The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-10
HAD BIGGEST
PAVING YEAR
Nine Miles of Street Paved
i'm KenOsha in 1923
Says Report.
NEAR FIFTY MILE MARK
City Will Pass Fifty Mile Mark
in 1924 as Total Now Is 47.08
Miles with Six Miles in 1924.

Nine miles of street were paved in
Kenosha in 1928, marking the largest
paving year in the history of the city,
according to the statistics made public
this morning by City Engineer Robert
M. Smith. Prior to this time 1922,
with 6.74 miles of paving, stood out as
the record year for street paving in
Kenosha with 1919 next in order with
Sd miles.
The information was made public
today in a chart, prepared by the city
engineers department for the Office of
the city manager, in which the growth
of paved streets in Kenosha from 1918
to 1923 is graphically shown. During
that eleven year period 30.78 miles of
street have been paved in Kenosha,
representing more than half of the
paved thoroughfares now in the city.
This chart~will be later published in
this paper to show the people of Ke-
nosha what has been accomplished in
paving here within that period.
Nearing Fifty Miles Now.
Records of the city show that there
are now 47.o8 miles of paved street in
Kenosha. With all due allowance for
| repaving that is included in the work
done within the past two years, it is
shown that more than one-half of the
paved street has been built in the
last ten years. 1t is also of interest to
note that the two highest years have
been the last two under the city man
ager form of government.
r H.. -,
budget provides for, the building of
six miles of paving in the year 1924
which will take the total well above
the fifty-mile mark. The administra-
tion hopes to be able to make suhse-
quent lettings of probably three more
miles, this latter dependent on the cost
of the six miles which has been def
nitely voted for this year by the coun-
ell.
Had Ups and Downs.
The chart prepared by the city en-
gineer's Office shows that there were
ups and downs" in the carrying out
of paving program in Kenosha. For
example: In 1918 the city paved 2.06
miles, an amount unprecedented UP
to that time in the history of the city
For the next four years the paving
program dwindled steadily going to
1.6 miles in 1914. 81 miles in 1915, .0G
miles in 1915 and nothing at all in
1917 The last named year was the
first war year when it was deemed adj
visable to eurtail all paving,
After 1917 the paving pendulum
swung upward again. In 1913 2 miles
were added, in 1919 Sd miles was
laid, in 1890 oo6 miles. In 1921 the
bids received were considered almost
prohibitive and only 40 of mile was
paved in the city. Then in 1922 and
! 1928 the city launched on paving pro-
gram which Is still in full swing add
ing in those two years more than ff-
teen and half miles to the paved
| thoroughfares Of the city.
1t is declared that the record which
has been made in the past two years in
Kenosha will compare favorably with
the paving program in any city of this
class in the state, It was pointed out
by officials of the city in connection
with the disclosing of this information
that the large paving program had
been carried out without any increase
in the mill tax.