The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23
Pleasant Prairie Town Board
Picks West Road for Part
of Thoroughfare
TO START WORK NEXT WEEK
Town Board Shows a Willingness to
Aid in Work of Rebuilding This
Rather Than the Lake Shore Road
to Waukegan.

The people living in the western part
| of Pleasant Prairie have won their
fight to have the proposed drag road
from Milwaukee to Chicago pass
| through that section of the township
and on Saturday afternoon after long
conference between the members of
the Town Board of Pleasant Prairie
and the members of the Business Men s
league of Milwaukee, promoting the
through thoroughfare between Milwau-
kee and Chicago, it was formal de-
! cided that the west road be taken in
as a part of the proposed system of
roads to connect the two cities. At the
previous meeting the Sheridan Road
had been strongly urged as a portion
of the proposed road but there were
many obstacles to meet in the improve
ment of this road. The members of the
town board were unwilling to pledge
any support for the improvement Of the
sand road on account of the fact that
it was on the extreme east side Of the
township and it was held that the i'm
provement Of this road would not be of
any great value to the people of the
entire town. There is no doubt but
that the promoters Of the. thorough
fare and many people in Kenosha
would have preferred the sand road
but the decision of the town officials
was final. At the meeting were all Of
the members of the town board with
the exception Of Chairman Powell and
the Milwaukee organization was repre-
sented by President Harry w. Lewis,
Secretary Francis A. Cannon George
A. West and Emil Schandein. These
men declare that the matter of a selec-
ton of the route was largely up to the
people of the town and there was no
doubt but that the town officials were
nearly unanimous in favor of the west
road. It is certain that the town board
will give liberal help in rebuilding the
road and the road is said to be in such
condition that the cost of improving it
will be much less than the cost of i'm
proving the sand road. The Milwaukee
road can be improved by dragging and
by graveling but the sand road would
have to be built from the foundation
up. 1t was estimated that the cost of
improving the sand road would be in
the neighborhood of $4,000 while the
cost of putting the Milwaukee road in
to shape will be not over half of this
amount.
With the selection of the route there
will be no delay in the starting of the
work in Kenosha county and members
of the Milwaukee organization will
come to Kenosha on next SATURDAY.
morning bringing with them engineers
of the state road building department
and these men with the members of the
town board will make a trip over the
road and estimate just what the cost
Of improving it will be. AS soon as
the cost is estimated it is proposed to
make arrangements to provide the
money. If the cost is moderate it is
possible that all of it will be paid by
the town of Pleasant Prairie.
With this decision the work of pro-
noting the road from Milwaukee to the
Illinois state line is completed. The
road to the Racine county line will be
built by the Milwaukee Sentinel and
south as far as Racine has been ar
ranged for by the town boards in the
various towns interested. Between Ra-
cine and Kenosha the road will be built
by the Case T. M. company of Racine
this company having already started
the work. After leaving the north
limits of Kenosha the road will run
west on Grand avenue to the Milwau-
kee road and then south to the state
line. People in Lake county are al
ready promoting plans for the compile
ton Of the road and it is certain that
the road will be completed before the
end Of the present summer.