The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-06
ALLEN TO HEAR EVIDENCE
Hearing Is Scheduled to Begin at Coun-
Gil Chamber at the City Hall at Ten
O'Clock Friday Morning MANY
Witnesses Have Been Summoned.

A general hearing of all facts and
evidence connected with the Kenosha
Street Railway muddle, which followed
the abandonment of service by the
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
a week ago last Saturday, has been set
for Friday, June 9TH in the morning,
when members of the Wisconsin Rail
road Commission will come to the city
for hearing at the City Hall. The
hearing will be held in the council
chamber beginning at ten clock with
Commissioner Allen in charge.
Commissioner Allen is pretty well
acquainted with the conditions sur
rounding the utilities in Kenosha as he
has been in charge Of number Of hear
ings held in the city in recent months.
| Late Tuesday afternoon interested
parties in the city, including the city
| attorney, the officials of the Chamber
Of Commerce, and the officials of the
| Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
were notified that the call for the hear
| ing had been sent out. The complaint
made by the city demanding the imme
date resumption of service on the car
lines, was formally filed vita the
| commission on Tuesday afternoon and
| the commission acted Immediately to
call the hearing.
1t is expected that many witnesses
will be called to show the dire need
of street railway service in the city
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| jitneys will be on hand to look after
their interests.
| Just what form the hearing will take
will be determined after the commits
sioner reaches the city. Three com
plants are before the commissioner for
consideration. One filed by the Cham
Der Of Commerce, a second filed by
the city, and the third by the railway
company. This last named complaint
| is in the form Of a letter notifying the
commission that the company had aban-
| doned service on the Kenosha lines ON
account Of inability to make a living.
The representatives of the city will
| seek to have the company lay bare the
| whole business that it has done in Ke
nosha and it is expected that this
will show that some of the utilities
owned by the company have been
decidedly profitable.
1t is expected that the company will
be represented by full battery of
attorneys and that these men will seek
| to show that it is impossible for the
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Kenosha property. Undoubtedly the
company will seek to have its state
ment made at this hearing fore
RUNNER Of a demand for increased
| charges for traffic in Kenosha
| The city will undoubtedly put up to
| the commission for its answer the sug-
| gestion of the company that the action
| of the commission in fixing jitney
routes to parallel the lines of the rail-
way company, was largely to blame for
the present conditions, The commits
| sion has been asked informally on
former occasions to revise the routes
of the jitneys and it is possible
that such revision of routes will
be one of he first things suggested
at the hearing.
| There is no cut and dried program
| for the hearing. Tt is distinctly hear
| ing for the people to air their griev-
ances against the railway company and
make suggestions as to the best way
out of the muddle. Undoubtedly
every one who has anything to offer
xxv,l1 loa ~ van a nbonoo
Commissioner Allen has been feat
ured in his service to the state by the
| democratic manner in which he has
conducted hearings and there is no
doubt but that the people as well as the
attorneys for the company will be given
plenty of chances to be heard.
Tt is expected that City Attorney
Slater, who drew the complaint for the
Chamber of Commerce, as well as the
complaint for the city, will be in charge
of the examination of the witnesses
| called by the compliments.
The hearing may be extended, but
the attorneys interested expect that the
commission will get all the facts that
may be deemed necessary at a morning
and afternoon session. On account of
the Importance of the matter it is ex-
pected that number Of the employees
Of the commission will come t. Ke-
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