. The street railway review . The passengers and crew of a car on the line of the Chicago ftMilwaukee Electric Railroad Co. were held up at Winnetka, June24th, by two masked men. The car was signaled at the Winnetkastation about 10 oclock p. m. and when the car came to a stop twomen boarded the car and with leveled revolvers relieved the pas-sengers of $65 and a gold watch and chain. 450 STRinrr RAILWAY Rl-AHW XV. No. Archer Ave. Terminal of the Chicago & JolietElectric Railway Co. The increased traffic between Chicago and outlying territory andthe demands for modern facilities have led to the
. The street railway review . The passengers and crew of a car on the line of the Chicago ftMilwaukee Electric Railroad Co. were held up at Winnetka, June24th, by two masked men. The car was signaled at the Winnetkastation about 10 oclock p. m. and when the car came to a stop twomen boarded the car and with leveled revolvers relieved the pas-sengers of $65 and a gold watch and chain. 450 STRinrr RAILWAY Rl-AHW XV. No. Archer Ave. Terminal of the Chicago & JolietElectric Railway Co. The increased traffic between Chicago and outlying territory andthe demands for modern facilities have led to the construction of ajoint terminal station for the Chicago City Railway ArcherAve. line and the Chicago terminus of the Chicago & Joliet ElectricRailway Co. line, at 48th and Archer Aves. The building is nowunder construction and is expected to be completed the latter partof this month. As may be seen from an accompanying plan, the station is lo-cated at about the center of a tract of land 268 ft. wide by 334 ticket office windows, the object being to induce the passenger topurchase a ticket before entering the car. On each side of thefence scats are provided for the accommodation of accompanying floor plan of the building shows the arrange-ments made for the ticket office and fruit stand in its north end,the general waiting room in the center and the ladies waiting roomand toilet rooms in tlie south end. The details of the roof over the platforms are shown in the accom-panying sectional drawing. All joists, rafters, studding and sec-ondary timbers are of Norway pine, while all exposed exteriorlumber, including the platforms and porches, are of dressed whitepine. The interiors of the waiting rooms are of yellow pine andvarnished- all exterior woodwork, iron work, fence, etc., arc
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