The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
CARRY OUT ORIGINAL PLANS
Present Promoters Believe That Plans
Made by Volney Foster and Others
Years Ago will Eventually be Realiz-
Wisconsin Territory Puzzle.

shore Of Lake Michigan, extending
north from Chicago, has been a dream
for quarter Of century Building
great highways had almost become one
of the lost arts Of the ancients when
the invention of the bicycle and later
that of the automobile turned men S
minds to cross country trips and to
realization of the difficulties Of travel.
Chicagoans who want to go northward
along the lake see that Sheridan road,
the easiest way, is at present most
unpleasant dream. Nightmare, fright
full, beastly mud holes are some of the
milder expressions used as the driver
inches his high power car through the
ruts and mud mires of this might-ba
Rivera of the west.
But, as it's designers planned it and
as it's present advocates now hope to
make it, Sheridan road will be a dream
of beautiful Chicago. 1t is more than
Chicago Beautiful, for since 1889 men
have hoped to stretch this boulevard
along the bluffs and through the
ravines Of the north shore connecting
ultimately Chicago and Milwaukee.
On the 23rd day of February, 1889,
small group of men met in the offices
Of Daniel ii. Durham, master of many
epoch making plans, and discussed the
Ways of creating a great road along
Lake Michigan to connect the largest
city of Wisconsin with the second
city in America.
Out of that meeting the Sheridan
Road Association was born, and Mr..
Burnham, Volney W. Foster, Alexander
Clark, Charles r. Grey, D. B. Dewey,
J. McGregor Adams, and Hugh I.
Birch, began their long service toward
the fulfllment of their hopes. A reso-
luton offered by Cyrus Kehr Of Win
netka, provided that the various
used as parts of the pleasure driveway
from Lincoln Park northward should
be named ''Sheridan Road" as ft-
ting tribute to the distinguished
soldier, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. The
driveway was intended as an adjunct
to Fort Sheridan, which had already
been established.
Although a reality it is not the sort
of road' Mr.. Butnham and Mr.. Foster
hoped for when their operations Began
a quarter of century ago. They fore
saw two great state highways, one sec
tion to be owned by Illinois and the
other by Wisconsin. Wisconsin has
obtained a good road law by which its
part may be built. The Illinois end
the successors of the old Sheridan
Road Association now hope, will be
constructed by the Lincoln Park COM
missioners because the park board has
developed a road making body which
seems to offer the best chance for
economical and intelligent construc-
tion.
The Sheridan Road Improvement
Association whose offices are in the
Rookery building Chicago, which is
now urging the Improvement of Sheri-
dan road, has had new surveys made
of much of the territory between Chi
Vulx
members of the association contribut-
ed $4,000 for temporary repairs. The
worst holes were stopped up under the
direction of Supt. A. S. Lewis of Lin
coin Park The association found that
the law allows the Lincoln park com
missioners to take over Sheridan road
as far north as the state line. 1t
must be taken over continuously, how
ever, to comply with the provisions
of the law.
The first step in the real upbuilding
of the road whereby it may be con-
velted from a state of dilapidation to
great interstate pleasure driveway
was taken when, recently, the city of
Chicago turned over its portion of the
road as far north as Devon avenue.
to the Lincoln Park commissioners.
The next section between the Devon
avenue and Evanston is now CONTROL
ed by the north shore park district.
This section 70 rseveral miles is in bad
repair. The north shore park district,
being a small organization, has such
small taxing powers that any real sue
cess in rebuilding and maintaining
this is impossible.
For that reason petitions have been
prepared and will be presented to the
commissioners of the north shore park
district asking them to transfer their
portion of the road to the Lincoln
Park commissioners. A large majority
of the owners of property AUDITING
the road in this section have signed
the petition looking to the opportunity.
This transfer, on account of the oppo-
sition Of the commissioners Of the