. The street railway review . esentsthe most attractive field for future operations in electricrailway work. Among the longer projected lines in thiscountry is one to connect Galveston and Houston, a dis-tance of 50 miles ; one to extend 60 miles from Sanduskj-,Ohio, another between New York and Hartford, andstill another to connect Chicago and Milwaukee, whichlatter is being kept very quiet, but when the first move appear from time to time in their printed announcementsof plans under way, or accounts of the progress of thework. It is now stated,however, that pending ne-gotiations are well alo
. The street railway review . esentsthe most attractive field for future operations in electricrailway work. Among the longer projected lines in thiscountry is one to connect Galveston and Houston, a dis-tance of 50 miles ; one to extend 60 miles from Sanduskj-,Ohio, another between New York and Hartford, andstill another to connect Chicago and Milwaukee, whichlatter is being kept very quiet, but when the first move appear from time to time in their printed announcementsof plans under way, or accounts of the progress of thework. It is now stated,however, that pending ne-gotiations are well alongtoward settlement by whichthe entire bond issue will betaken in New York andBoston, although the buyersdo not desire their namesgiven out until the deal isclosed. The preliminarj^survey was made severalmonths ago and the topo-graphical map reveals a linewith practically no difficul-ties. The grades are all c. e. , and the onlj- bridge of any consequence is theone over the Kankakee river, and that onh- 1,100 fee.
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