. The Street railway journal . been avoided in Chicagoif franchise renewals could have been arranged five years agoat the time such an attempt was made. Public sentiment,however, was against this, and the public have been the onesto suffer most in consequence. It is only reasonable to expectthat nn ciim])any will invest a large amount in the propertywhere the franchise is about to expire with uncertainties as tothe terms of renewal. It is, therefore, just as much the duty ofthe authorities as it is of the com]);iny to seek to makesuch provision that the company will not be obliged, in se
. The Street railway journal . been avoided in Chicagoif franchise renewals could have been arranged five years agoat the time such an attempt was made. Public sentiment,however, was against this, and the public have been the onesto suffer most in consequence. It is only reasonable to expectthat nn ciim])any will invest a large amount in the propertywhere the franchise is about to expire with uncertainties as tothe terms of renewal. It is, therefore, just as much the duty ofthe authorities as it is of the com]);iny to seek to makesuch provision that the company will not be obliged, in selfdefense, to neglect the maintenance of its property. 172 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 5. SOUTHERN OHIO INTERURBAN IMPROVEMENTS For several months there has been a movement on foot tomake arrangements for the operation of through cars fromCincinnati to Toledo, on electric lines, and through the consoli-dation of the Southern Ohio Traction Company with severalother properties in the southern part of Ohio, the Pomeroy-. JNTERURCAN HEADOUAKTERS AND EXPRESS STATION AT HAMILTON Mandelbaum syndicate, of Cleveland, formed the Cincinnati,Dayton & Toledo Traction Company to accomplish this object. As implied in its name, this company will form the basis forconsolidation, or at least a traffic arrangement, with otherroads already in operation or nearly completed, to providethe unbroken line from the Ohio River to Lake Erie. Theseroads are the Dayton & Troy, operating from Dayton to Piqua,the Western Ohio, under construction from Piqua to Findlay,and the Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern, operating fromFindlay to Toledo. The Western Ohio Railway will be completed next summer,and in anticipation of through traffic a number of improvementsare being made on the present Cincinnati, Dayton & ToledoTraction Companys line between Cincinnati and Daytou. Asis generally known the Southern Ohio Traction Company wasformed in 1900, through the consolidation of the Dayton Trac-tion Company, op
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