. The street railway review . te car, accompanied bv Superintendent Haile andChief Engineer Johnston. The car is the finest on theroad, is handsomely decorated within and has been named gained his franchises and let his contracts for the immedi-ate building of the road. The system will accommodatethat great and growing section of Chicagos metropolitanarea near the Indiana state line, north to South Chicago,and toward the lake to East Chicago. A line directfrom Hammond to East Chicago will furnish transitbetween these two centers, with another line betweenEast Chicago and Roby, the Mecca of hor
. The street railway review . te car, accompanied bv Superintendent Haile andChief Engineer Johnston. The car is the finest on theroad, is handsomely decorated within and has been named gained his franchises and let his contracts for the immedi-ate building of the road. The system will accommodatethat great and growing section of Chicagos metropolitanarea near the Indiana state line, north to South Chicago,and toward the lake to East Chicago. A line directfrom Hammond to East Chicago will furnish transitbetween these two centers, with another line betweenEast Chicago and Roby, the Mecca of horsemen, con-necting with the South Chicago electric railway and theCalumet. A cut off line gives a direct passage betweenLakes George and Wolf from Hammond to Roby. Thedistance to the state line, including Hammond, is lo-^miles, with a total of 13 miles to South Chicago. The contracts let, go to the following firms: Electricequipment, Westinghouse, eight car equipments of two20-horse-power motors and one 200-horse-power multi-. THE INSPECTION TRIP OF THE CARROLLTON LINE. in honor of the mayor, who is a strong advocate of thenew system and who takes great interest in a still furtherextension of electrics in the Crescent Cit}-. HAMMOND AND EAST CHICAGO STREETRAILWAY. ONE of the most enterprising firms of railway-builders and contractors in the country is lodgedin the Pullman Building as C. E. Loss & Loss, the head of the firm, is too well known toneed any introduction to the street railway public, as hisname has been connected for the past few years with somany enterprises in Illinois. One of his most commend-able and successful ventures is to be known as the Ham-mond & East Chicago Street Railway Company, whichwill furnish rapid transit to fully 70,000 people who haveheretofore walked, drove or stayed at home. Theseundesirable and expensive performances will soon be athing of the past, as Mr. Loss has perfected his plans, polar generator; Wharton will furnish 63-pound gird
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