The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-11
Engineering Department is
Busy on City's Biggest
Street Program.
TO START WORK EARLY
Engineer Smith Will Have
Plans Ready to Start Pave
ments Early in Spring

The most pretentious paving program
in the history of Kenosha is now being
worked out in the office Of the city
engineer and the new work to be done
during the year 1928 will set new
record for street Improvement in Keno
sha. "Thes program is not entirely
worked out" declared City Engineer
Robert Smith this morning, "but it can
be safely. said that the plan will pro-
vide for more street improvement than
has been provided for in any former
year Of the city's history. The work Of
cleaning upla5lot of streets in the near
in districts7iof the city is under con-
temptation and with hearty accord
from property owners these plans are
to be carried out. We are starting
into the new year with considerable
amount Of suncompleted work which is
covered by contracts let last year
There remains unfinished, but under
contract, $4,000 yards of street pave
ment and about half of this work is
ready for surfacing. The report for
the year will show that during 1922
there was 100000 yards of paving pro-
vided for and in addition $4,000 yards
of resurfacing. Just as early in the
season as possible the uncompleted
work will be taken care Of. With pros
poets of early spring we hope to get
the street improvement program fin
ished on time this year"
Some Of the Big Projects.
An examination of the estimates of
the engineers Office show that there
are number Of large projects in street
paving proposed for completion during
the next ten months. The program as
arranged to- date provides for the i'm
provemeht Of 100000 yards Of city
streets and most of them are in the
older sections of the city. This with
the amount of work under contract
brings the total for the year close to
the 10000 yard mark. The cost of
the paving will of course depend large
ly on the costs of material and labor,
but it will probably be in the neigh
boz god Of half million dollars.
One of the biggest projects will be
the improvement of West street from
Grand avenue to Strong street. 1t is
expected that this will be one of the
first contracts to be under way. An
other big project is the paving of
Pleasant street south from the end of
the present paving to Wilson street.
This is the street running to the east
of Lincoln Park. The plans provide
that it be paved to the width of SO feet.
The plans also provide for the i'm
provement of Pleasant street north
from Prairie avenue to Bronson street.
This improvement has long been sought
by many of the property owners on
the street,
Pavement for New District.
The year will bring many improve
ments to the south lake shore. In
Guided in the program is the paving of
Durkee avenue from the end Of the
present pavement at Park row to Sell
ma avenue, the south limits of, the city,
and Exchange street is to be improved
from Park row to the limits. In addi-
tion the plans call for the paving of
Lakewood avenue from Durkee avenue
TO the lakes1
An interesting project centers about
the paving of the west end of South
street with it's connections of Third
street and Pleasant place. 1t is ex-
pected that this strip of highway be-
tween West Main and Pleasant streets
will all belimproved during the year.
The program is not fixed and it is
certain that additions will be made to
it VIXEN the'petitions of property own
ers for street Improvement begin to
come in in the spring. The program is
being outlined at thsi early date with
a view of definitely planning the work
and having. it completed during the
building season. ga25