The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-06

There was one campaign started in
Kenosha this morning that had moth
ing of a political nature connected with
it and that was campaign to raise
$4,000 for the Improvement of the
Sheridan road next year Early this
morning Albert H Kluender, chair
man of the committee of the Kenosha
Automobile Club, started the ball roll
ing and for the next five days there
will be things doing in Kenosha. I'm
der the provisions of the state high
way law the money must be in the
hands of the town treasurers before
the tenth day of August and Captain
Kluender declared this morning that
before the time limit expired the au-
tomobile club with the generous sup
port of the people of the cit would
have collected sum sufficient to force
the completion of the construction of
the concrete road along the lake from
the limits of Kenosha to the state line
road work on the north Lake Shore
road to the Racine county line. Only
a small sum of money was in the hands
of the committee today. There has as
yet been no solicitation and the fund
was started with $3.50 sent in as
voluntary contributions from people
in the city and county who are anxious
to see the old sand road along the Lake
fe inade D 5lEag Of the past.
Chairman Kluender is drafting lot
of road enthusiasts into service today
and for the next five days things will
be kept moving all the time. In order
to make the campaign a success the
committee must raise at the rate of
$4,000 a day and they know that this
will mean supreme effort and that no
one can be overlooked in the search
for money. The people directly inter
ested as property owners along the
Sheridan road have declared their will
irgness to do their part and it is
thought possible that $4,000 will be
raised among the property owners.
Several of the wealthy men of the city
have given assurance thai they will
help materially as soon as they are as
sured that the road is to be financed.
IF the club committe can secure con-
tributions of $4,000 before the end of
the time limit set by the state law
this will mean the expenditure of close
to 100000 on the road the coming
year and state highway engineers have
estimated that this amount will be
necessary to secure the completion of
the road through Kenosha county For
years the building of this road has
been planned and the members of the
automobile club expect to make the
raising of this big fund the crowning
effort of the work of the club along
these lines.
cit is going to be hard fight, but
we are going to get the money" said
Chairman Kluender this morning. 1T
am naming numerous chairmen and
committees to aid in the collection and
if we can just get the public spirit of
the people of Kenosha behind us we
are certain Of victory We want small
contributions and large ones and all
will be necessary if we secure the
money needed to finish up this road.
/ believe that nearly every man and
woman in the county is interested in
the completion of the Sheridan Drive
and if all of US pull together we will
be abe to clean this up once and for
all. You can just make the announce
ment that we are going to get the money
and if the people come across in the
first two days the work of the commit
tee viii be greatly 1essened. +"