Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-05-31
NJ. 50.

Yards Center avenue, and have much
more than half the right of.way from
what may he called the initial point
south on Laurel street.
1t is understood also that this new
company has entered into arrange
ments with the Town of lake Il"
Road Company, of which Mr. Irus
Coy is President, by which the right
of-way secured under the old Town of
Lake government on Halsted street
south of Eighty-seventh street and on
Ashland avenue south to the same
east and west thoroughfare can be
utilized.
Here, then, is the nucleus of the
comprehensive system of which Alder
man Mcknight spoke If the Laurel
street route is adhered to the road will
come north on that thoroughfare as
far as Archer avenue. 1t is proposed
to run on Archer avenueas far rs Ham
over street The right of way can be
easily procured along this portion, as
the Madison and Northern Railroad
Company owns nearly one-half of the
frontage. Some of the persons inter
ested in that corporation are also inter
ested in the Il" road project. Han
over street from Archer avenue to
Canalport avenue is but network of
railroad tracks with cluster of lum-
ber yards at the northern end The
Council can give the right of way over
the tracks without petition. The
lumber-yard owners will gladly Sign,
it is expected, on account of the ac-
commodation the line will give their
worltingmcn.
When Canal street is reached at
CanNlport avenue it is proposed to run
along tho enstern line of the thorough
fare. The property along the east line
of Canal street to Van Buren, is owned
mostly by the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy and the Chicago Alton and
st. Louis Railroad Companies cor
porations friendly to the promoters of
the new project. The road will run
east on Van Buren, street. The ter
minus will probably be opposite the
Board of Trade Building The right
of way here will have to he purchased.
OTHER ROUTES MAPPED orT
OF course other routes are mapped
out, but this il the most feasible one,
since the greed of the Halsted street
property owners caused the abandon
ment of that territory. 1t may be,
however, that the company will even
tually take Halsted street south of
Archer avenue in order to satisfy the
Aldermen of the southwest section,
who want their territory developed
Indeed the Aldermen of the southwest
ern wards want the promoters of the
company to run their line over Main
street bridge, along Throop street
through the lumber region, and thence
north to Van Barren street and east to
the terminus already mentioned
One of the southwestern Aldermen,
who did not want his name mentioned
lest he should be mobbed by property
owners, said in reference to the prof
ect 81 hope the road will run along
Halsted street or the alley west That
street south of Twenty-second is dead
North of Twenty it is decaying
An T. road on the line would revive
business there and greatly improve and
enhance the value of property on all
the cross and adjoining streets. / be-
lieye eycfy Alderman in our section
except, perhaps, Cooke and Murphy,
would vote for an Il road on Halsted
street as far rs Van Buren, if the right
of way could be secured. 1t would be
n popular move to do so Most of the
men who work at the Stock Yards and
in the packing houses live in the Fifth,
Sixth Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Wards An l. road along Halsted
street aud west TO Packingtowu would
be a great boon to them. II would
give them more time 10 sleep and rest.
aud would spare them mile OF Jour
neyug westward from Halsted street
The proiect il successful cannot fail
10 boom the southwestern section a.
we'll a. bridgeport
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