, 1881-12-11

suner;ntendeps Holmes says that more "otA
has heeu done Oil the State street cao9e 1oa"
dur,nv the past week than has ever oce1' aceo'n
n,ishel in any one week before, anu ueela1tS
that If tho present mild weather hols's on "eeA
~ two longer the cable cars will he On sne |
strerr. Considerable trouble has been expert
o,cc. tn y,ttjuF tho stone blocks FOR pas'ue '%e
tracks, aud but little Of this work nus pee'' at'e
urine the week on the south e11a OF tue 1'nc'
All tbc hlocks on hand have been useo oll tno
downtown belt in order that the stfeets upon
.,.n;cb there il so much travel need not be torn
- 49,. --oor ,.urth of time. Adviccs were re-
na;,o,l Yesterday ut tho offices that there was
cno,,qh stone on the way here to tln'sn up tae
xork und us soon as 1t arrives an e111A AoieS W
ucn will be started on the tracks.
rbe sta,e and Lake street sides OF the uo"u-
town belt have been completed, tosetner WIZ
the curves ut State and Lake strcets AL" ""o"'1
o-or,,e and Lake street, and the Naolso avenue
s;,,o ~ +ha h..it has been completed to within a
halr-block Of Madison street" Ihe olno'eoi
,roor s;tc If tho belt has been completed pe
.,rao,, rho +,yo curves. At tho intersection ol
1vshoah avenue and Madison street the curve Is
be,nu adjusted nnd the connexions ""n w."
trocks on Wabash avenue IS oe'ue' 'n0ue -
n.,o thut if will not be necessary to tear up tne
| co,,,o track when the WalusE avenue eap'e -
| hc;ng put in. At the intersection OK S.a'e ~
Madison streets the triple curve Is oe.'k ~
| i1yEfa
| II cannot we'll be hurried 1t IS psotn'sc" 'ons
H., ,ho last of this week this corner will bc co1n~
| ple1cj and cleared OF machinery
| 'Ios, Monday morning tho Archer avenue cars
| ,rarc transferred to State street anu run upo''
| +he cup1c trucks with horses to Archef asen!e.
i where q Temporary single tFack connec's euo
ctote s:rcct tracks with those on ascne3 ase-
! 80 ,rhi; move was mutle partly TO Keep tne
| stoto street trucks clear nud parity oec'ause
| r,.r,- s@reet was too crowded. At tho 1h1crsee@
/ 49,. ~ .rcher avenue and State sfreets tno
.r,c1rs across the iron superstsucture nave ''cen
,oId. md connection Is being nat1e WIN tno
Archer avenue double tsack: ape 49, rwcntr-tirsr
-, front Of the euEine-h house Ut - WELL -: III
I.t h.,s been roofetl over and the tracks @ ILL.,,
and Monday the concrete mixer "nn VIII ~. ~ ,,,, ]rhr
r. s n,.rnt;on on Wabash avenue VIII pG oIuusn.
~ opt:tan'iu tn ~ no snacr around thc cube chasn-
| irr herc aud at the Archer avenue eAG ~ t.oa
The Twenty-seeona StFeTe ere Being laid acrss it
~ "nnncct with the double cable trucks sou,h 'a,h
!" ~ Twcnty-second street. = connee1, t ,.,n.- ",.-
pt so,,th OF Twcn1y-secoud street the wesI track
has been entire; &c. n.y." block pavement
3 cS,mulete it ~ Thirty n!1th street. tuo e ~
tho liue. The east tracS nas M TwenrTseycrth TJrn
a. an, Is ready for the stone blocks 70 inl.
v.fnrih street. IL which point tns Gu t ,vasf
~ ~ ~ tronr south has been transferred 70 tne
s1 rack. AMI has worked north as Iar as n.t n
weight street toward inc mns sao, anMth n fhe
In Of tue line will bc finished 1his weca; 4irt an
Ills viii leave but fe" shost gaps VI tne '"N"'
t. | line ... s,..a haan dn{ng GOOD work
taa5 3Rs to up s ori
t!oana '" The entire length OF the street iron
q 9sat pofsn sas Sner
| Mltutvecrcnth Will nnd Thirty-hEsr streets. ana
points where the Archer avenue ene ane a,
TO ofee nes
Inc lia:cs onen until their work was finished.
sanss sxssysqoE aye ootea n.o ~
10 pis pissne and the four sets Of giant puileys 90
been set Iae stes nd 4heS
" are - ~ reativ 10 be put in motion. The heav
- w1t wmachinery looks strong enough to move u