, 1876-10-04
Thence It Runs Underground to the Cor
ner Of State and Randolph.
The Capital 10 Bo Furnished by Doston-
tnns...Land. Grants Gtveus
Other Schemes for Getting Down
Town---The Elevated
Railway.

question In Chicago. In f1cs, The problem, Al-
though often tried, had r,ever been solved.
Perhaps II il not Jet clear that the answer is
correct. In New York the nttctnpts at All ele-
vntcd road and tho underground, or tunnel,
scheme have neither Of them proved successful
enough to warrant imitation here Or elsewhere.
In London alone OF nil the cities In the world
}las 1t been found possible to Sink the railway
out Of sight and hearing, and still make It O use
ful and paying institution. Even here the plan
Is not TINT Of tunnel road but only Of a de-
pressed track arched over.
In Chicago more than any other city outside
the metropolis Is the necessity for rapid convey
anco from the auburbs TO tho city felt A cof-
siderable fraction Of Chicago's business men
llyc In Evanston and other Villages on tho north,
mud another large number reside ln the western
and southern suburbs. Ina.mucll rs tte popu-
latlon Of Evanston, Luke Forest, Waukngnn,
and other settlements lying inside the Hitter
pr0per that tic tirst organized effort Tor rapid
transit should be made In their behalf. They
aro at present dependent OH one line Of road,
which has soycra1 great disadvantages. It
very 1ttt|o faster than strcet-car considerable
portion OF the Distance, say, to Evanston. The
last-nancd town, which Ia put. down as eleven
miles from Chfcago, can set down . pnsacnger
but when ho docs got here he Il
dropped IN an out~of-tllc-wny and unpleasant
location, from which he must walk three blocks
to atreSt.car, or tsn to aay part Of The The bnsi.
spends @ full hour in getting to- Ills oflico from
bis residence would yofy much like to bs set
down In the centre OF the city fifteen or twenty
minutes after leaving Ills holno In tho suburbs
Perhaps he can.
TO supplement, OF supplant, this imperfect
aecomnlodatton,t ,thrcc plans have been proposed,
nll Of them inchontc, Md oil 1norr or less de-
fecttye. Tho first ls sometimes called tho
SOUTHPORT AVENUE rLAN,
because charter laa been obtained to enter tho
adoldy's line," Lccausr it,. Cloudy Is sup
posed to have It in hand: The charter !s q
e eg'e' hs oDe o% cosneu nfSe tho but a0Se t
Rs''Ss sapatranst 81 'st' scIene eees'ss s,ss'
Il s open to % great objections, aud OF the ansc
kind, Is the LING at present In nse-indced, It is
Evanston aa quickly on tho new limo as on the
old.
The second OF tho three lines is much further
advanced than either Of the others. 1t has
reached the dignity Of incorporation under tho
CHICAGO NORTH snona RAILROAD COMPANY.
The certificate Of Incorporation was atod with
tho Recorder Of Cook County sept. ss. a;d !, was
Sept. 20. A reporter, In looking over tlle net of
incorporation Yesterday found that \ xas to
run ffty years from Sept; H.. i; ~, lss9; that t!o
s pes d fSs5 ea an 1S 5 IL ss:osaon axoa ss %s
composed Of the following gentlemen: 4. u.
Masop, G. J. Gilbert, Orr1pgton Lunt, IIenry
Booth, 9, T. Nerfoot, u ,Tlsron Partlee, T. y.
Ryya9 = Rsroes j. SSaa'' brSan w p'it3pt a9io J. n"ls
fps.' e%s' VI o9e eSa.s, a. & l. Sf!f"fdt f5tcsi.s D.
ll.G. Miller, c. ]. Junls, ?. J. Lake, r. natha-
WY, A, D. htason, John Culver Petk!ns nas1s,,
brown, and j: ". Preston. Tho Board Of Dl-
| rectors named 10 the act ts composed Of MeFsrs.
