The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-30
County Board Receives Pc
titions for Completing
Road in 1923.
WOULD HAVE TO BOND
Some Officials Advance Plan
to Delay Completion of Road
for Several Years.

To complete or not to complete the
paving of the Geneva road through Ke-
nosha county in 1923 was the question
which occupied the attention of the
board of supervisors Of Kenosha coun-
ty at their regular session this morn
ing. The question was brought to an
issue by the presentation of resolu-
tons passed by the Kiwanis club, the
Elks' lodge and by the Kenosha Retail
ers' association urging that the Ave
mile strip from the Fox river bridge to
the. county line be completed in the
coming season.
Russell H. Jones and James Holub,
for the Kiwanis club, c. E. Dewey and
Fred Ramon, Of the Retailers associ-
alton, and O. L. Trenary, from the
Kenosha Elks' lodge, appeared before
the board and urged the completion
Of the Geneva road.
ea' @ A County Highway.
The three resolutions presented by
the organizations named above each
pointed out that the Geneva road was a
direct trunkline highway across Ke-
nosha county and was of great value
to the people of all parts of the coun-
ty in connecting up the various towns
and the city of Kenosha, as well as
with neighboring towns and cities in
Walworth county They showed that
the completion of the highway ex-
tending all the way across the county
from east to west would afford direct
communication with Lake Geneva, Elk
horn, GAINESVILLE, Beloit and Madison.
They stated that the completion of the
Kenosha county part of the highway
would be a strong incentive to Wal
worth county to complete it's strip as
the officials there had practically
agreed OF meet Kenosha county at the
county line.
The resolutions also recalled that a
highway from north to south across
the county had been completed in. the
Sheridan Road, thereby accommodate
ing through traffic.
Would Mean Bond Issue.
1t was pointed out to the board that
the completion of the highway would
bring about a bond issue. 1t was also
shown that the county by waiting sew
eral years could avoid bond issue
but that this could only be done by a
considerable delay. The bond issue
would be in the neighborhood of
100000.
The fact that the Kilbourn road is
probably to be under construction was
brought into the consideration of the
project. This road is a federal road
and the work there will go ahead de-
spite any action on the Geneva road
Supervisor Luke of the town of
Wheatland, through which the strip
would, pass, also spoke before the board
and urged the immediate completion
of the paving Of the Sheridan road.
Point to State Aid.
Opposition to the completion of the
Geneva Road in 1928 was brought by
some of the supervisors on the grounds
that by waiting until action had been
taken by the state highway department
on the program which has been out
lined, Kenosha county, might profit
thereby to such an extent that bond
issue for the Geneva road would be-
come unnecessary. Under the plan
Kenosha county will receive bonus
of $500 mile for paved road and
this would help greatly in caring for
the expense of paving the remainder
of the Geneva road. Several of the
members of the board were in favor
of delaying the paving for this reason.
These same members advocated the
completion of the Kilbourn road in
keeping with the federal highway pro-
ject.