The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28
TOGET BLANkET RESOLUTIONS
Towns in the County to be Asked to
Agree at Spring Meetings to Ac-
cept Contributions and Make
Similar Appropriations.

A. X. Hlrst, chief engineer of the
Wisconsin State Highway Commission,
has opened the way for the Kenosha
Automobile club to continue its work
of raising money to secure the improve
ment of roads in Kenosha county.
This work was put to an end by the
action Of the legislature in amending
the road laws SO as to make it impos-
sible to "force' improvements by con-
tributions to the town boards.
In a letter to County Clerk Russell
III. Jones, who is secretary of the auto
mobile club, Engineer Hirst has sug-
gested a remedy. His suggestion is
that the officials of the club appear be-
fore the town boards of the various
towns in the county at the spring
meetings and secure the passage of
blanket resolution which will auth
orize the boards to accept contributions
for repair and rebuilding of roads and
with the further understanding that
the town board pledges itself to appro-
pirate a like amount for the improve
ment of the roads for which the dona-
lions are made. In the resolution a
date must be set for the deposit of
money with the town treasurers and
at the same time an amount must be
named as the limit to which the town
board will go toward improvement of
any one road.
Town officers of both Somers and
Pleasant Prairie, through which towns
the Sheridan Road runs, have been an
preached on the matter and they have
given the assurance that they will CO.
operate with the automobile club or
any other body of citizens seeking to
secure road improvement. Under the
suggestion of Engineer Hirst the roads
committee of the club will at once start
some movement for the collection of
funds and it is thought possible that
an amount can be raised which will
be sufficient to complete the building
of the road through the two counties.
There will be plenty of time in which
to raise this money as the town meet
ings will not be held until the first of
April of next year.
Former Mayor Dan o. Head, who is
president of the automobile club, is ac-
lively interested in the new movement
and he is working with Secretary
Jones in making the plans for the col
Letting of the fund. AS a stimulator
for this work he is today sending out
some two hundred application blanks
seeking members for the new Wisconsin
Sheridan Road Improvement associa-
ton. This is the first actual work
done to boost this organization in
Kenosha county.
"We are hopeful said the former
mayor, "that we can get at least two
hundred members for the association
in Kenosha and Kenosha county and
we want it understood that any one in
terested in the building of this road
can join the association With the
suggestion of Engineer Hirst we
should be able to accomplish a lot for
the improvement of the Sheridan Road
through the county next year. Of
course, it will be impossible for us to
put any money on these roads without
the cooperation of the town boards,
but we feel that the members of these
boards will see that it is business
proposition to make possible the ac-
ceptance of any donations that the
automobile club or the new Sheridan
Road association will make. These
contributions will relieve the town of
just that much expense as every town
board interested knows that sooner or
later this permanently improved road
must be built. The new members of
the association are all expected to get
into the game as boosters and we feel
certain that with a couple of hundred
men of the county boosting that we
can bring about successful outcome
of the long drawn out effort to secure
the completion of the roads through
this county. Many Kenosha people
will be willing to give something to
this fund and we feel certain that the
property owners will also help
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