The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28

At the Annual meeting of the Retail,
ers' association, held at Grosvenor's
last evening, the following merchants
were elected to office for the ensuing
year:
Chas. H. Goodman, President; Il. A.
Drummer, Vice-President; .Chas Turn
ock, Treasurer and G. D. Theleen, Sec
rotary.
Annual reports of the treasurer and
secretary showed the association to be
In very prosperous condition, and in
good shape to carry out the activities
outlined for the coming year. Fifteen
new merchants were elected to mem
bership at last night IS meeting, bring
ing the total considerably over the 100
mark. The new members are Arnold
& Murdoch, Temple & Donley, A. & S.
Motor Co., L. Turner & Sons, James
Millar, Independent Ice Company, Jos.
D. Sullivan & Co., Elmer E. burlington.
F. E. Rhodes, Chas. III. Curtss. A. R.
Larson, Russell Bros, Langenbach
Bros, FL. S. House, and the Head
DlmmonS HuDlShIng Co.
One of the matters brought before
the merchants was the street car serv-
ice in the city, and it was held that it
should come in for just as severe crit
cism as the telephone. With the idea
in view of having conductors placed
back on the local cars, more switches
placed on the streets and ten minute
schedule really carried out on all of
the lines, a committee of three mer-
chants will be appointed to call on the
officials of the street car company at
Milwaukee to discuss these matters. It
is also limited that final effort will
be made by this same committee to
psve the way for renewal of the in
terurban cars coming into the heart of
the city, as it is understood that both
the street car company and the prop
erty owners involved have shown
change in attitude toward the PROPOSE
ton.
A committee of three, to confer with
the Northwestern Railway company of
ficials regarding the continuation Of
the summer train service through the
county, was also appointed. It was
shown that the people in the rural dis
tricts are entitled to this extra service
the year around, and it was limited that
if the matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the Railway commission. the
service would be ordered continued
However, the committee will be in
structed to deal direct with the rail
' ay officials before the commission is
asked for a ruling.
The members of the Retailers have
felt that complete survey of indus
trial conditions in Kenosha would be
valuable thing for the city at large at
this time, and a special committee will
be appointed to make a most careful
study of conditions and to report at
the next monthly meeting Of the Or
ganization. The work of the associa-
ton is gradually broadening and sur
vey of this nature will be of great
assistance to the officers and members
in handling some of the big questions
that come before them.
The annual Thanksgiving Day road
race is to be revived, and an appropria-
ton was made at last night IS session
to provide suitable trophies for an An
nual Merchants Thanksgiving Day
road race. The arrangements for this
affair will be left in charge of Mr..
David Fogwell, Superintendent of the
Department of Schools, and
full announcement as to entries, etc,
will be made by him within a short
time
The annual meeting of the Retailers
was attended by fifty of the members
and proved one of the most interesting
sessions of the year. Dinner, which
preceded the meeting, was served by
Mrs. Hubbard and several high school
girls.