The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-16
Chamber Of Commerce
Thinks Aldermen Did Not
i Fully Understand Fran
chise Proposition.
ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT
Interesting Reports Submitted BY
chairmen of Various Committees
Showing Great Amount of Work
Done the Past Year.


TO reconsider the vote by which the
city council rejected the franchise per-
hitting #. M. r. r. & Il. Company to
run it's interurban ears into Market
Square win be the request to that
body by the Chamber of Commerce at
the council meeting Monday night
AT the annual meeting of the Keno
sha Chamber Of Commerce held in the
Pompeian room Of the Elks club Tues
day evening the councils action was
discussed at length and the members
Of the Chamber were amazed that any
set Of men pretending to represent the
city should do such thing, and it was
the consensus Of opinion that many
of the aldermen who voted against the
granting Of the franchise did not un.
derstand the import of it and they
will be asked to reconsider their action
in order that the matter may be thor
oughly discussed.
Five new members Of the board of
directors Of the chamber were elected
lit the meeting Tuesday night. They
aEe: for the term of three years, w.
ri. Afford, H. Il. Barden, and George
S. Whyte; for the term Of two years,
w. D. Martin; for the term Of one
year, w. J. Threinen.
Reports of committees covering the
activities Of the chamber for the past
year were then read and placed on file
First to make report was President
Dan 0 Head. His report was verbal
one in which he, in short talk gave a
resume Of the things attempted and
those accomplished by the chamber fol
the year just ended.
Street Railway Franchise
This was followed by the report Of
the Public Affairs Committee, of which
James Bailey is chairman. Mr.. Bailey
went over the reports of his committee
to secure the franchise permitting the
electric railway company to run its
5 ears to Market Square and told of the
keen disappointment the committee ex
perienced when they thought they had
accomplished this work to find that
they would have it all to do over again
He also reviewed the work Of the com
mittee in attempting to get better
conveniences for passengers at the
North Shore station and, reported that
they had secured the cooperation of the
officials Of that line and that they have
the assurance of the company this work
will be done.
A City Plan.
The report of Joseph Rhode, of the
City Development Committee, reported
that it had secured an appropriation
from the council Of $4,000, and had
plans in operation for making a thor
ough survey Of the city for the pur
pose Of bringing about a City Plan,
that it had established one public com
fort station and was fostering new
hotel for Kenosha.
The Reconstruction Committee, OF
Witch w. ~. ddIt1u Is Chairman re
viewed its work in the Victory Loar
campaign, the Boy Scout movement, The
st, Catherine hospital matter, and thu
securing of fuel for the city last win
ter when the fuel conservation com
missioner of the state had cut Keno
sha S share to so much below the need
ed amount.
Americanization of Foreigners.
The County Committee of which Rus
sell Jones is chairman, reported it,
work in connecting the pavements Of
the city with the public highways; it,
campaign for Liberty bonds; ane
the movement to stop the owners Of
property from renting them for the use
of street carnivals.
Prof. N. a. Rowe's report on til,
AUGMENTATION Of Foreigners was
most interesting one, in which he stated
that afternoon schools had been estab
lished in FIVE factories and nigh
school i'll one of them; that out of thes,
schools sixty persons had obtained
their second papers; and that the com
mittee had secured a vast amount 0.
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