. Electric railway journal . d at Decatur, Springfield, Mount Olive,Staunton and Tilton, with the Cbicago & Alton Railroadat Shelbytown and Anderson, with the Illinois CentralRailroad at Springfield and Decatur, and with the PeoriaRailway Terminal at Peoria, thus giving a connectionat that point with the Chicago & Alton Railroad andthe Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Throughtariffs are in effect with the Rock Island and the Min-neapolis & St. Louis Railroads, and interchange con-tracts with these railroads also provide for full work-ing arrangements with both the steam and the electri
. Electric railway journal . d at Decatur, Springfield, Mount Olive,Staunton and Tilton, with the Cbicago & Alton Railroadat Shelbytown and Anderson, with the Illinois CentralRailroad at Springfield and Decatur, and with the PeoriaRailway Terminal at Peoria, thus giving a connectionat that point with the Chicago & Alton Railroad andthe Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Throughtariffs are in effect with the Rock Island and the Min-neapolis & St. Louis Railroads, and interchange con-tracts with these railroads also provide for full work-ing arrangements with both the steam and the electricline for all classes of traffic. A complete set of rates to all Illinois points is ineffect with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. TheWabash Railroad System is also open to the electric linefrom Buffalo, N. Y., to Omaha, Neb., with both class andcommodity rates and reciprocal switching arrangementsat the connections. The switching rate is based on 10cents per ton, with a minimum charge of $2 and a. ILLINOIS TRACTION CARLOAD FREIGHT—GLOVER INTERCHANGETRACKAGE maximum charge of $4 per car. Similar arrangementshave been made with the Chicago & Alton Railroad andthe Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad. A decisionby the Interstate Commerce Commission forced thePeoria & Pekin Union Terminal Railway at Peoria toopen up its terminal track facilities to the IllinoisTraction System. This gave it access to all the indus-tries in Peoria, a privilege for which the traction linepays a terminal switching charge. Interchange with the Illinois Central Railroad wasonly obtained through a ruling of the Public UtilitiesCommission, brought about by complaint of Springfieldmanufacturers and the Springfield Chamber of Com-merce. This company also has physical connection withthe Big Four Railroad, the Litchfield & Madison Rail-road and the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern joint rates on several commodities have beenfiled to govern shipments from and to the Illinois
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