The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-18
NORTH SHORE
HAS'EM GUESSING
Counting of Noses of Pass
engers on Trains Gives
Rise to RumOrs.
TES
NO STATEMENT GIVEN
Local Officials of Co. Say Mat.
ter Is Entirely for ''Engin-
eering Department. >

The Chicago, North Shore and Mill
waukee line is pulling an interesting
mystery all its own and passengers
who use this line and other people
who live in the neighborhood, are
guessing. Two men in natty uniforms
are standing at the station of the pop
ular west side electric and every pas
senger who gets off a car from the
north or south and every passenger
who gets on car going out of Keno
sha IS being registered. The monoton-
Gus chick of the little checker carried
by these men is sort of getting on the
nerves of people out in this district.
They are curious and want to know
what it is all about and the only ans
wer that is received from the entirely
courteous checkers is a bland smile
and request to ask the engineering
department. 1t is said that the re-
ports which are being sent in show
that over a thousand people are
brought to Kenosha daily by the west
side line and nearly as large a number
leave on the North Shore trains.
Agent Not In On Secret.
The agent for the company in Keno
sha admitted today that he is not in
on the secret. "Sorry, but can not
enlighten you" was his reply to a re-
quest for information. 'These meu
are working under the engineering
dep ment s they ave 2 It seen it
~ sve M Ahy further infoTllt.i :
All | know is that they have orders
to count the noses of every passengers
coming into or going out of Kenosha
for whole week and they are just
getting a good start on the count.
Probably in due time the engineering
department will announce just what
it is all about it, but they have not as
yet offered any suggestion"
The gentlemenly counters just go
right on with their work and let it be
understood that they do not want
to be interviewed and have nothing
to say if they are.
Many RumOrs Afioat.
There are lot of rumors afoat.
One of them is that the Chicago, Mil
waukee and North Shore Company may
be interested in asking the city Of
Kenosha for some permit for branch
line to bring the passengers into the
heart Of the city. Another was that
the company might be interested in an
effort to purchase the city lines of the
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company.
1t is known that a very large number
of the passengers of the North Shore
get away from the station over the
local lines. Brittin I. Budd, the presi-
dent of the company operating the
North Shore lines, at one time con-
sidered the purchase of the lines in
Kenosha, but at that time he gave out
public statement in which he declared
that it was not probable that his COM
pany would be interested in invading
Kenosha with a local street railway.
He also had something to say in re-
gard to corporation courtesy and in.
timated that his company might be
more interested if it we're approached
by the officials of the Wisconsin Gas
and Electric Company.
City Asked Company to Act.
At one time the city of Kenosha
asked the North Shore officials to come
to Kenosha and consider the possible.
ties of local line in the city, but
the company declined the invitation
and the matter was dropped.
This afternoon, one of the checkers
at the station in talking with one of
the representatives of the Evening
News admitted that the officials of the
company were considering a plan for
down town street line in Kenosha to
act as feeder for the through line.
He said, however, that he knew nothing
of the detailed plans Of the company.