The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-27
SEEK LAND IN kENOSHA NOW
Company has Big Plans for Laying new
Tracks But These Have Not as Yet
Passed the Hurdle of the Board Of
Directors Announcement next Week


that the Chicago & North Western Ry.
Co. is planning to install another track
! in connection with it's main lines be-
| tween Evanston and Milwaukee. The
new track is to be laid to the west of
the present tracks of the main line of
the company and already surveys have
been made for this purpose. Agents
of the company have already made eff
forts to secure land in Kenosha for ex-
tension of the right of way, but prices
asked for the land have been SO high
that the company will probably seek
to secure the property needed by con-
demnation.
Of course the building of the third
track will demand many changes in the
present arrangements of the company
at all cities along the north shore. This
is particularly true of Kenosha and it
is probable that the decision of the
company to lay the third track will
have q lot to do with rushing the pro-
posed changes in the lay out that the
company has here. The building of a
third line is declared to be necessary
for the handling of both the freight and
passenger. business of the company bel
tween Chicago and Milwaukee. This
business has been growing so rapidly
in the past few years that the west
track built only a few years ago has
not proved sufficient to meet the de-
mands made on the company. For some
time the tracks known as "the main
line have been used almost exclusives
ly for passenger traffic and there is
every reason to believe that this will
be extended rather than curtailed.
There has been lot of guessing as
to what the company is really planning
to do in Kenosha and Racine but it has
been impossible to get any real facts in
regard to the matter on account of the
fact that the officials of the company
could reach no decision until the en-
gineers had made their reports on the
cost of the various plans which have
been outlined. Elevation of the tracks
has been considered before the members
of the board of directors of the com
pany, but as yet elevation through Ke-
nosha has not been definitely decided
on. This plan was originally suggested
to the company by Mayor Dan. O. Head
and he has spent a lot of time maxim 3
efforts to bring the company to SEX
the necessity of this step in Kenosha
Plans have been drawn with an idea
of elevating the tracks through Keno
sha but these plans have not as yet
passed the sanction Of the board of dt-
rectors of the company.
1t is declared that the expenditure
necessary to provide for elevation Of
tracks through Kenosha would be ire
mendous but the company has looked
with some favor on the plan.
1t was expected that the final deci-
sion in the matter would have been
reached before this time but as vet the
officials of the city have received no
formal notice. The plan for the third
track between Milwaukee and Chicago
is a new thing to the officials and it is
certain that this has been brought up
with view of making any construc-
tion that may be done at this time one
that will be sufficient to take care Of
the business of the company for many
years. 1t is expected that some official
statement of the plans of the company
will be sent to the common council at
the meeting to be held on the first
Monday in December.