The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-19
TO RE-ROUTE
TRAFFIC LINES
Chief Logan Maps Out
New Ways for Traffic to
Move In Future.
ELIMINATES HAZARDS
Downtown District to Move
On New Traffic Lines to
Make Travel Safe.


Traffic regulations in the city Of Ke-
nosha must be entirely revolutionized
if present hazards are to be elimi-
mated, Chief Of Police Thad Logan de-
clared today, as he made public plans
for the re-routing of traffic, particu-
larIy in the downtown districts.
The little pins which the chief of
police keeps on the map of the city
Of Kenosha to show where collisions
take place have accumulated at cer-
tain spots of the map with such alarm
ing rapidity that nothing short of a
revolution" would mend matters, and
chief said. Each pin represents q
that some of the most hazardous in-
tersections are downtown in the ccn-
gested Main street district.
Plan New Ordinances.
New ordinances for the re-routing
of traffic are being drawn up by the
police chief working in cooperation
with Peter Hurtgen, director Of pub
lie works. Both have been working
for some time on the problem, and
have now worked out series Of or
dinances which are just about ready
to submit to the city council and city
manager.
The drastic changes provided for in
the proposed new onlinances xwin
make several streets downtown one-
way traffic streets, downtown alleys
will be one-way traffic lanes, prevent
parking on certain additional streets,
eliminate left-hand turns into alleys
entering off Of Main street, and at
certain corners downtown and on the
west side, and prevent all-night park
ing on the streets.
s The motorist who uses the streets
as an open-air garage is still prev
alent, the chief says, in spite of the
fact that the police have sought to
eliminate them by requiring all parked
cars to have their parking lights on
after dark.
These street-garages will now have
their keys entirely thrown away on
them by proposed ordinance which
will provide that no vehicle shall park
on any thoroughfare in the city Of
Kenosha for more than six. hours be-
tween 10 p. m. and q, M.
If this ordinance goes into effect,
rs it is expected it will, patrolmen
will mark cars while making their
rounds at night, and arrest the own
ers if the car is found in the street
for more than six hours.
Plans in Detail.
These are the plans for the re-
routing of the traffic in addition to
the one applying to "street-garages"
as noted above:
1. Market Square and all boule-
wards of the future will be two-way
traffic lanes, Traffic going east from
Chicago to-Main street will take right
hand lane, along the city hall east
ward, and traffic going west from Main
street will take the right hand lane,
along the First National bank side of
the square. Traffic along boulevards
of the future will be similarly routed,
all motorists keeping in the fight hand
road.
2. On South street between Main
and Exchange streets, only eastbound
traffic will be permitted.
3. On South street, between Main
street and Sheridan road, only west
bound traffic will be permitted. These
two provisions will eliminate the
hazards which all realize exist at the
intersection of Main and South streets,
but the regulation does not apply to
street cars.
A. Parking will be eliminated on
the south side of South street from
Main street to Sheridan road. AS il
now exists, an automobile going west
may be pinned between the parked
cars of the Greiner-Nash company on
The north, and an automobile going
east if a street car is travelling in
the center of the street.
5. Alleys in the downtown dis
trict will be one-way traffic alleys, SC
planned that no traffic will empty into
Main street from an alley. All traffic
from Main street into an alley must
make right-hand turn. Take for in
stance Block 80, which is bounded by
Market, Exchange and Main streets
The alley in this block which runs
east and west will have traffic in il
running only one way and that east
out of Main street, and no motorisi
will be permitted to make a left-hand
turn into this alley.
6. No vehicle will be permitted to
make left-hand turn at these inter.
sections: Main and Wisconsin streets
Park and Main streets, Market and
Main streets, eastbound traffic MAY
make = left-hand turn to 90 north
upon Main street
2. At the intersection of Rowland
avenue and Elizabeth street, no left.
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