The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-05
BRIDGE IS ORDERED BUILT NOW
Railway Company will have Six Months
in Which to Complete Structure
Commission Named for Opening of
Forth Pleasant and Selleck Avenue.

Kenosha did it's share toward the
opening of through road to connect
all the cities along the north shore
on Monday evening when the formal
proclamation was made by Mayor Dan
O. Head, declaring that Ashland
avenue, was opened from Grand aven-
he to Caledonia street. The action
followed the acceptance by the com
mon council of deed given by the n.
r. Aliens Sons to the city providing
for the continuation of the street.
This morning a great force of men
was at work removing the bark piles
from the new street and it will be
open for traffic within the next few
days.
The opening of the street comes as
the close of memorable fight. For
years the people of Ashland avenue
and Caledonia street have been seek
ing the opening Of the street through
the tannery property The proposition
when presented to the council several
years ago was side tracked because
the officials thought it too expensive
a proposition. Mayor Head took hold
of the plan just after he took office
over a year ago and he had as his
chief assistant former Alderman Rhode
of the second ward. After lot of
conferences with the officers Of the
Allen prtlft the MA OF aaa liz lae4a
bers of the council managed to work
out a plan by which the street was
opened without the appointment of
commissioners and without the eXpen-
diture Of a cent on the part of the
city. The portion of the new street to
the south of Pike River will be known
as Ashland avenue and on the north
of the river the new street will be
called Caledonia street. 1t is probable
that in short time the property own
ers will see to it that the name of the
whole street running from the south
to the north limits of the city is
changed to either Sheridan Road, -
"Sheridan Boulevard" or "Sheridan
Avenue"
After the formal opening of the
street the council passed a resolution
directing the officials of the Wisconsin
Gas and Electric Company to proceed
at once with the building of modern
steel bridge over the river at Ashland
avenue. The bridge is one of the con
ditions of the franchise ordinance of
the company There was no desire on
the part of the members of the coun-
ell to force the company to install
tracks on the extended street at this
time provided the company made no
objection to the building of the pro-
posed bridge.
The council took up the question of
the opening of North Pleasant street
from the present north line of the
street to the north limits of the city
and for the opening of Selleck avenue
from Pleasant street TO the junction
with Evergreen street The council
elected commission to have charge
of the award of benefits and the as
sessment of damages in connection
with the opening of the two streets.
The same commission will act on both
of the streets and it will have the
following members, Charles A, Tarbell,
James Pennefeather James H. Charles,
William Rowe and Henry f. Jordan.
The commission under the law must
act within the next thirty days and
it is expected that both of the streets
will be opened within few months.
Several of the property owners along
both of the streets have assured the
city officials that they will claim no
damages for the land taken for the
streets. The Hastings estate has also
notified the aldermen that with the
opening of North Pleasant street to the
north limits the owners of the estate
will at once open highway of the
same width north as far as Howe
street. Both of the extended streets
are to be sixty feet in width.