. The Street railway journal . dingly. When the road started it had no interchange of businesswith the steam roads, but gradually it has secured recognition,until at present it has satisfactory arrangements with nearlyall the steam roads in its district. It is a member of severalof the steam road associations, including the Master Car Build- the Detroit Southern, giving it an outlet north and south. Theinterchange with this road has been so great at times that thesteam road has started trains from this point. Originally it was impossible to ship carload material into To-ledo, and the company m
. The Street railway journal . dingly. When the road started it had no interchange of businesswith the steam roads, but gradually it has secured recognition,until at present it has satisfactory arrangements with nearlyall the steam roads in its district. It is a member of severalof the steam road associations, including the Master Car Build- the Detroit Southern, giving it an outlet north and south. Theinterchange with this road has been so great at times that thesteam road has started trains from this point. Originally it was impossible to ship carload material into To-ledo, and the company maintained a yard at West Toledo, fromwhich point goods had to be carted into the city. Recently avery satisfactory arrangement has been made with the ToledoTerminal & Belt Company, which operates a steam belt en-tirely around the outskirts of the city, touching a large num-ber of manufacturing establishments and having connectionwith all the steam roads entering the city. It transfers cars to PIONEEKffij- W. R y. Alvordton. MAP OF TERRITORY SERVED BY THE TOLEDO & WESTERN RAILWAY ers Association and the Auditors Association, and while ithas not secured recognition from the Central Service Associa-tion or the Joint Traffic Association, it receives foreign carsfrom some of the roads, receiving a pro rate for the haul overits line, and its cars have been sent all over the country, fromMaine to California, although as a rule it endeavors to keepthem at home and use foreign cars for distant shipments. For-eign cars requiring repairs are taken care of in its shops, as onall steam roads, and an association inspector examines its cars.
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