. The street railway review . giving a lower cost for power, and the lesseessave Ihc expense of operating the Loop station. The officers of the Union Elevated Railroad Co. are: President, C. T. Yerkes; vice-president. J. Charles Moore; general manager. D. H. Louderback: secretarv and treasurer. Howard .\bel. 684 STREET RAILWAY Northwestern Elevated. |\ IX, No. 10. The Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. was organized in Oc-tober, 1893. Mr. Yerkes being the moving spirit, for the purpose ofbuilding an elevated road through the North Division of the work of construction be
. The street railway review . giving a lower cost for power, and the lesseessave Ihc expense of operating the Loop station. The officers of the Union Elevated Railroad Co. are: President, C. T. Yerkes; vice-president. J. Charles Moore; general manager. D. H. Louderback: secretarv and treasurer. Howard .\bel. 684 STREET RAILWAY Northwestern Elevated. |\ IX, No. 10. The Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. was organized in Oc-tober, 1893. Mr. Yerkes being the moving spirit, for the purpose ofbuilding an elevated road through the North Division of the work of construction began May 19, 1895, and the first ofthe superstructure was placed Jan. zy, i8g6. After iVi miles ofstructure had been built the financial panic of i8g<5 caused a sus-pension of the work which was not resumed until the spring of thepresent year; during the past summer the progress has btenrapid, and it is confidently expected that the line will be in opera-lion by March, irjoo. In all there will 1)e miles of track, iif. WORK <IN THE NORTHWESTERN ELEV.\TE1). which miles will be used for running trains, and the rest lorcar storage. From Institute Place to Wilson .\vc., a distance of a little morethan lYi luiles, the road will be four track, and it will be two trackfrom Institute Place to its connection with the Union Loop atFifth .\ve, and Lake St. Express trains will be run, which willmake stops only once in each mile between Wilson Ave. and Insti-tute Place. These trains will run from Wilson . into the heartof the business district in a little more than 25 minutes. The con-tract for the rails, ties, special work and everything above thestructure was let to the North American Railway Construction Co.,of which A. S. Littlefield is president. The terminal station will be at Wilson . This building is tobe constructed of brick and steel, and will be 400 x 65 ft. in will have a capacity for housing 40 , which will be putin operation when the
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