The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-16
MAY GO TO COMMISSION
People of Milwaukee Avenue Will Hold
Key to Situation Under Ruling of
Judge Belden and They Must Fro
vide for Lines Into the City First.

Interested Citizens have appealed
to the officials Of the Milwaukee, Ra-
cine and Kenosha Electric Railway
Company for restoration of the
service in the down town district of
the city and a formal petition has been
presented, asking that the service as
far south as the Market street ter
minal be started again. In response to
this petition the general manager of
the company has notified the interest
ed people that the officials are power
less to act and that before the big
cars of the company may be run into
the heart of Kenosha it will be neces
sary for the people of the city to open
the way for them. It is possible that
the people interested will make an APP
peal to the railroad commission with
a view of finding some settlement 1t
is admitted that even the railroad
commission has no power to order the
company to operate the cars into the
heart of the city, but the commission
may be able to provide for a confer
ence at which some agreement may be
reached with the people Of Milwaukee
avenue which will result in the ears
coming into the city again.
The railway officials have declared
that the Milwaukee avenue property
Belden, hold the key to the situation
and that it will be up to these people
to either let the road in or deny this
service to the people of the entire city.
1t is limited that the company is will
ing to make such settlements with the
property owners as might be declared
fair after condemnation proceedings
but it is just as certain that the com
pany would be unwilling to meet the
original demands of the property own
ers. The company could secure from
the railroad commission a certificate
of necessity and convenience for a
franchise for the cars to run over Mil
waukee avenue into the heart of the
city, but after this is secured it will
be necessary for the company to secure
franchise from the common council.
Before such franchise may be
granted by the council the company
must secure the right to way for the
interurban cars by condemnation. The
company at one time filed petition to
condemn the right of way for the cars,
but this was with drawn months ago
following the decision of Judge Belden.
While the company has declared
through its officers that it is not par
ticularly interested in the operation of
cars to the down town district of the
city, it is certain that such franchise
would be very acceptable to the com
pe'hy' A0tuo 1lC UCluS CUuSlu6TCu IOI
the extensions of the interurban lines
to the south of lzenosha and into
Waukegan, but this can not be done
unioss some provision is made for the
right of way through the city of Ke-
nOsha
The company has intimated that the
extension of local lines west of the
city would be largely dependent on the
coming in of the interurban cars and
the people who are interested in the
proposed western extensions are the
people now urging the company to find
some way to get the cars into the
down town districts. Plans for the
lines to the west have been outlined.
but the company has notified the in
terested property owners that these
plans will not be further considered
until the interurban cars are admitted
into the city and it is probable that
the lines to the west will be part of a
general scheme for extension of the
lines which will also include the plans
for the building of the lines to the
south of the city.