. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . verts of permanent character or filled up instead. SIGNALING. Xo block signals are in use. One interlocking system is in use at Mt. Ver-non where this road crosses the C. & E. 1. R. H. White lights are used atnight to indicate clear position of all signals and switches. STATIONS AND BUILDINGS. The stations on the line of this road are in a fair condition. At East the company erected in 1894, a substantial and commodious freighthouse. RIGHT OF WAV. The right of was found in an uuclean state so far
. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . verts of permanent character or filled up instead. SIGNALING. Xo block signals are in use. One interlocking system is in use at Mt. Ver-non where this road crosses the C. & E. 1. R. H. White lights are used atnight to indicate clear position of all signals and switches. STATIONS AND BUILDINGS. The stations on the line of this road are in a fair condition. At East the company erected in 1894, a substantial and commodious freighthouse. RIGHT OF WAV. The right of was found in an uuclean state so far as weeds were con-cerned. None of the line is fenced. CONCLUSION. Ou the line of this roail there are 5 overhead highway crossings. 2 overheadrailroad crossings, 4 street railways crossed at grade, 22 sleam railroadscrossed at grade and 300 highways crossed at grade. The ecjuipment is in fair condition. During the time this property has beenin the hands of a receiver, it has been much improved, and the managementis making every effort to plac< it in first class Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. The main line of this road extends southeast across the State from East to Mannee, on the Wabash river, a distance of miles, with abranch from MeLeansboro to Shawneetown on the Wabash river, amountingto miles, and the OPallon branch amounting to miles, or a total miles of line owned and operated in this State. miles, however,ofthe track leading out of Shawneetown is owned jointlv with the B. & 0. Ry. Co. TRACK. This is a single track road, and with the exception of 20 miles of 70 poundsteel, the track is laid with light steel weighing 52 pounds, 56 pounds and 60pounds per yard, and is laid on oak ties and fastened with angle bars of suit-able weight. The main line is well ballasted with gravel and a few miles ofcrushed stone and cinders. The light steel is considerably surface bent,otherwise, it is in good line, in fairly good s
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