. The street railway review . an interurban line from Cleveland to Cincinnati, hasalready done considerable work and expects soon to let con-tracts for the power house ec|uipment, and the rolling stock,and also for more grading and line work. Contracts for thegrading and overhead work as far as Wooster, 52 miles,have been let, the ties purchased, and the company advisesus that it expects to have this road as far as Chippewa Lake,^,2 miles, in operation by June 15. When this is completedthe construction on the section from Wooster to Columbus,via Mt. Vernon, will lie commenced. Cleveland is alr
. The street railway review . an interurban line from Cleveland to Cincinnati, hasalready done considerable work and expects soon to let con-tracts for the power house ec|uipment, and the rolling stock,and also for more grading and line work. Contracts for thegrading and overhead work as far as Wooster, 52 miles,have been let, the ties purchased, and the company advisesus that it expects to have this road as far as Chippewa Lake,^,2 miles, in operation by June 15. When this is completedthe construction on the section from Wooster to Columbus,via Mt. Vernon, will lie commenced. Cleveland is already the center from whicli five electric in-terurbans radiate, and the one under construction makes thesixth. This last road does not, like some of the other elec-tric lines, parallel any railroads, the projected route as faras Columbus being at all points from 2^-2 to 15 miles fromeither steam or electric roads. Between Cleveland and Wooster the road passes throughthe towns of Linndale, .\Ibion, Strongsville, Brunswick. Me-. dina, Chippewa Lake, Leroy, Creston and seen from the map the road will be a much shorter routeto Cleveland from these towns than any now from Creston it will be 42 miles, while the westernbusiness of the Erie Railroad in order to reach Clevelandmust be carried as far east as Leavittsburg. making a haul of112 miles. The Pittsburg, IT. Wayne & Chicago Railroad,which touches this line at Wooster, now transfers itsthrough cars for Cleveland to the Cleveland & Pittsburg , making the distance, ij miles, as against the Baltimore & Ohio reaches Wooster and runsnorth to Lodi, thence east to Akron, where a transfer ismade, making 96 miles to Cleveland. Chippewa Lake is one of the most popular points forjileasure excursions in northern Ohio, and the company in-tends to provide every facility for handling the excursiontraffic. The rails to be used weigh 65 lbs. and are laiil on oak tiesspaced 2 ft. between ce
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