The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-25
Kenosha Automobile Club to
Put UP Is Road Signs
IN the County.
NOISY DRIVERS ARE TABOOED
Committees Are Named to Have Charge
of Work of Club During the Year
and Many Road improvements Will
Be Suggested by the Club Members.

The Kenosha Automobile Club is 60
ing to be an active organization in Sc
curing better conditions in Kenosha
county and at the regular meeting of
the club held on Friday evening COM
mityees were named for the year and
the club began active work in improv-
ing conditions by directing the COM
mittee on roads to erect twenty-five
sign boards in the county.
The boards will be set on standards
ten feet high, set in concrete and they
will give the distances from the road
corners to the princit al cities and vii
lagos. The points for the placing of
the signs will be selected by the com
mittee and the most travelled roads
will be used. The entire expense of
this work viii be borne by the auto
mobile club this year, but it is prob
able that at the next meeting of the
county board concerted effort will
be made to have the board carry out
the provisions of the state law which
provides for the placing Of road signs
in the various counties Of the state.
The members of the club went on
record as being opposed to the noisy
drivers and a letter will be sent to
every member of the club asking him
to avoid driving his car with the
"cut out" open. One of the biggest
sources of complaint against the use
of the automobiles on the streets of
the cities comes from the fact that
some men drive the cars with the cut
out open. There is nothing more an
noying than to have an automobile
with the cut out open running along
A street late in the night and it seems
TO be the prize stunt of some of the
Srivers in Kenosha to make rum
down the resident streets making noise
Nike the coming of railway train.
1t il declared that offenders against
the suggestions will find no welcome
In the club sessions in the future.
Members of the club are planning
to go to Indianapolis ON Memorial
Day to witness the annual twenty
four hour races. The Wisconsin Auto
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train from Milwaukee to indianapolis
for ibis event and one of the cars
has been reserved for the Kenosha and
Racine motorists. The total cost of
the trip has been placed at $500 and
this will include all expenses includ-
ing TIE admittance to the big race.
Rudolph Gottfredsen is in charge
of organizing the Kenosha party and
all people expecting to make the trip
must pay in their money before
April 25th.
The members of the club have
adopted follow-up system to locate
defects in the roads of the city and
county and every member of the club
viii be supplied with cards on which
he is expected to make a report to
the road committee of conditions of
roads These cards are to be collected
and the facts laid before the officials
of the city and the various towns of
the county with view of securing ar
immediate repair of the road defects.
The road committee of the club is
composed of Peter Rhode, Ben F.
Stahl and Charles Schultz.
The club members discussed plans
for the opening of club rooms in the
city and the president named special
committee with W. L. Yule as the
chairman to have charge of this feat
ure of the club.
The members went on record as be-
ing opposed to any discrimination be-
tween local drivers and drivers from
Other, cities in the enforcement of the
speed laws by the local officials.
They hold that they are in favor of,
the enforcement Of the speed laws,
but insist that the laws be enforced
impartially. 1t was asserted that the
discrimination in this manner had
caused many automobile drivers to
avoid Kenosha last season
The chairman of the most important
club committees were named as fol
lows:
Roads-Peter Rhode.
Legislative-Albert L. Buckmaster.
Auditing Charles H. Gonnerman.
Social Committee Milton A. Kent.
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