The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Revival Of efforts to extend the lines
of the Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha
Electric Railway Company south from
Kenosha, is in prospect, as agents OF
the Wisconsin Gas and Electric Com
pany have notified Mayor Pfennig that
this is one of the problems that the
company would be pleased to take up
at the conference between the city Off
cials and the operators of the Kenosha
Electric Railway.
The company has been looking with
a degree of envy at lines gathering in
heavy business to the south of Kenosha
and it is certain that if the proper ar
rangements could be made for an en-
trance and an exit for the cars into
and out of Kenosha that the south line
would prove rather attractive to the
Milwaukee company owning the cleo
trio lines in the cities along the lake
shore in Wisconsin.
III do not know just what can be
done in this matter" said the mayor,
it would appear to me that it would
be easy to find right-of-way for the
cars out of Kenosha, i'll fact easier
than it would be to get them into Ke-
nosha. The company now has the
Sheridan Road line running down to
Selma avenue or to within short
distance of it and it should be easy to
run line to the east along Selma ave-
nue. to connect with the private right
of-way the company owns, running
south from Kenosha Building the
line along this route would eliminate
any reason to disturb the Kenosha
Country Club in the use of the present
club grounds and it would eliminate
as well a fight which the company
might find if it sought to build a line
south along Exchange street or Durkee
avenue If che company really wants
to have an air line between Kenosha
and Waukegan, the right-of-way to the
east certainly furnishes it as there
would be few crossings of any kind.
It is also probable that the building of
This line to the south would have the
effect of building up a large territory
along the lake shore south of the pres
ent city limits. A lot of people would
be glad to buy property and build
homes south of Selma avenue if the
traffic problem were solved and the
building of this line would 60 long
way toward solving it, The matter
has not been put up to me by ranking
officials of the company but am adj
vised by local agents that the company
is interested in a movement to build
the line to the south. Of course to
have this line of any value some ar
rangement must be made by council
or court action to get the cars of the
company into the city from the north.
The Milwaukee avenue property own
ers are first to be consulted in this
matter and it is possible that the com
pany could reach some agreement with
them.'
1t is probable that the railway con
ference will be called within the next
week as Mayor Pfennig has notified
NASO-pl OSAuCho way o1 inc company
that he is ready and willing to listen
to any suggestions that the company
may have for the Improvement of SER
vice in Kenosha and that the city is
willing to act on suggestions which
may properly be acted on. Just as
soon as the date for the conference
has been set the officials of the city
will outline just what they feel that
the city needs for the betterment of
the service and these suggestions will
be put up to the officials of the com
pany for consideration.
If it is possible to work out gen
eral plan which will bring the inter
urban ears into the city and furnish a
route to the south from the city it is
thought that the plan would meet with
cordial support from many of the mem
N,Ders of the Common Council. AS the
company owns a right-of-way leading
all the way from Kenosha to the limits
Of Waukegan, it is not thought that
any trouble would be met with prop
erty owners to the south of Kenosha.