. The Street railway journal . n a chain between Danville and St. Louis by way ofDecatur and Springfield. The same syndicate also controls theGalesburg and Monmouth line, which is under construction,and has projected lines between Galesburg and Rock is a considerable mileage tributary to Chicago, and Rock-ford is another important interurban center. A number of lineshave been considered which would connect the Rockford andChicago networks. A large interurban system also radiatesfrom East St. Louis. The other interurban lines of the Stateare mainly short, isolated lines between lar
. The Street railway journal . n a chain between Danville and St. Louis by way ofDecatur and Springfield. The same syndicate also controls theGalesburg and Monmouth line, which is under construction,and has projected lines between Galesburg and Rock is a considerable mileage tributary to Chicago, and Rock-ford is another important interurban center. A number of lineshave been considered which would connect the Rockford andChicago networks. A large interurban system also radiatesfrom East St. Louis. The other interurban lines of the Stateare mainly short, isolated lines between large towns. TheCoal Belt Electric Railway is a remarkable little road, servinga belt of coal mining towns tributary to Marion. The popula-tion is small, as Marion, the largest town, has a population ofonly a little over 2000, but the road has been economically con-structed and seems to be doing well financially. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. May 2r, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 771 ) gig INTERURBA1VRAILWAYS OF ILLINOIS. NAMES OF COMPANIES. Slgin, Aurora & S Uthern Traction , Elgin 4 Chicago Ry. & Interurban Ry. & Joliet Electric Ry. C«.Rockford, Eeloit 4 Janesville R. R. Valley Traction , Plainfield & Aurora R. R. Be;t Electric Ry. Co. 4 Milwaukee Elec. R. R. Electric Traction St. Louis 4 Suburban Ry. Tra tion E ectric Co. Harvard 4 Geneva bake Ry. , East Moline 4 Watertown Ry. 4 Pekin Terminal Ry. , Monmouth 4 Rock Island Ry. , Dixon & Eastern Ry. , Springfield 4 St. Lou s , DeKa b 4 Rockford Traction Haute Electric , Fox Lake 4 Western Ry. Urbana 4 Champaign Ry. Kankakee Electric Light 4 Ry. 4 Kewanee Electric Ry. City 4 St. Louis Ry. 4 Joliet Electric Ry. Traction Co. Bloomington 4 Normal Ry. Elec. 4 Heating
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