The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-11
Tells Transportation Com
mittee To Get Proposition
From Chicago Motor Bus
Syndicate At Once.
WOULD SUPPL CAR Line
city Executive Declares He Wants To
Find Immediate Solution To Big Pro
blem Rather Than To Make
Trouble for Utility Company.

With a view of getting immediate
relief for transportation problems in
the city, Mayor John G. Joachim today
instructed Alderman Fred Palmgreen,
chairman of the council committee on
railways and transportation, to get in
touch with Chicago syndicate now
operating motor buses on the streets
of number Of cities in Illinois and
ask this company to make an imme-
date proposition to the city of Keno
sha for the operation Of such buses on
the streets of Kenosha. The mayor de-
clared that he believed that the Chica-
go syndicate would have a proposition
ready for the consideration of the coun-
Gil on next Monday night and that in
this proposition could be found some
thing which would bring some imme
date relief
III want it understood that this sug
gestion is not made with the idea of
causing trouble to the railway company
but with the sole idea of giving trans
portation 70 p&rts Of the city which the
railway company has shown a neglect
for. So far as | can see there is no
hope of securing extensions of street
railway lines from this company. They
have declared that they can not afford
to make extensions and the city Of Ke-
nosha must have extensions. These fell
lows in Chicago have been nibbling
for chance to get into Kenosha with
this new service and / believe that a
little encouragement on the part of the
city officials is the only thing that is
necessary to get action. believe that
the people OF Kenosha would welcome
a service of this kind and that the sug-
gestion will meet with favor when it
is laid before the council.'
The company in question is declared
to be operating buses in several cities
and it is in charge of the operation of
the big rubber-neck buses in Chi
cago. The suggestion of the mayor is
that this company come into Kenosha
and provide to take over some of the
long distance traffic which appears to
be so necessary to the operation of
some of the large factories of the city.
1t is certainly worth while to make an
effort to have these people come into
Kenosha.
The mayor insisted that this must
not be considered as a suggestion for
the return of the jitneys to the city
and that the big BUSES which he was
considering would have the carrying
capacity of a street car and that their
operation would be directly under the
city officials and with the consent of
the officials.
1t is believed that such system of
transportation could be worked out
without having any complications with
the railway company or the Wisconsin
railroad commission. 1t is believed
that routes for the big busses could be
arranged in such way that the bust
ness would be profitable to the buses
without entirely crippling the business
of the street railway company.
At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday night it was an
nounced that the proposed franchise
for the operation Of the interurban
cars would be before the city on next
Monday evening and with this fran
chise and a proposition from the Chica-
go company the council should have
busy time with railway matters. It is
expected that Alderman Palmgreen will
arrange for a conference with the men
in charge Of the Chicago buses some
time before the end of the week, but
these men may not be able to get
proposition ready in time for next Mon
day evening.