The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-16
ROADS SHOULD CENTER HERE
City Members of County Board Urged
to Use Best Influences to Secure Bet
ter Roads Entering the City of Ke-
nosha.


resenting the various wards IN the
city have received letters from the
Kenosha Industrial Association asking
that they take a deep interest in the
work of building highways and that
particular attention be given to the
roads Heading into the city. The AS
ISOLATION has made q strong presenta-
ton of the case Of the highways to
the city. members. The letter is as
follows:
Dear Sir
On Tuesday, November 18th, the
County Board of Supervisors of Keno
sha county will convene at the court
house and during its session matter
of very great Importance to the city OF
Kenosha as well as to the county OF
Kenosha as a whole; that of the de,
signation of county system Of high
ways will come up for discussion.
1t is the opinion of this association
that inasmuch as the city of Kenosha
viii be obliged to pay more than one
half of the amount of money raised
by the county for the purpose of build
ing and repairing this county system
of roads, that very important duty
thrust upon the city members Of the
county board in the laying out or des
ignation Of this system Of highways.
Taking last year $ valuation as fixed
nv the County Board for the purpose
of raising taxes, the city of Kenosha
paid sixty per cent of all taxes levied
upon the county and city as a whole
the amount of money to be raised fol
county highway purposes is $4,000
this year and sixty per cent of this
amount or 100000 must be raised by
the city Of Kenosha.
Thus you may see that the city does
more than one-half of paying this tax
aud it is the belief of this association
that we should have at least four roads
leading out from the city made a part
of the county highway system of Ke-
nosha county.
In all probability the road known az
the Geneva road leading off to the
southwest of town will be DESIGNATED
as one of these roads and the road
known as the Burlington road will be
another ana as the new road law pro-
vides that the system designated may
contain fifteen per cent of the road
mileage of the county there will still
remain enough mileage to allow the
admission into this county system of
highways the road known as the Lake
Shore road from the State Line to the
south city limits of Kenosha and from
the north city limits to the Racine
county line to which point Racine
county has improved and it is the be-
lief of this association that this last
mentioned road should by all means
be made part of the aforementioned
system of highways and would be of
the most benefit to the city of Keno,
sha and we ask that you give this
matter your most earnest consideration
and do what may be i'll your power to
have this Lake Shore road made part
of the county highway system to be
designated by the County Board Of Su-
pervisors, of which you are member
Should the Milwaukee road be made
part of this system it would mean
that tourists in travelling across the
county would utterly ignore the city
Of Kenosha and it would mean further
that a goodly amount of business that
will come to Kenosha should the Lake
Shore road be improved, will otherwise
go elsewhere
Anything that You may do to fur.
Their our efforts in this matter will NOT
only be a feather in your own cap but
a boost for Greater Kenosha which we
know you are always willing to lend
y Very sincerely yours,
Kenosha Industrial Ass n.
BY D. 0. Head, Vice-Pres.