Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-10
Every Day Brings Forth
a New Company.
N. 0. T. People Prepar-
ing to Handle Freight.
Fast Track Building on the
Boulevard.

While the Everett Moore syndicate
has been keeping well in the fore
ground as to interurban railway devel-
opmcnt. other Cleveland business men
have not been idle and it is safe to
say that more than dozen miles Of
track for electric railways is being laid
each day by Cleveland capital, says
the Cleveland Leader.
In Michigan the Everett.Moore syn
dicate has "A monopoly of trolley devel-
opment, but in Ohio and other States
the field is divided among various in
terests. In New York, Texas, Penn.
Sylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Illi-
nOis and Kentucky. Cleveland business
men are building electric railways and
are making things hum through their
progressiyenesS.
SO far as Ohio is concerned it is
prabable that at some time in the
future every well known highway will
have it's electric line and it will be no
more of n journey to travel from one
| end of the State to the other than
it was formerly to travel from Cleve-
land to Berea.
Each day adds TO the spiderly net
that is being woven by the electric
| railroad promoters. The announce
| ment of the construction of one road
is hardly made before the announce
mcnt is made of the acquisition of
right-of-way for another. For in
stance, While the concluding business
with reference to the purchase of the
Pontiac. Mich, railroad was being
arranged by Mr.. Moore, of the Ever
ett Moore syndicate. Mr.. Everett was
arranging to acquire large interest
in the Miami & Erie Canal road in
Ohio.
The same applies to the operations
of the Pomeroy -Mandelbaum syndi-
cate. While members of the syndicate
were at work obtaining right-of-way
for the new Mansfield road. other
members were busily engaged in
financing a new electric line, announce
ment of which was made yesterday.
The proposed line referred to will
be considerable addition to the prop
erty of the syndicate. 1t will be
thirteen miles in length and will extend
from Mansfield to Gallon. Mr.. Pom
eroy said to Il Leader reporter yester-
day regarding it; Right of way for
this has been procured. Today We
financed the deal. We figure that il
will require about 100000 10 COM
pletc this division of our lines
l.. w. Coe and f. ID. Carpenter OBJ
tanned the rights of way in this ter
ritory. Gallon by this route will be
ninety miles from Cleveland, The
line will cut through Crestline and
other places OF considerable size.
1t is now announced that the \. o.
T. Co. proposes to handle freight, in
Guiding coal. on its lines as soon AS the
road between Akron and Massillon is
completed. This line will enter the
Massillon coal fields, and from there
coal will be transported over the Co.'S
lines to all its power houses. The
amount of coal consumed by the Com
pany makes it an object TO figure on
cheap means for transportation of its
fuel This will be an innovation in
street railway affairs, but it has often
been predicted that electric railways
would soon begin to compete with the
steam roads for share of the freight,
as we'll as passenger traffic. Local
officials of the company said today
that it was the intention to equip the
new line with freight cars, and every
facility provided for handling freight
advantageously.
The mileage of the Canton, Massillon
and Akron line will he 81 mics.
The \. o. Il. Co. will complete its
new double track line over the boule-
ward between Akron and Barberton, as
far as the drive is completed. by We'd
nesday, and it is expected that the en-
tire line Will be completed by July l.
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