New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-07
ERIE MILEAGE DOUBLED.
Recent acquisitions Greatly Increase
Eptent of the Railroad.

To the 1852 miles of road controlled or OPP
Grated by the Erie Railroad Company is now
added 3643 miles of the so-caIled Great Cen
trail system. which includes the Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton. the Chicago, Cincinnati
and Louisville and the Pere Marquette railroads.
with their leased and operated lines.
The new system will be known for all public
purposes as the Erie" With the present Erie
system. which includes the main line from Jer-
sey City 70 Chicago. and its branches to Buffalo,
Rochester DunIirk, Cleveland and Dayton. and
its local Iines-the Northern Railroad OF New
Jersey. the New-Jersey and New-York Railroad,
the New-York, Susquehanna and Western Rail
way and the New York and Greenwood Lake
Raiway-the Eastern public is thoroughly ia
miliar as it the first OF the trunk lines to be
built from the Great Lakes to the ocean
OF the physical characteristics Of the Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton less is known here. The
main line extends from Cincinnati on the south
almost directly north to Toledo. on Lake Erie 81
miles where the line has fine terminal facilities
for lake traffic. At that city it meets the Pere
Marquette, extending north sixty miles to De-
troit. where there are also ample terminals for
lake traffic From Hamilton. Ohio, the line ex-
tends west to Springfield. Ill, passing across In
diana through Indianapolis and Decatur. dis
lance OF. 295 miles. About midway between Gin
cinnatf and Detroit is line extending east and
west from Ffndlay, Ohio. TO Fort Wayne, Ind, a
distance of seventy-eight miles. About midway
between Indianapolis and Springfield Ill, ex-
tending from SidelI on the north, is a line run
ming almost directly south TO Olney, a distance
of eighty-ive miles From Dayton. Ohio, a line
extends southeast 1863 miles TO IrOntOn, on the
Ohio River. there reaching the rich coal and ore
regions OF that State and those just across the
river in West Virginia and Kentucky Minor
lines connect with the main stem of the road
and act as feeders for the rich agricultural,
manufacturing, ore and coal producing territory
Of Ohio. This system makes connections with
the existing Erie system at Dayton, Ohio; Lima,
Ohio. and Spencerville. Ohio
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton owns,
jointly with the Southern Railway, the lease
Of the Cincinnati Southern. extending from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga II also has q traffic
agreement by which 1t has second entrance
to Chicago over the Monon Route from Chicago
The Chicago. Cincinnati and Louisville road,
which is owned and operated by the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton. extends from Cincinnati
northwest to Griffith, distance or 255 miles,
connecting with the main line Of the Chicago
and Erie at North JudsOn. and from Griffith
using the present Erie road an entrance
into Chicago This line passes through Rich
uond Muncie and Peru and other important
noints in Indiana. The waters Of Lake Michigan
are also reached directly over the Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville by a branch road
extending from La Crosse, Ind. north thirty
sJx miles to New-Bufalo, where connection IS
also made with the Pere Marquette.
The Pere Marquette. with its branches, leased
and operated lines in Michigan and Canada. Is
a system Of 1882 miles Il covers all the rich
ore lumber and grain producing territories or
~ entire State of Michigan. with terminals
on lake Erie Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
This network of lines viii give TO the Erie
q total mileage of 6195 miles, exclusive OF
do,,hle track and sdngs. 1t forms e network
of lines that taps three OF the Great Lakes ana
sa-bSs much OF the richest territory in the
states of New-York Pennsylvania ONO mai
ara and Illinois and some OF the most pro-
dnctive territory of the province OF ontario