The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-01
EXTEND SERVICE
NORTH OF CITY
Street Car Service to be
Granted on City Fares
to Ropeville.
CHANGE BUS LINES
Work Out Service to Coordin-
ate Interurban Line and
Bus Service.

At the meeting of the city council
last evening Manager o. Koenes of
the Wisconsin Gas & Electric COM
pany agreed to extend city street car
service and the city fare limits to
Ropeville, just as soon as necessary
block signals can be installed north
of the old city limits. The service
will be limited at first by the single
track, but in the spring the double
track will be extended north a quar-
ter of a mile, and city service can
then be given. This agreement puts
an end to a controversy which has
caused hard feeling in Kenosha for
the last two or three years,
Numerous changes in interurban
service, establishment of a weekly
Sits pass good between Racine and
Kenosha, absorption of the Red Bus
line and changes in the interurban
bus schedules were announced today
by the T. M E. R. & l.. Co.
To Change Interurban Service.
Beginning Thursday morning inter
urban cars will leave Racine for Ke-
nosha at 5:25, 5:55 and 6:25 a. M. and
6:25 a. m. and every hour thereafter
at 25 minutes after the hour until
1925 p. m. The cars will leave Ke-
nosha at 6:14, 6:44 and hourly there
after to 11:44 p. m. and also at 1906
a. m. This schedule eliminates half
hourly service and establishes hourly
services, excepting at the busy period
early in the morning. However. the
car and bus service will be co-ordinat-
ed, so there will be Commute service.
The Wisconsin Motor Bus company, a
subsidiary of T. M. E. r. & L. Co.,
tablished by Roscoe Guilbert. and
there will be operated one limited"
and one local" bus each way each
hour between Racine and Kenosha,
and four limited" buses between
Racine and Milwaukee each day. Linn
tied buses leave Racine for Kenosha
at FIVE minutes past the hour, and
leave Kenosha for Racine at the same
time. Locals" will leave Racine for
Kenosha at As minutes after the hour
during the day time. and IS minutes
after the hour in the evening COM
mencing at 1855 o'clock. They leave
Kenosha at % minutes after the hour
in the daytime, and Is minutes after
the hour in the evening. The Ra-
cine terminal will be the interurban
station; and the Kenosha terminal will
be the Public Service building on
Market Square.
Reduce Interurban Fares.
On Feb. 5, there will be a reduc-
tion in interurban fares. The charge
hereafter will be 80 cents to Racine
with an allowance of cents if city
transfer is presented when ticket is
purchased, and the privilege of trans
ferring to city car free at the ter
minal. There will also be the weekly
$175 interurban pass, which will re
duce the fare to 1sc each way if used
for a round-trip each day. These
passes will not be good for city trav-
ell in Racine or Kenosha.
For the limited" bus service, the
latest type green de luxe sedan type
buses will be used between Racine
ana henoSha, Wh1Ie the REQ Dus ana
Gray line equipment will be used for
the ''local" service. The limited
buses will stop only at few points
between terminals st. GATHERINGS
hospital, Kenosha, and Hotel Racine,
Sixteenth and Racine streets, and Ra-
cine street and DeKoven avenue in
Racine. Fare on local buses from
Racine to Kenosha will be Is cents,
and on limited buses, so cents.