The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
FIRST FIGHT FOR GOOD ROADS
Committee from Chamber of Commerce
Joins With Others in Making Fight
to Get Road improvements in Pleas
ant Prairie-Supervisors In Line.

2. G. Simmons, president Of SIM
mons Company is to remain as presl-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
He was unanimously chosen for this
position at a meeting Of the re-
organized board of directors held at
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce on Friday afternoon. Dan o..
Head, former mayor of the city, was
named as first vice president; District
A. L. Drury, as second vice president;
Joseph N. Funck, treasurer, and John
Lind, as secretary. The executive
committee of the organization Is to
be made up Of President Simmons,
Charles Huber and Carl w. johnson.
At this the first meeting Of the
board, honorary membership in the or
ganization was conferred upon all of
the clergymen Of the city and in add
tion the members of the Common Coun-
ell and the members of the Board OF
Supervisors of the county were added
to the honorary list.
The directors had long discussion
as to the appointment Of special COM
mittees to have charge of various lines
of work. The most notable commit
tee is to be the 'tWays and Means
committee. Tt is to be made up of
three men representing each of the
twenty lines of business in Kenosha.
ence to take up big propositions which
may come UP for consideration later
The ways and means committee will
be the most important organization IN
connection with the Chamber. 1t will
be a sort of a directing board to
take the place Of general meeting in
cases of emergency.
The meeting of the directors was en-
thusiastic and at it many matters were
brought up for consideration. Later
on the list of committees will be nam
ed by President Simmons and it is ex-
pected that this list Of committees will
be announced within the next week.
Secretary Lind is busy getting out no
tees to all members to provide for the
collection of the dues of the associa-
ton Already more than twenty-five
hundred dollars has been paid in.
The first work Of the Chamber of
! Commerce for the advance of Kenosha
was along the line of getting better
highways and at the meeting on Fri
day afternoon a committee composed
of Charles Huber, E. J. Sullivan and
Adolph Epstein was named to act with
committees of the Kenosha Retailer Is
Association and the Kenosha Automo
bile Club, to interview members of the
County Board and seek to have them
support the plan to secure the improve
ment Of roads in Pleasant Prairie
The three committees made a round OF
the city on Friday afternoon. Repre-
senting the Retailers was Charles FL
Goodman, N. j. Werner and G. E
Dewey, while the automobile club was
represented by Dan o. Head, Pete
Rhode and Robert Nicoll.
This big committee visited many o.
the city members of the board on Fri
day afternoon and every member seer
declared that he was favorable to thu
good roads movement for the county
It was declared that there had been /.
misunderstanding in regard to tn,
Pleasant Prairie proposition and TIL
members interviewed intimated tina
when the matter came up for a fna
vote they would support the plan
The big joint committee of the thre,
organizations for the advancement O
the city will later appear before tn,
County Board and further urge tn
issuance of bonds for the improvement
of these roads.