, 1880-09-07
j. RUSSELL JONES.

| Hallway Company. nlAt asked itlilt what l!e
thought Of the double bridge suggestion.
:" lnvo never thought very much Of IT,
said llr; ut ls substantially n new question,
but, M far ns isave my Idea nbout II, II inl-
presses nc very fayorally."
as II practicable, III ylew Of the narrow
Ing III the riycr:''
'' It would not be unless Tho river was
wtttened where thu bridges nrc locAscd."
"'TO widen them would entail considerable
expense upon tho city?"
"lalcrc Is no doubt Of 1t,--a very largo cx-
ponss."
double bridgcX?"
My understanding IL Tint the property, rs
a rule, where tho bridges ayo Is very high
priced"
Ills lhore way by which teams and cars
can cross tho river without Interfering will,
une auother?'
~ know of none"
"W0nidn't increasing tie number of
\ bridges be il 1.nlpw'
"Ies, from the ln,,tsrnns standpoint, but
1t works both ways, u1ld would Interfere with
,mvigatlon."
"couLDS'r YOU rTlL1z1: THE WARRINGTON
bTltE!:r TUSSEI.?"
"Tho Impression 1 llayo Is that tho people
who ride Oh our West Side cnrs would tlc-
tunnel Of tiat Kind. Tiicro might IL u t,,n-
l!tl that wouldn't be ST. objectionable, but
they wo!,ld decidedly object to going through
TINT inrli, wea piace."
optsoabs cSS4at + fastIss 81 xs Up 40 rs to remove its
"That would seem to be practicable. but
from what little I know about tunnels tllu
penrslo ton't tnko kindly to ltcsn.n' ,
tho cOIlnn3lleS bD Willing In ttpv n
oil encl carp"
."'Froin tho ,littlo experience lave had
Wlt'! streel-rallWay companies think, when
cGi,ts, they are doing, all thoy cal, afford 10.
Our fare for regtiiar riders nn nl tile
iiiles;EWi!eiller lines er 10 tlle paris, or, tho
r o atar st oy f9pr thr esnts E' There
peoplH can ride Tor SO long q distance md 10
comfortably for SO low n price M In Cliicngo.
III otlier places tho Invest faro is 1.-Two CENTS"
vo Min i1a '' Il "a ''e how nny miles Of track
,a.,I, ca4,i'ot; .4i but We now have about forty
A." "Ars , the 4 l!ss . sncIsnt l @ t. accommodate
sihgy are alnpie to accotmmotlute those
WIo,, live In the territory whero Tic lines
r,,aly ,,MW9sy BIZ do you not run Into other ter
-, don't know OF any that we could put a
llnc Into without losing money!"
"AnE Sou 1;osiSa ;s.! MONEY oX ANY OF THE
rlsEsENT LISESW
ayes. Wc have never male dollnr out
2, % ya 1rotnn Drsn stee toans a tat H has ees
Canalport avenue, and Clinton street do noi
pay expenses
:. :. Rnos Chicago nvcnre?"
,a, y t,S as opc4ftl on!y lat June pt Il as
business proper wouldn't support tho line;
nor would that on Ogttct avenue support the
ilna there. II Is tto locnl travel OIL SIiIw0u-
i ksa avenue and Madison street that supports
DO you intend extending tho limo into tlle
territory NORTH nf Chicago avenue, e,lst "
MlWnuMkcaM ~ nv Mayenuu, and west oil tfls rlYer., 1t
Is s'SlS SaVe E Ge % %tnkns n II sefsssPs r sss jasf Two
years Ut turning of Allfwaukeo avenue ut
NDDle street., 80 ns to- get Into TINT territory,
which II In the yicinity Of the rolling-milts"
froM tho river. Or from Clark street,"
There lEn5 been no pressure fOr It, There
lsas been q tlen,alet for ifno on Chiragonvc-
ns' iS Wsst " ST. fon fo c"rk strset but \ didn't
You take no steps toward III extension
until there ls ~ indication of lts necessity
~" Noi,'ntll tllerS Is so'no evidcnco tint
"''AVs YOU 1xx TsAr;ST nxsHSa,9$s Sa% 81 IN CONFIRM
Ws, have maie up nur tufl,Is to extend
tho Ogden ayetllla line to douglas l'ark lluxt
spring, which Is all tl,at has bGu,, asked M
a. now. l'artics nre at present trying to In
ourselves to extend tho line, to I.awiltlals
within two years. Tho obfuctton to lint Is
TINT Wo aro afraltlIf VIC ~ to G.awItlale they
Wi' IVA Watt ns s tS curry peopls to ltock 1sland
"1s that tho only extension you llayo In
"Tleru Is an ordnance pending before tic
Cou!!gi! ior % extending tlle Lake street lIns
Which wo l,aye agreed to 10, md to have thu
ltnc In operation by June, The same Orttl- |
,iee VIM, vlnfst vl',oyts t"r trafFs on Take street
tt ey M ps eoect sSsG WIZ 1 pf pme n4s ITk Ill., wSr9 nP
would ntakn Il continuous llne from Wabash |
avenue to Central Pnrs." =.
, 1.-The H a!l!l[tI9nai ears would relicvc Ham
Yes, yrry largely. aid the line would nc
conlIiIolAt8 tA9 population Eortl. Ut Lake |
street, who would 40 out to umpark On Laku
street Instead Ut ,Eung over 10 1fM!Ison htreut
As they hnvO tD do now, 1t being tho Only llue |
:" Yoii N!reatly IL to Humboldt Park ~
: Yes, by thH North avenue Inns from 3fIl- |
Wnuke0 avenue; and W. carry tho people |
tleIa frSe, transferring them froin Milwaukee
With tho Ogden ayenuu aud Lake stroot
extelasl1ii your cars Will rim to the tllreo /
1s.,..k$S!pny $!;ay
Assuming that tho mileage Of your lines
DOUBLED N TUE Last TEN yEA1s,
Will there not haye TO be u still greater In
creuso III the lloxt ten years III order to /
SIln?h
ut does not follow, Our llnes have not !
doubled" .
. "Wlll note or two north anl south lines
soon bu 1lccessarysn
Wy lInye ono loW,-the llalsteh street,
and nlue lslalnl aYel.slo a,sd Milwaukee aYc-
nua Lines run southwest amt northwest"
long ?n
II 'thlnk 40, byo alnt bye. There will
eventually have to be q line On Westarn'lve-
Hue, aud pefhups one OIL Ashland aveuue."
" DO you think the present lines and the
extensions now III contemplation will nccUUl-
MOtlhte the people tor tbs npxt five years 1t