The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-27
WORK WILL START AT ONCE
a. A. Dye Comes to Kenosha to Have
Charge of Rearranging Entire Plant
Of Telephone Company Here-Many
Conduits to Be Installed.

The Wisconsin Telephone company
has approved an estimate of $4,000
to make it possible for the company
to comply with the underground ordi-
nance Of the city and A. A. Dye, one
of the best construction men in the
employ of the company, has come to
Kenosha to have charge of the work
of putting the wires into conduits.
The entire plan for the Kenosha I'M
foreground work has been made and
approved and work is to start at once.
1T will probably take six months to
complete the work although large
force of men will be employed in
an effort to rush it.
The plan arranged by the company
promises to give much better service
for the present needs Of Kenosha and
to make provision for the future
growth Of the exchange. 1t not only
provides for the laying of conduits on
all of the streets covered by the ordi-
nance save one, but it also provides
for wide extension of aerial cable to
make possible the extension of serv-
ice to the districts ON the outskirts Of
the city. Conduits will be installed
on all streets south of the Main street
bridge and west as far as Congress
street. Then conduit will be put in
Congress street extending all the way
from Market to Strong street in order
TO make an easier distribution Of
service wires to points in the south
and west portions Of the city with
out overlooking the down town con-
duits. All lines on Main street and
Park avenue from the bridge as far
south as Deming street will be put
under ground and it is probable that
the underground work will be extend
cd along Deming street to Durkee
avenue and south along Durkee to
Park Row. The underground work on
Market street is to be extended west
to Third street and conduits will be
put in on all streets named in the ordi-
nance with the exception of Sheridan
Road. The company has reached the
decision that for the present poles
must be maintained on Sheridan Road
to handle distributing cables into the
central plant and an effort will be
made to have the city council agree
to the maintenance of these few poles
for the present at least
In discussing the proposed changes,
~ ~ i
will make wonderful improvements in
Kenosha. 1T will make it easier to
handle the business the company now
has and to take care of extensions
which are certain to come and MANY
of which are in sight now. The put
ting in of the aerial cable to the ex-
treme west portions of the city will
help to give much better service to the
people in those sections and the LAYING
of the conduit on Congress street will
help take the load off the new conduits
in the down town district The com
pany has approved the estimate for
this work in Kenosha and we hope to
get it in without any serious delay.
The company wants to make the plant
right in Kenosha and the approved
plans and specifications should bring
an excellent plant and one that will
meet every demand Of the city"
Now that the telephone company has
actually started on the underground
work the members Of the council will
undoubtedly begin to prod the other
companies interested. The Wisconsin
Gas and Electric company and the
Chicago and Milwaukee Telegraph
company both maintain wires on the
big poles on Main street.
One of the first considerations in
passing the underground wire ordi-
nance was to provide for placing these
wires under ground. The council will
insist that the wires go down or the
companies will have to fight in court.
The ordinance provides heavy pen
atty for failure to obey the provisions
Of it and the members of the council
will insist on enforcement of the
penalties.
With the telephone company leading
the way it is thought possible that
other companies will seek to put in
the underground work at the same
time in order to avoid duplication of
expenses in connection with the work.