. Electric railway journal . ews to handle the freight. Under this arrange-ment freight can be received as late as atthe freight house and will arrive in Terre Haute, Ind.,or Paris, 111., for the next morning delivery. Interurban lines entering Indianapolis use standardsteam railroad classification, including the steam rail-road methods of billing and accounting. With the re-newal of franchises restrictions in many cities andtowns in Indiana a more extensive electric freight de-velopment is possible. Union Traction System Can Handle 25Per Cent More Freight The Union Traction Company
. Electric railway journal . ews to handle the freight. Under this arrange-ment freight can be received as late as atthe freight house and will arrive in Terre Haute, Ind.,or Paris, 111., for the next morning delivery. Interurban lines entering Indianapolis use standardsteam railroad classification, including the steam rail-road methods of billing and accounting. With the re-newal of franchises restrictions in many cities andtowns in Indiana a more extensive electric freight de-velopment is possible. Union Traction System Can Handle 25Per Cent More Freight The Union Traction Company of Indiana, operatingthrough the central part of the State, is one of theoldest interurban lines in the country. This system in-cludes more than 400 miles of line connected with morethan 4000 miles of electric railway. While the companydoes not conduct what is known as heavy-tonnage freightbusiness, it handles freight by means of motor-freightand express cars and trailers. Points such as Terre Haute, Louisville, Dayton, Fort. RIPE FOR FREIGHT RELIEF—EAST ST. LOUIS &SURBURBAN AND ST. LOUIS & BELLEVILLEELECTRIC RAILWAYS Wayne, lama, Toledo, Detroit, Sandusky, Cleveland,Columbus, Zanesville, South Bend, Benton Harbor, , Jackson, Saginaw, Bay City, Grand Rapids, andothers can be reached by this network. Undoubtedly there are many points where this elec-tric railway could relieve the steam lines of local traf-fic, through handling all local freight and also in manycases interchange operation, as at present there is noextensive interchange with steam railroads. Short, But Important—WinonaInterurban Railway The Winona Interurban Railway, operating betweenGoshen and Peru, Ind., over a distance of 70 miles, con-nects at Goshen with the Chicago, South Bend & North-ern Indiana Railway, which in turn connects with theChicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway at SouthBend. The South Bend connection forms an important junc-tion point in the through-haul of freight from Indianap-o
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