. Railway age . rail. All the westbound traffic of the road goes overthis track at high speed. None of the ties have been removed ao far. 595 THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. Vol. No. 18. Chicago, Indiana & Southern. This rompaiiy waa foriiic-il by the consolidation of the Indiana,lllinolB & Iowa, known the connecting link, with the IndianaHarix)r. JTie Indiana, Illinois & Iowa could transfer through freightfrom eastern and western roadB around the city of Chicago, bo avoid-ing freight delays In Chicago. This road runs from Ladd, 111., eastto South bend, Ind. The Indiana Harbor line runs from
. Railway age . rail. All the westbound traffic of the road goes overthis track at high speed. None of the ties have been removed ao far. 595 THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. Vol. No. 18. Chicago, Indiana & Southern. This rompaiiy waa foriiic-il by the consolidation of the Indiana,lllinolB & Iowa, known the connecting link, with the IndianaHarix)r. JTie Indiana, Illinois & Iowa could transfer through freightfrom eastern and western roadB around the city of Chicago, bo avoid-ing freight delays In Chicago. This road runs from Ladd, 111., eastto South bend, Ind. The Indiana Harbor line runs from IndianaHarbor, on the lake Khore 19 miles east of Chicago, south to Dan-ville, HI., which Ik the northern termlnuB of the Cairo division ofthe Hig Four. It was built by New York (Central Interests to de-velop the Cairo division of the Big Kour and to enable this divisionto compete for thiough tralflc between New Orleans, La., and Chi-cago, and also to open up a new .supply of biluminous coal for the. Chicago, Indiana & Southern. western New York Central Lines. By the new Indiana Harbor-Danville line it Is 389 miles from Chicago to Cairo against 3G5miles by the Illinois Central. A new fast freight line, calle<l theNorth & South Despatch, has been established, which handles trafficIjetween Chicago, and New Orleans and Mobile. The Big Four runsthrough Sheff, hid., on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern road, toKankakee, 111. From Kankakee it at present runs into Chicagoover the Illinois Central tracks. It would be possible to run Bighour trains directly into Chicago by using the Chicago, Indiana &Southerns tracks and trackage rights. The second report of the Chicago, Indiana & Southern, and report which shows the combined roads operating as a singleproperty tor the entire year, shows gross earnings of $3,000,000, ascompared with $,UOO in 190G. an increase of 29 per cent. Netearnings were $1,000,000 in 1907 and $.)00,000 in 190G, an increaseof 100 per
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