. The Street railway journal . re enthusiastic than wise. Even if themotor car is not beyond the pale of useful operation at the endof this time, there is little doubt that the improvements of thenear future will have a powerful influence in relegating pres-ent-day automobiles to the domain of the obsolete. In a nut-shell, the steel rail is the secret of economical transportationupon land; without it, operating expenses are certain to leapfar upward, and it is a serious question if the hundreds or thou-sands of motor cars necessary to replace the trolley in any largecity can ever handle in an
. The Street railway journal . re enthusiastic than wise. Even if themotor car is not beyond the pale of useful operation at the endof this time, there is little doubt that the improvements of thenear future will have a powerful influence in relegating pres-ent-day automobiles to the domain of the obsolete. In a nut-shell, the steel rail is the secret of economical transportationupon land; without it, operating expenses are certain to leapfar upward, and it is a serious question if the hundreds or thou-sands of motor cars necessary to replace the trolley in any largecity can ever handle in an equal time the volume of trafficwhich can be carried over the definite right of way which themodern railway track provides. 102 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XXVII. No. 3. EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CHICAGO& MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILROAD The past year has been a period of reconstruction, extensionand improvement in all divisions of the Chicago & MilwaukeeElectric Railroad. The line has been extended to Kenosha and. THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING-AT HIGHWOOD to Rockefeller; grades and curves have been removed fromthe old portion of the road; new rolling stock has been addedto the equipment; stations have been built along the line, anda new operating office has been erected at Highwood. Muchof this work was begun more than a year ago, but the greaterportion of it has been carried out under the direction of A. , who assumed the office of general manager of the roadearly in the spring of 1905. THE NEW OFFICE BUILDINGAll of the operating offices of the road are located in the new
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