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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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projects on page 37 of this issue of the ElectricRailway Journal. In Indiana the one break in the otherwise continuous chainof electric railways between Wisconsin and Central New Yorkis rapidly being closed. This break is found in the line of theWinona Interurban Railway between the towns of Mentone andAkron, in the north central part of the State. A recent item inthe Electric Railway Journal stated that cars were operatingover a 10-mile section at the southern end and a 12-mile sec-tion at the northern end of the 44-mile section which interveneda year ago. On the remaining 22 miles the grading is largelycompleted and rails are being laid. It is expected that throughcars will be in operation by Feb. 1. This link will make pos-sible through electric travel between Indianapolis and Chicagoand will complete the electric route from Wisconsin into theState of New York. Arrangements have been completed for opening the firstsection of the Indianapolis, Newcastle & Toledo Railway and the
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January i, 1910.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 41 larger part of the construction work between Indianapolis andNewcastle has been finished. This section is about 45 mileslong and as originally promoted was intended as part of athrough route between Indianapolis and Toledo, running north-east from Newcastle. During the early part of the year theconnection between the western end of the Chicago, Lake Shore& South Bend Railway in Indiana and Pullman on the IllinoisCentral Railroad in Illinois was completed. For some monthsthrough fast service has been operated by this road betweenChicago and South Bend, the electric cars connecting with theIllinois Central suburban express trains at Pullman. A pas-senger from Chicago to South Bend taking a suburban expresstrain on the Illinois Central road to Pullman, 14 miles, andthere changing to a limited car of the South Shore Routerunning east to South Bend, 76 miles, may make the 90-miletrip in 2 hours and 57 minutes. The running time for the firs

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