The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-12
To Incorporate ArteriaI
Highway System as Re-
suit of Meeting.
OVER TWO MAIN WAYS
Milwaukee Ave-, Sheridan Rd.,
Elizabeth st. and Selma Ave.
First Experiment.

Arterial highways in Kenosha will
be Milwaukee avenue to Grand avenue
on the south, west on Grand avenue to
Sheridan road, and then south on
Sheridan road through to Highway Is;
Elizabeth street, west from Sheridan
road to Salem avenue, thence north
west on Salem avenue to Highway so.
These were the streets finally agreed
upon at an open meeting held in the
city council chambers Tuesday even
ing with interested citizens and city
officials in the discussion. There were
many other suggestions offered of ad-
ditional routes for arterial highways
but the final recommendation that will
be made to the city council at It's next
meeting on Monday evening will in
clude only those lines outlined above.
Present at the meeting were Chief
of Police Thad Logan, City Manager
Osborne, Ora Koenes, representing the
Wisconsin Gas and Electric company,
Carl Reed, representing the Kenosha
Retailers association, and other mer-
chants and citizens directly or indi-
rectly interested in the project
City Manager Osborne presided at
the meeting and outlined the idea as
now in use in other cities. He declar-
ed that the system was meeting with
considerable success in other cities,
and he pointed out as particular ex-
amples Racine, Milwaukee and Chi
cago where officials were highly sat
isfed with its operation.
Chief Logan Makes Suggestion.
The system as it would apply to Ke-
nosha was first outlined by Chief Logan.
"We, Of the police department and
members of the city council" said
Chief Logan, shave talked this thing
over for quite some time, and it is
only after considerable consideration
that we have made the following plan.
There should be at least one through
arterial highway north and south and
another east and west. Ultimately it
may be feasible to increase this num-
Der to more as the traffic warrants it..
The suggestion of those who have
spent some time considering the mat
ter is that those streets lying in the
path of through highways be named
arterial highways. Later it might be
advisable to add Prairie avenue, Mar
ket street, Grand avenue and Middle
street if the cross town traffic in
creases. Another north and-south high
way may be made on Fremont avenue
and Rowland avenue. All these plans
are merely tentative and if adopted
they will be placed in effect only as
an experiment"
There was some discussion as to
whether to make Main street a part
of the system. This question was de-
cided negatively when it was pointed
out that traffic on Main street must
of necessity be slow and the arterial
system would only increase the con-,
fusion and congestion that marks the
street even now.
Bring Up Parking Problem.
The system as above outlined was
finally adopted by the men present and
this will be recommended to the city
council for enactment into ordinances.
Still another problem brought up
for discussion at the time was the
parking problem. 1t was suggested
that parking be eliminated on Main
street. The problem then came up for
a place near the down town district
to park automobiles. 1t was proposed
that the park on Market Square be
removed and the space be turned into
parking space. City Manager Osborne