The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
NO PROMISES were MADE
Company Asserts in Answer to Com
plant of City that Adequate Interur-
ban Service Can Not Be Granted if
Stops are Insisted Upon.

pany and the Milwaukee Electric Rail
Way & Light Company on Thursday
filed with the Wisconsin State Rail
road commission an answer to the
complaint recently filed by the city of
Kenosha demanding that the cars of
the company known IS interurban y
cars be stopped at frequent points on
Milwaukee avenue.
In the preliminary paragraphs of the
answer the company admits the usual
| legal proposition in regard to the
rights of the city as a municipal cor
poration and tells the history of the
operation Of the interurban line. The
company denies that it's interurban
cars are stopped at all street crossings
In Milwaukee for the purpose Of per-
hitting local passengers to alight from
or board them. It denies that it does
local business with the interurban cars
in Milwaukee, but admits that such
business is done in some other cities
along the route of the line. The COM
pany declares that the distance be-
tween the Public Service Building and
the north limits of Kenosha is less
than a mile and half, and it admits
that the cars of the company make no
stops in this distance. It specifically
denies that the operation of the inter
urban cars causes clouds Oh dust, noise,
vibration or causes any discomfort to
the residents or pedestrians upon Mil
waukee avenue and other streets used
in the operation of the cars The an
swer denies that the cars discommode
and Inconvenience people and discrim-
mate against passengers and declares
that the accommodations afforded to
passengers in the city of Kenosha are
adequate. Further the company de-
clares that the cars of the Kenosha
Electric Railway Company are so OPP
Grated before and after the interurban
cars as to make it possible to handle
the traffic in both directions without
any inconvenience to passengers. The
company asserts that it gives trans
fers to make the conditions in Kenosha
such as should be entirely satisfactory.
The company specifically states in the
answer that it never made any promise
to any one that cars would be stopped
at street intersections on Milwaukee
avenue if it secured permission to op-
crate the interurban cars in Kenosha
and on information and belief the COM
pany declares that no such statement
was made by any of the agents or en-
ployes of the company.
In concluding the answer the attor-
neys for the company declare that it
will be impossible for the company to
grant adequate interurban service on
it's line if it is forced to stop the cars
at all the street intersections for the
reception and disposal of passengers.
The answer is verified by the affi-
davit of R. B. Stearns, the general
manager of the company. It asks the
railroad commission to dismiss the
complaint of the city of Kenosha.
1t is expected that with the fling of
the answer the railroad commission
will set an early date for the hearing
of the arguments on the complaint and
that both sides will be fully represent
ed. The city will be represented by
City Attorney John G. Slater and
while the property owners on Milwau-
kee avenue have not co-operated on
the fling Of the complaint it is certain
that the attorneys of the property
owners will be On hand when the mat
ter is taken up by the commission to
look after the interest of the individ-
ual property owners.