. The Street railway journal . 657 84 76073,675538,748496,863 3,073,4562,322,336 992,824947,9143,665,3373,431,567 1,,035 2, 17,67212,70991,13041,102 9,1818,84380,77356,550 29,85437,320153,045230,141259,509156,521 t 3,986t 2,663 m Street Railway Journal Vol. XX. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, OCTOBER 4, 1902. No. 14. DETROIT AS AN INTERURBAN EEECTR1C RAILWAY CENTER DETROIT is now the terminus of about 400 milesof electric interurban railway, and lias 187 milesof city street railway lines. The various inter-urban electric lines radiating from Detroit were originallybuilt by differe
. The Street railway journal . 657 84 76073,675538,748496,863 3,073,4562,322,336 992,824947,9143,665,3373,431,567 1,,035 2, 17,67212,70991,13041,102 9,1818,84380,77356,550 29,85437,320153,045230,141259,509156,521 t 3,986t 2,663 m Street Railway Journal Vol. XX. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, OCTOBER 4, 1902. No. 14. DETROIT AS AN INTERURBAN EEECTR1C RAILWAY CENTER DETROIT is now the terminus of about 400 milesof electric interurban railway, and lias 187 milesof city street railway lines. The various inter-urban electric lines radiating from Detroit were originallybuilt by different companies, and some of these roads wereamong the first electric interurbans built in the United the following list both the former name and the presentdivision name are included: Detroit fit Pontiac Railway(Pontiac Division), milesj ^Detroit, Rochester,Romeo & Lake Orion Railway fFlint Division), ; Detroit & Northwestern Railway (Orchard LakeDivision), miles; Wyandotte & Detroit River Rail-. ON WOODWARD AVENUE AT INTERURBAN WAITING ROOM States. At the present time the nearest to a purely inter-urban company operating cars into Detroit is the Detroit,Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson Railway Company. In1901 all the other interurban lines entering Detroit cameunder the control of the Detroit United Railway Company,which company also owns all the city lines. The inter-urban lines controlled by the Detroit United Railway arenow designated as the various divisions of the DetroitUnited Railway, except the Rapid Railway system, whichhas a separate organization and operating officers. In way (Wyandotte Division), miles, and Detroit &Port Huron Shore Line Railway (operated independentlyas the Rapid Railway System), miles. The totalinterurban mileage therefore controlled by the DetroitUnited Railway Company amounts to miles. Adding to this the 100 miles owned and operated by theDetroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson Railway Com-pany gives a tota
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