000 in cash in the bank
for the use OF the company in the cree
ton of new factory. The officials
of the company were free to admit
that the choice would be between Ke-
nosha and Danville. The company was
not ready to sign the contract with the
Kenosha association and the commit
tee returned with long list of de-
mands made by the company. First
of all the company insists that the
property to be given for site and
that surrounding it be annexed to the
city. Following this the managers of
the company will insist on the install
alton Of water and sewers. 1t will be
possible to build sewer from the SUB.
division into the lake as the associa-
ton has permit to place sewer
under the tracks of the Chicago and
Northwestern and to run it drought
the burying ground to the lake.
The officials of the water company
have declared that with big factory
patron it would be an easy matter to
have the water mains extended to the
subdivision. In addition to this the
company wants the association to put
up a bond that 1t will promptly meet
The provisions of the contract for the
money for the location of the plant.
The managers want decision on these
questions by the first day of June as
they desire to decide at that time just
where the plant will be located. Vice
President Whyte of the company will
leave shortly after the first of June
for Europe to visit great wire and rope
mills in that country with view of
getting some ideas for the new plant
and it is the purpose Of the company
to have the new plant ready for opera
tion by the middle Of August.
The Kenosha association has not as
yet taken any steps to secure an ad-
vance Of the money needed for the
location of the plant, but the officials
feel certain that $4,000 can be realiz-
ed from the lots still left in the sub
division and that this will be sufficient
to meet the expense of selling the lots
and to pay the amount demanded for
the location of the factory. The sale
of the lots is to be placed in the hands
of Chicago specialist. Tt is possible
that the McComber- Whyte company
will take a large number of the lots
for it's workmen if the plant is To-
Gated here.
The members of the committee in
sist that the officials of the company
are favorable to Kenosha, but that
they can not see their way clear to
throw over the proposition from Dan
vile unless they are assured that they
will receive an equally good PROPOSE
tion from Kenosha.
The company's demand for annexa-
tion of the property will be taken up
at once by the officials of the associa-
tion and committee will be sent to
the common council at it's next meet
ing to ask the council to take early
action on the proposed annexation. It
is thought that the owners of all
property between the city limits and
the subdivision owned by the associa-
ton will be willing to join in the pc
tition for annexation. Of course it
would be impossible to secure water
and sewer connections without the city
formally annexing the property.