. The Street railway journal . ring the coming year arebetter than ever before. In fact, the plans in hand forbuilding new lines exceed in number and are more preten-tious than ever, as the accompanying map shows. A sum-mary of these projects follows: The Detroit-Bay City Traction Company has commenced The same company is also planning to extend its line,which is completed to Pine Lake, north to Owosso, andsome of the right of way and other details have been com-pleted for that road. West from Lansing to Grand Ledge, a line is projectedby the Piatt Power & Heating Company, of Lansing. Thecompa
. The Street railway journal . ring the coming year arebetter than ever before. In fact, the plans in hand forbuilding new lines exceed in number and are more preten-tious than ever, as the accompanying map shows. A sum-mary of these projects follows: The Detroit-Bay City Traction Company has commenced The same company is also planning to extend its line,which is completed to Pine Lake, north to Owosso, andsome of the right of way and other details have been com-pleted for that road. West from Lansing to Grand Ledge, a line is projectedby the Piatt Power & Heating Company, of Lansing. Thecompany has secured a number of water power rights alongGrand River, and as soon as the stations are established itproposes to construct the road. The Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Traction Companyhas purchased of the Michigan Central that stretch of trackbetween Kalamazoo and Mattawan, which the steam roadabandoned when it straightened its main line. The tractionexpects to have its cars running early in the year to South. I N D Street R\ MAP SHOWING SOME LONG ELECTRIC INTERURBAN LINES PROPOSED IN LOWER MICHIGAN work on its line, which it is believed will add an importantfeeder to the growth of Detroit. Grading has been com-menced between Bay City and Quanicasse City, and the rightof way through to Detroit is said to have been all secured. The Grand Rapids & Ionia, the Grand Rapids, Belding& Greenville and the Ionia & Owosso lines are part of theinterurban system which ex-Governors John T. Rich andA. T. Bliss and their associates plan to construct. The Lan-sing-Jackson line is to be a part of the Mills-Elliott-Mooresystem, for which it is proposed to make Lansing the roadbed for the lines has been constructed to Mason,with the exception of a few short stretches, and all of theright of way has been secured. The company has the ma-terial and expects to renew construction of the line early thecoming spring. Haven, with steam motive power, and later with electricpo
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