The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-03
ASK PUBLIC COMFORT STATION
Mayor Head Insists That the City Will
Allow the Milwaukee Company to
Work Out It's Own Plan of Getting
Cars Into the Heart of the City.

The stopping of the interurban cars
at the north limits Of the city by the
order OF the company on Tuesday caus-
ed lot of inconvenience to Kenosha
people and scores of people missed
their cars and waited for long time
at the public service building for the
coming Of the big cars. Some of the
Epeople got disguised and went over to
the west side and took the Chicago and
Milwaukee trains while others, after
waiting an hour or more, abandoned
their plans to take the cars. Hundreds
Of complaints were made against the
change ordered by the company follow
ing the successful fight of the Milwau-
kee avenue property owners, but there
was no showing of any reason to be-
lieve that the company would recede
from its position and bring the ears
down town.
In the meantime a demand has been
made to the members Of the common
council that efforts be made to force
the Milwaukee Light, Heat and Trac
ton Company to build modern rail
way station at the north terminal of
the line. The accommodations furnish
ed by the company are entirely made
quate to the demands of the travelling
public useing the road. The sta
zion now in: use has had little or no
Improvement since the company began
business in Kenosha decade ago and
lit offers no accommodation for the
people who must go to it to await the
coming of the cars. No provision is
made for comfort station and people
in the neighborhood have asked the
health board to make an investigation
of the place and make an appeal to
the Wisconsin Railroad Commission to
force the company to put in toilet
rooms for the use Of both men and
women The demand is similar to the
one recently made in regard to the
station of the Chicago and Milwaukee e
Electric Railway Company and it is
thought certain that the commission
will make an order forcing the COM
pany to put in toilets even if it does
not force the erection Of new station.
The city has taken no action to seek
to force the interurban line to extend
its service into the down town dis
trict. Mayor Head when seen on Tues
day said: NThe action Of the company
is bluff and the officials will not
spend any time worrying about it. If
the company seeks another route into
the city it will have to make proper
provisions for the property owners.
| The present conditions were brought
about by the narrow mindedness of
the officials of the company in refus-
! ing to make few stops in Milwaukee
avenue and [ am convinced that had
the company arranged to make three
or four stops on the avenue that the
cars would be running into Market
Square today without any objections
on the part of any Of the property
owners. 1t will be up to the company
to work out it's own salvation and it
| is not at all probable that the city
council will make any move to get the
cars into the city without the first
overtures coming from the company.
| regret the inconvenience caused to
the travelling public and I believe thas
| a great majority Of the people want
the cars down town, but they want
them to come in the right way and
make proper provisions to take care
of the people of the city