. The street railway review . LAk Vf AFTtK ACCIDENT. <^\aiWciy-j\eytew^ 835 INTER-STATE ELECTRIC OPENED. Important Tri-City Line Links Hammond, Whiting and A. M. TURNER. Friday, Maj* 15, was anything but an unlucky dayfor the people of the three cities of Hammond. Whitingand East Chicago, for it marked the completion of theelectric lines which not only bind the three young giantcities in bonds of steel, but b) agreement with the South Chicago road, passengers canmake the journey all the wayto the center of Chicago adistance of 30 miles on elec-tric cars. No one unfa
. The street railway review . LAk Vf AFTtK ACCIDENT. <^\aiWciy-j\eytew^ 835 INTER-STATE ELECTRIC OPENED. Important Tri-City Line Links Hammond, Whiting and A. M. TURNER. Friday, Maj* 15, was anything but an unlucky dayfor the people of the three cities of Hammond. Whitingand East Chicago, for it marked the completion of theelectric lines which not only bind the three young giantcities in bonds of steel, but b) agreement with the South Chicago road, passengers canmake the journey all the wayto the center of Chicago adistance of 30 miles on elec-tric cars. No one unfamiliarwith the great Calumet dis-trict, with Lake Michigan onthe north and Calumet lakeon the south, can form anyadequate conception of itsrapid evolution. Where onh^a few 3ears ago were marshesand swamps, utterly impass-able during wet seasons, noware finely paved streets, waterand sewerage systems, countless manufacturing indus-tries, elevators, acres upon acres of railroad terminals,three and four story business blocks, ship building andiron works, and a vast population. Close observers pre-dict an additional population of within ten years,and that the Calumet distr
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