Mason,, Gilbcft, Bryan, Pitncr, UIn, Springer,
nalc, Howe, Kcrfoot, Lake, Preston, and, luns.
following officers were elected: President, 7. ..
Bryan; VIco-Prcsidcnt, l.. G. rtncr; Secretary,
G. II, lIotehklss; Executive Committee, Messrs.
Mason, Ulm. Springer, Pitncr, anu Dnlc. The
Waukcgan to ChIcago, and their tnnln idea Is to
got Into tile city alonK the shoro of tlu lake. near
the ground now occupied by tue lakc-sloredrivc
But this, on the faeo Of It, appears preposter:.
d chance that tne right Ut way would 6c giyun
useless II they Ind It, because tho
w9ter yould wash .,a away afou thcir .st; trseks
also be- remembered that the water in Lake
Michigan yarics considerably tn height aud TINT,
as matter OF record, Il is now soIne two feet
higher than two yeara ago.
| 11EfH EUIl1E6 Ill Lite Clc1IEllL Ill
the SUCCESS Of the sehcme, aud since It enters
also Into the third erhc1,e, It should receive
mora than a mention, Fur some years the
templat'ng ths .,,x ~ . p,v,ru,r,.
along the lakD sl,orc from the beginning to tho
end Of tho drlye. Thu necessity for tho protcc-
tion Of the shore IL ohvloue, and Tiers Is no
tic Cpmmisstoncrs would huild tho brca|iwatur
at once, The projectors Of tf,e new line codnt
on the erection of this brenkwater as part of
their plan, and expect 10 mako their roatlwaY on
erected by tho Commissioners, Thst this is
perfectly feasible ts pan from tho experience ot
the Illinois Central and other companies which
run their trains 1ron Twelfth street to Malison
eo. s S1S sf % %'s ssf T. at 1
mcnt'a sake, that tho proposed arrangement
wero sucecssful,. and tint the Company Ind
| nude their ltne down as far as tho end Ut Thu
psoposea breakwatsr ,E tne{ "oid s = en tcr pe
sires-n depot IN the reltrc Of tho city. From
tha end OF tile LRka.Shore drive at Pine street
tho Company do not a. Yet SEQ their way elehr,
and have several indetlnits and unsettled tdeas'
tinus along thu lake shore pretty wel! down
auwn, and thcn
GET 1cnoss TUE RlyER BY 4 DHtDu1 NEAR ITS
| MouTIt
To do this would BE- to strIke hands with the
Illinois Central Company wlIo control the
ground into which the suaA would run after /!
crossed tho river. The Illinois Central wout
also bs q valuable help because thoy haye peg'
nit to build bridgp asross tho river noar ts
iAonth, something which would protMhly bt
with difficulty duplicated At present. This per
mission given to the CompaMy:by ordinance sey
eFal ycars ago has recently been Investigated by
lawyers In view Of ths preacnt seseMu, aud Id.
beet, pronounced Ut force aud elect. Tile end
Ing OF the line rrpposutt has g,yen rse 10 The
ldua that tho new Company mas nothing more
than a,l oifshout Of thc 1llinuis Central.
Tha other scllcne surpa4sea either Of the 9th
ers In bo!!lncss of conception aud IN freedom
position ii TINT it Is understood 10 Oe well
backed by moaey, ind viii he undertaken, II al
all, ty rolnpany Ut gentlemen, Of undouhtcd
and extensive resources. II flas as yet no cllar
tur, and has not been to the trouble to hayt IT,
| sclf finc0rporntel,-au omission which eau, how.
eyer, be sas!!y and quickly retnedted. -..-
ruR PLAN or TIlH PROJECTORS oY Tits LAs1
4 .BElIHMA
may hs briefly sketcheu ~ follows. They desgt
10 CONNECT Chicago With Waukegan aud shs
| towns this side bY line which shall 0tIoEl the