The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-10
ROUND TRIP TICKETS GOOD
Local Company Will Honor All Round
Trip Tickets Sold by Interurban Com
pany Without Charge for Trip From
Limits to the Center of the City.

A seven cent fare has been estab-
lished between Kenosha and Ropeville
in keeping with an agreement made
by the managers of the rope factory
and the officials Of the Milwaukee
Light, Heat and Traction Company and
the officials of the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric Company.
IN going from Kenosha to Ropeville
passengers will pay the regular five
cent fare on the local car and at the
limits transfers will be made to the
interurban cars. On presentation of
transfers and two cents the passengers
will be carried as far north as Rope
vile. On the return trip the in
terurban will collect the. FIVE cent
fare and the two cents and the transfer
must be given to the conductor in
charge Of the local ear. Superinten.
dent Timme of the local railway com
pany stated this morning that the fare
agreement had been made with the con
sent Of the Wisconsin State Railroad
Commission. The two cent proposition
was opposed by some of the people in
terested and they insisted that the fare
be made either five or ten cents,
Change is now in demand among men
who work at the rope factory and even
two cent pieces will be accepted by
these men. The new rate went into
effect on Monday and it is expected
to remain in effect Indefinitely.
Complaints have been made on ac-
count of the action Of some Of the
conductors on the local ears refusing
to accept round trip tickets sold by
the company before the cars were stop
ped at the north limits of the city.
"These tickets are good, " said
superintendent Timme this morning
"There is no time limit on them ind
they will be honored by the two com
panies just as long as there are any
of them in the hands of the travelling
public The ticket is a little different
from those in use on other roads il
that it does not contain a thirty day
clause and all conductors of our lines
have been notified to honor these tic
kets when presented. Conductors on
the interurban lines are directed to
give TRANSFERS on all such tickets II
any one has paid the two cents added
on one Of these transfers I will see to
it that the money is refunded. The
company plans to honor every round
trip ticket sold under the old plan
of operation"
With the exception of the seven cent
fare to Ropeville the fares being
charged for other points north Of Ke-
nosha are the same as were charged
before the company brought the cars
into the center of the city. 1t is pos
sible that the Ropeville people will
ask the common council to make some
provision for a five cent fare to that
section Some Of the people have sug-
gested an extension of the local lines
f
into this section Of the city, but it is
hardly probable that the company con
trolling both the interurban and the
local lines would look kindly on such
an extension at this time. The fare
limits under the agreement for the
coming Of the big cars into the city
were based wholly on the landing of
the cars at Market Square and the city
council would have no power to enforce
a five cent fare limit now that the
cars are halted at the city limits.