. The street railway review . l-Ri;i<;llT TRAIN ON THK C, H. ii (,. L. hauled 10 miles into town to the nearest market, even had therebeen a demand there for any such amount. The same with milk:a farmer cannot afford the time and expense of hauling his milk8 and 10 miles to a railroad shipping point, so has been deliveringit to local factories; but since the electric line opened nearly everyfarmer along the line has erected a platform in front of his house,and here are set out the cans of milk which the milk car picks upand delivers to the steam road at 7 a. m. each day. At 10 f
. The street railway review . l-Ri;i<;llT TRAIN ON THK C, H. ii (,. L. hauled 10 miles into town to the nearest market, even had therebeen a demand there for any such amount. The same with milk:a farmer cannot afford the time and expense of hauling his milk8 and 10 miles to a railroad shipping point, so has been deliveringit to local factories; but since the electric line opened nearly everyfarmer along the line has erected a platform in front of his house,and here are set out the cans of milk which the milk car picks upand delivers to the steam road at 7 a. m. each day. At 10 four hours from the time it left the farm it is in Chicago andbeing delivered to consumers. As the city price is considerably inexcess of that paid by the local country factories, the benefit to the. Mill ^.l. H.\RVARD & \.\ K 1 . It is built under highly favorable franchise conditions, and its grantsrun for the full term of 50 years in both states: the portion inIllinois having been constructed under the Allen law, now is incorporated under the general railroad acts of both states,and its franchises particularly authorize it to carry not only passen-gers, mail and express, but all kinds of freight. This latter featureis rapidly becoming an important one. not only to the road, but tothe community it serves. Piece freight includes dressed veal. eggs,spring water, milk, vegetables, and other farm products going elevator has been erected and is shipping out grain from Fon- producers amounts to a very considerable sum in the course of theyear. Other farm products have been raised and shipped whichnever before were possible on account of lack of rail transportation,and the variety and volume of this business will increase largelyeach
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