The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-04
Three MONTHS FOR new Line
Company Not Ready to Name Route to
West of North Western Tracks but
Building of Bridge VIII be Started
Within the Next Three Weeks.

The special transportation committee
met on Thursday evening with Man
ager Stearns and the attorneys for
the Wisconsin Gas and Electric Com
pany and the conference resulted in
an amicable settlement of all differ
ences between the company and the
city and a single ordinance providing
for the carrying out of the agreements
made will be presented to the common
council at the meeting on Tuesday
evening. This ordinance provides for
a general cleanup Of all differences be-
tween the company and the city. 1t
provides for the payment of the cost
of the pavement on South Ashland
avenue and the immediate building of
the bridge over Pike River north of
Grand avenue and the immediate sur
render of the rights of the company
to the right of way along Ashland
avenue north to the river and north
on Caledonia street to the north linn
its of the city.
The proposed west line of the COM
pany has not as yet been agreed upon,
but the company has an agreement
signed by the members of the COM
mittee and by Manager Stearns which
provides that the committee will
recommend to the council the granting
of franchise rights for the new line
to tap the northwest side Of the city
providing the company shall select a
route for, it and have an ordinance
providing for it before the council
within the next three months The
managers of the company sought to
have this route outlined before the
meeting on Thursday night, but Man
ager Stearns desired to take the mat
ter up with property owners on the
various streets suggested and find just
what street would best meet with the
wishes of the property owners and with
the demands of the company for bet
ter service and service which would be
profitable to the company.
n is probable that this ordinance
will be presented to the council with
in the next thirty days if an agree
ment on the route to be followed can
be made. People in the northwest ter
ritory of the city are anxious for street
railway service and it is certain that
the proposed ordinance will be pop
ular one. The agreement between the
company and the city committee pro-
vides that any new franchise rights
must be granted under the terms of
Ordinance No. 254, the original rail
way ordinance. This will insure the
people living on streets where the road
is laid the same rights and benefits as
sured to other property owners with
the coming of railway ears
Manager Stearns announced that all
work on the pavements was now being
taken care of and he announced that
after the first of September the pave
ment work would be placed in charge
Of H. H, Timme, the local superinten-
dent. 1t is thought that this will 60
long way toward doing away with
troubles over the pavement repairs in
the future. II was also announced
that new general manager would be
named whose sole duty will be to have
charge of the Kenosha lines.
The agreements as reached were en-
tirely satisfactory to the members of
the committee and other aldermen
present at the conference and it is
thought that they viii meet with the
sanction of the common council when
laid before it.
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