The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-25
SEEK BETTER TRANSPORTATION
Association Will Seek to Get Line Built
to Western Part of County and Closer
Connections with Milwaukee and Ra-
cine-More Factories Want Sites.

| The contractors have started work on
the plant to be used by the McComber-
Whyte Rope Company and with the
starting of this work the directors of
| the Kenosha Industrial Association
have about completed their work con-
nected with the location of the plant
and in the near future the officials
and members of the association will
get busy on other propositions. These
will include the possible location of
other factories and the study of prob
lens to advance the welfare of manu-
featuring and other business enter
prises in the city.
Secretary Corcoran of the associa-
| tion now has on hand more than a
dozen letters from various concerns in
different parts of the country seeking
| location iii Kenosha. Some of these
concerns are good and with the open
| ing of the spring season it is probable
that an active effort will be made to
locate some of these plants In Kenosha.
| The sale of the lots for the subdivision
north of the city is still very much
open, but the collections are now COM
| ing in better and it is thought that
when the plant is well under way that
| the association will not have any great
trouble getting in the payments for
| lots. The contractors declare that they
hope to have the new buildings ready
for occupancy by the first of next j une
and the city will rush the work of
giving the new subdivision water and
sewers just as soon as the ground can
| be worked in the spring.
One of the leading officials Of the
industrial association said today: We
have given q lot Of time and energy
| to the location of the new plant of the
McComber Whyte company and just as
soon as things get Strengthened out for
the spring and summer business we
hope to make the organization more
effective. There are a lot Of problems
which we can take up with certainty
Of securing cooperation from the peo-
| pie. One of them is the securing of
better transportation facilities for the
| city. We are convinced that the cleo
trio railway running through Racine to
Kenosha should run its cars into the
heart of the city and we believe that
| the association can labor to bring
about traffic agreement between the
two electric railway companies that
will bring the cars down town. We
also feel that there is a great demand
| for the building of an electric railway
| which will give Kenosha better con-
nection with the western part of the
county. This is a big proposition, but
| it is said that there are several com
panies willing to build the line if they
are assured cooperation from the Ke-
nosha business men. These men will
expend their money if they can get
| into Kenosha without being held up for
franchise rights and the industrial as
ISOLATION will probably be willing to
father such a proposition. There is a
demand for a better freight condition
| in the city. The business men often
have to wait hours for the delivery Of
freight after it gets into the city and
| if the proper showing was made to the
| Northwestern officials this condition
would undoubtedly be remedied. There
is of course the problem of promotion
of new factories and if the McComber-
Whyte plant proves a winner | feel
certain that there will be no trouble
in getting the people to see the great
benefit to be derived from the location
Of plants of this kind -
There is a move on foot TO extend
| the workings of the association SO as
to have it include organizations Of the
retail trade. This plan has been tried
with success in other cities and the To-
cal retailers seem to be favorable to
general organization for trade pur
poses.