. The street railway review . StLouis. Mr. R. D. Smilh is the assistant manager of thelines between Decatur and St. Louis and as such reportsto Mr. Fischer. Mr. Smith is also president of theCentral Illinois Construction Co. which has charge ofall new construction for the syndicate, and as suchreports directly to Mr. McKinley. The relations of both the construction company forcesand the operating departments of the roads are shownin the accompanying diagram. Mr. W. K. Tarrant ischief engineer of the construction department and theoperation of the power plant is in charge of Mr. FrankBrumagin.
. The street railway review . StLouis. Mr. R. D. Smilh is the assistant manager of thelines between Decatur and St. Louis and as such reportsto Mr. Fischer. Mr. Smith is also president of theCentral Illinois Construction Co. which has charge ofall new construction for the syndicate, and as suchreports directly to Mr. McKinley. The relations of both the construction company forcesand the operating departments of the roads are shownin the accompanying diagram. Mr. W. K. Tarrant ischief engineer of the construction department and theoperation of the power plant is in charge of Mr. FrankBrumagin. .•\ll the franchises and rights of way have been se-cured for the completion of the road between Carlinvilleand East St. Louis, and contracts for the constructionhave been let and much of this work is under way. so that the entireilistance will undoubtedly be in operation next year. The syndicatealso expects to secure a right of way between Champaign and De-catur during the year Ijo.; and to build this link in the system in. .STANDARD CAR. ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACTION CO. 1006. It also has in contemplation building branch lines both northand west from Springfield sometime in the future. As it has amplepower house capacity the syndicate will willingly co-operate withother parties desirous of building these extensions before the Mc-Kinley syndicate is ready to undertake them.
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