Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-15
TERURBAN A GO
Peoria Paper Says Line to This City
Will Be Built in Spite of
Delays.
CHEAPER RATES WILL RESULT
Trunk Lines Planning Faster Time
on TrninEs Running to
Colorado.

Concerning the Peoria & Rock ISL
and interurban recently incorporated
the Peoria Herald-Transcript says:
THE original design was to CON
struct the road this year but certain
difficulties have been encountered and
which time. patience and sagacity
alone can overcome but in the end they
Will win.
The man behind the scheme is w.
b. Mckinley. of Champaign, and Pc
| )ria has experienced a taste of his met
| tie in the local gas business. He is
| one of the most extraordinary men of
| this state as a promoter of great en-
terprises. Thus far and in the inter
urban transportation business, his OPP
erations have reached a successful is
sue in the eastern and central part of
the state.
Granville, near the state line, Joe
CannOn'S town. has been Singularly
| blessed in this particular and from
there Il number of electric roads run to
nearby towns. A road has been built
| to Champaign, 33 miles, and ii runs
IL cars a day. making the trip i'll five
minutes less than two hours. The fare
| from Champaign to Danville distance
of So miles is 80 cents. That is little
over u cents mile, but there is a
great reduction to those who buy com
| mutation books which are to be used
within one month and which are given
at half-price. Thus a So book can be
| bought for $3.50.
The earnings of this road have var
| led in different parts from $500 to
| 5000 per mile for the year. The
| freight side of the business is also be
| ing worked up and the interurban gets
all the local freight. They say it takes
about 100000 a mile to build and pro
perly equip an interurban road"
Faster Time TO Denver.
| 1t is stated that after the summer
tourist travel shall have been handled
there will be some lively figuring on
| the part of officers of the interested
roads over faster time between Chi
cago and Denver. The recent moves
IN the part of two of the roads to
make better connections and conse-
quently better time. has stirred com
pettOrs to a point where figuring on
reduced schedules is on in earnest.
! BY November the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad will have finished
| its second track from CTeStOn, Iowa.
| 20 Pacific Junction on the Missouri
| river. This will give the Burlington
double track line between Chicago
and the Missouri river Not only will
he line be double track, but it will
be one of the straghtest in the west.
| General Manager Delano says that he
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| ed by the time snow flies. This will
place the Burlington on parity with
the Northwestern so far as double
| tracking is concerned.
In the matter of time the Burling-
ton and Northwestern are but 10 min
uteS apart on their schedules between
| Chicago and Denver. The former
makes the run in % hours and 80 min
utes, and the latter in 26 hours. The
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific is two
hours behid the others on Chicago
Denver time, but it is nearly three
hours faster than either between Chi
cago and Colorado Springs, the Col
orado tourist distributing center.
Electric Fans on Trims.
Two novelties in the way of passen-
ger train equipment have been inaug-
rated by the PCre Marquette railroad
between Chicago and Grand Rapids.
They are electric fans and luncheon
cars. In each end OF each coach and
also in the baggage cars is placed a
large electric fan. propelled by power
furnished from the aXles. Power for
electric lamps throughout each train
is also secured from the same source.
The luncheon cars are placed in the
forward part of the train. In exterior
appearance they resemble a baggage
car. Inside a luncheon counter runs
on one side the entire length of the
car, where luncheon is served during
the entire trip.