The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
SEEKS T0BUY WAUKEGANDEpOT
Best Guess is That Should Sale be Made
the Milwaukee Company Will Make
Terms With Kenosha and Build South
Along the Lake Shore to Chicago.

Waukegan has solved the perplexing
problem of the methods to be followed
by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul road in seeking to get into Ware
kegan, Kenosha, Racine and Evanston
for direct line from Chicago and Mil
waukee to these cities and it is now
proclaimed that the big company is
planning on the purchase Of the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric Railway which
is to be sold under an order of the
United States court-sometime. It is
declared that the ST. Paul road has
made an effort to purchase the depot
site at Waukegan owned by the cleo
trio line and that the company has Of
fered to put up $4,000 in real money
for this site. Further it is proclaimed
that engineers of the Chicago and Mil
waukee and St. Paul road have been
walking the ties of the electric line to
make an examination of the condition
of the road and that the report of these
engineers is entirely satisfactory to
the officials of the company and that
the company is ready to go into the
bidding for the unsuccessful Frost road.
There is no question but that the cleo
trio road would prove a real asset to
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
and that it would be an easy matter to
connect the lines of the electric com
pany with the st. Paul lines near Evans
ton. The purchase of the line would
also make possible the coming Of the
st. Paul into direct connection with
all cities along the lake shore. Of
course there are some trifling details
In connection with the deal that would
have to be arranged. One of these is
the fact that the Chicago and Milwau-
kee Electric has no rights to carry
freight on part of its line between
Chicago and Milwaukee. This obiec-
ton does not apply to the line between
Kenosha and Milwaukee as freight
privileges are allowed the company on
the Wisconsin division, it being or
gained under the regular railway act
of Wisconsin.
The Waukegan men who are peddling
the story Of the intentions of the st.
Paul to get the Frost road claim to be
on the exclusive inside on the matter
and they assert that there is no doubt
that the company is now negotiating
with the receivers. just when the cleo
trio line will be sold remains to be
seen. The United States court may
hand down an order at anytime order
ing the sale and the order will probably
be contested by some of the creditors
and another delay forced on the court.
The receivership has been in charge
of the line for long time and the re-
ceivers seem to be pretty well salts
fed with their job.
IF guessing is to be the rule in sell
ing the Chicago and Milwaukee it is
just as well to guess some more and
declare that should this electric line go
to the ST. Paul road that the Milwau-
kee company now operating the cleo
trio to the north limits of the city will
seek to build "poor man s road y
from Kenosha south to Waukegan and
possibly on to Chicago. The Milwau-
kee company has announced on num-
Der occasions that it planned to build
south from Kenosha and it now owns
a right of way from Kenosha south to
Waukegan. Should the dream Of the
Waukegan men be realized and the ST.
Paul get the Chicago and Milwaukee
the first effect of such sale would be
the forcing of the Milwaukee company
to make terms with Kenosha which
would make possible the extension of
the electric lines south to Waukegan,
Evanston and Chicago.
The people have become accustomed to
riding on electric cars and it is certain
that there would be an immediate de-
mand for such line should the west
side electric line be taken over by the
big steam road.