The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-07-12
A TROLLEY LINE
From Toledo to ST. Louis
is Now Being Con-
structed.
ORAY HoRsEs WORKING

New York, July 10.-It will be dead
easy to get from Toledo to st. Louis
when the Toledo, Wabash and st.
Louis the latest electric airline with
its own right of way and no bonded
Indebtedness, Is built. Work has
just been begun on this nne in Toll
edo. AS many as ten blooded dray
horses have been bought for the work
OF building the line by the Atlantic
Construction company which has the
contract, and meanwhile Burr Broth.
ers, Incorporated with Offices in this
city, Chicago and other places are
busy selling to the public stock In
the line that is going to link great
cities in the west.
Burr Brothers not long ago were
busy selling stock In the Chicago
New York electric air line, which is
TO run trains between the two cities
at the rate of 100 miles an hour, des-
pite all the engineers say. Although
stock In the Chicago-New ork road Is
still on sale, Burr Brothers recently
turned over the further distribution
of II to others, and are devoting most
Of their tine now to the Toiedo, Wab-
ash and st. Louis which, by the way,
ought to cross the other line some
where some day, enabling Il TO give
transfers perhaps. Stock In the st.
Louis road was offered first to the
public at 81, then hiked 10 SO. and
on June % was advanced by the
Burrs, whose Office is in the F'latiron
building, to 81 a share, par value $40.
OWNS RIGHT OF WAY.
The circulars state that the road,
just like the other great air line, is
TO run on Its own right of way ex-
cept through towns and cities, and
that this right of way is all under
option, that the construction company
has already fifteen teams working on
the grading OF the first link, SO miles
long. and that the fifteen teams are
making remarkable progress. so re-
markable, II appears that Burr broth
ers venture to predict that the first
link Of fifty two miles will be oper-
ating In less than year.
BEAUTIFUL ADDS.
In some OF the recent advertising,
done generally by pages and paid
out OF the proceeds Of stock sales,
as one OF the necessary expenses OF
the company. there are beautiful pen
pictures OF electric fr'aind rushing
over this air line through teeming
towns whose inhabitants are crying
for II. II will have all It can do
to carry the people who will want to
ride between Toledo and Defiance
when the first link is complated, al
though Defiance has only about 1900
people. Terminal facilities, II says,
have already been acquired In Tole-
do.
"A magnificent power house has
been built to utilize the water power
from the Grand Rapids dam This
plant will deliver $500 horse power.
ample to operate the entire first sec
tion and providing power at a cost
OF s2,5OO q year." says the "Ad."
HISTORY OF SCHEME.
The history Of the scheme 10 build |
this great line isn't given in the liter
ature, but those who have some know
ledge OF II, say II is the elaboration
OF scheme OF some Toledo men to
build an ordinary trolley road, be- ,
tween Toledo and Defiance. for which
a survey was made. But that was
too small a proposition for fiscal ag-
ents like Burr brothers to take up
Its good deal easier to