The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-30
MUST SEE REVENUE
To RESUME TRAFFIC

pany had franchise with few rights
and many responsibilities and obliga-
tions -: and that the question of the
future was of more interest to the COM
pany than present operation.
The Mayor proposed to the manager
that tie cars be started this morning
under city management with the under
standing that the city would try out
the operation Of the lines and guaran-
tee the company the operating expenses
and the return on investment and "a
little on the side' for the two weeks
period, but this suggestion brought a
curt refusal ON the part Of the manager.
Jitney Problem Discussed.
Of course the jitney question was UP
for discussion. A majority Of the mem
bers of the council went on record as
being favorable to regulation of the
jitneys. Aldermen Shearer, Turkelson
and Roberts all strongly declared them
selves in favor of the licensing Of the
jitney, regardless of the settlement of
the railway middle. They held that
the old ordinance which the council had
pigeon holed on former occasions, should
be taken out, busted off and passed.
It was shown that more than thous-
and Kenosha people had protested
against the limitation of the operation
of the jitneys and that this protest had
been made because the railway company
had not furnished the service that the
city demanded and was entitled to.
Extension of the lines was urged by
many of the speakers. These speakers
declared that the company had been
afraid to put ON the conductors, but
that the report Of the finances of the
company had shown that the conduc-
tors had brought an increase in bust
ness, not only sufficient to pay their
own salaries, but to leave some added
income for the company. 1t was
urged that pre- per extension of the
lines would bring the same kind of an
increased earnings.
The company hesitancy to meet the
demands of the city for "Ereal rail
way SYSTEM was voiced by many
speaker from the council floor and from
the interested visitors at the meeting
In response to all demand for extern
sions of the line, Manager Calendar
had just one answer, Gentlemen, you
can It spend what you haven It got"
Among the speakers were Aldermen
Shearer, Roberts, Wacns, Turkelson,
Holderness, Donahue, and the Mayor
from the council floor, and from the
lobby the speakers included w. 7. Mar
latt, Richard F. Kaiser, G. E. Dewey
Charles G. Brown, I. v. Yingst and
others. All with the possible excep-
tion of the last named speaker, who
said he represented the jitney drivers
voiced demand for the continuance
of railway service and proper kind
of railway service in the city.
The sentiment of the interested citi-
zens was voiced in the statement of
Charles G. Brown, who said: "Kenosha
is going to be a Large city, you can I
hold it back. Nothing can keep back
the growth of the great west shore of
the lake between Chicago and Milwau-
kee. just now it might lie very diff
fcult to buy equipment for street
railway line, but the law that has al
ways come up to me to govern the sue
cess of undertakings of this kind, is the
law of service. If you don t give serv-
ice you can t get anywhere. Men have
told me that they signed the pro
test against jitney litigation because
they knew that the railway company
was not furnishing service"
Wants Town Helped.
Richard f. Kaiser, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, wanted the com
pany to come clean and show how much
it was earning on other utilities anc
show the people just how much it could
afford to sacrifice from such earnings
He declared that the grocer could not
make profit on sugar but that the
grocer had to handle sugar. He de
clared that the growth of the city was
being retarded on account of the fact
that there had been no extension OF
street railway lines and that the work
of great industries was being badly
interferred with on account of the
fact that workmen living in widely
separated parts of the city had nc
way to get to their work.
The discussion during the entire
evening was decidedly frank and it il
thought that the reflection of this dis
cpssion will be seen in the outcome OF
the conference being held this afternoon