The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
OTHER COMPANIES TO FOLLOW
Through Lines Have Been Removed
from Sheridan Road Poles and Placed
In Conduits and Big Force Will Be
Brought Here in Fall.

The Wisconsin Telephone Company
is ready to comply with the ordi-
nances Of the city providing for under
ground wires and it is planned to make
installations Of this work during the
coming fall months. It is declared
that plans for the work are all ready
and that it is the plan Of the com
pany to put a large force of men into
Kenosha at the close of the summer
months and proceed with the placing
of conduits without further delay.
For a long time it was thought that
the telephone company would cause
delay in the underground work on ac-
count of the big leads of the Chicago
and Milwaukee line on Sheridan Road.
These lines have already been taken
care Of The six big leads of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company which had formerly been
carried on the Sheridan Road poles
have all been taken down and placed
In the underground conduits so that
the only lines now on Sheridan Road
are leads to the Bristol and Antioch
lines. 1t will be an easy matter to
take these lines down and place them
in conduits and the greatest objection
Of the telephone company to the sink
ing Of the wires has been removed.
The plan of the telephone company
is complete plan and it is understood
that a considerable sum Of money. will
be expended placing wires in conduits
in Kenosha. 1t is planned to extend
the conduit system on several streets
not included in the section set aside
as an underground district in the
Kenosha ordinance and the company
will probably adopt the plan Of plac-
ing conduits in all streets where per-
manent pavements are laid. The man.
ayers of the company do not seem
to anticipate any trouble in complet-
ing the work in Kenosha during the
winter months.
1t is expected that the Wisconsin
Gas and Electric Company will put it's
wires underground at the same time
that the telephone wires go down and
it is possible that some agreement will
be reached between the two companies
which will make possible the use Of
the same conduits for all wires.
The big line Of wires on the west of
Main street is causing some anxiety to
the local officials. There seems to be
a half dozen corporations interest
ed in these wires and several of these
corporations are corporations with
headquarters in other states. Efforts
have been made to have these com
panies take steps to put these wires
under ground, but no attention has
been paid to suggestions made. The
companies have maintained this line
Of poles for years and little attention
has been paid to them. On these
poles are wires of telegraph, telephone,
electric light and power wires and
there are as many companies represent
ed as there are brackets on the poles
When the public service corpora
tions place wires belonging to them
under ground it will be up to the city
to follow suit. All of the wires Of the
fire department are overhead wires in
the down town district and these must
go under ground. 1t is probable that
the city will be able to make an ar
rangement by which it will be pos
sible for them to use the conduits Of
the telephone company.