The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-07
Council Committee and Rail
way Men Reach an Agree
ment on Five Cent Fare.
ROPEv|LLE NORTHERN LIMIT
Committee Spends Two Hours Talking
Over Plans for Coming of Interurban
Cars Into City and It Is Thought Ar
rangement viii Be Completed.


An agreement as to the Eve cent
fare zone to De adopted by the Keno
sha Electric Railway Company and the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company when the big ears come into
Kenosha was practically reached at a
meeting Of the members Of the trans
portation committee Of the common
council and the officials OF the two
interested companies held at the club
room of the Hotel Borup on Saturday
afternoon. In keeping with this agree
ment Ropeville'' the site of the new
plant OF the McComber- Whyte Wire
Rope Company will be named as the
limit for the five cent fares. The
agreement provides that universal
transfers shall be given By both com
ranies and that single five cent fare
shall carry the passenger from any
point in the city to the new manufact-
uring plant and that the same fare
will bring passenger to Market
Square from Ropeville- and secure to
him transfer to any point on the
Hines of the Kenosha I'eetric Railway
Company.
The fare limit was suggested by Al
derman Pirsch chairman cf the com
lnittee and r. B. Stearns, general man
ager Of the Milwaukee company and
is. 4. Loughridge, general manager Of
the Kenosha company agreed to it
without comments. Manager sStearps
stated that lie would send to the com
mon council today a formal statement
of this agreement.
The question of the fare limits took
up little Of the time of the meeting
between the managers Of the two com
panies and the city committee and
much of the time was spent in dis
cussing the arrangements for the big
car coming into the city. MI. Stearns
stated that his company has made a
traffic agreement with the local com
pany to bring the interurban cars into
the city and that any arrangement
that the local company made in regard
to Ssspotting" the car in Kenosha
would be acceptable to the Milwaukee
company. He stated that the company
desired to give to the people Of Ike
nosha the best possible interurban
service and that it would not seek to
interfere in any way with the bust
ness Of the local company in strictly
local passenger carrying. The COM
paAy he stated would be ready to take
care Of every bit of business which
went beyond the limits of the city and
that should it be necessary to run extra
ears to take care Of workmen going
to the rope mills or Of people who de-
sired to 20 to st. George cemetery ex
ira ears would be provide1.l lie show
ed that it was the intention Of the
company to add five <ccnts to the
through fares and that this FIVE cents
would be divided between the. two
companies in keeping with the tratilc
- 40 1a eo,na 4in,n aqo, Man
ager Stearns emphasized the desire OF
the company to give the best possible
interurban service and he declared
that the question Of points for stop
Ping the interurban cars would have
to be worked out from actual expert
cnce. He admitted that it would not
be The plan Of the. Milwaukee company
to stop its interurban cars at every
street Intersection in the city as he
declared such steps would take up 50
much time that it would be impossible
to maintain good interurban service.
He suggested that three stops be made
along Milwaukee avenue for taking on
and letting off of passengers and that
the point for these stops be establish
ed after a careful study Of the situa-
ton.
.sThe company wants to como irto
Renosha with a view Of giving the
people Of all the city the best possible
interurban service said Mr.. Stearns.
& 1T IS not our intention to take any
business from the local company and
orr whole idea in the matter is to
bring people who come over or lines
to Kenosha and not to station
mile from the business district. We
have been working Oh the plan for
4 long time and we feel that if We
arc allowed to work out the detail Of
It that the people Of Kenosha viii be