The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-28
ROAD WILL Be
COMPLETED JULY 1ST
And More Than That the
Cars Will be Running
Through Hammond.
INTERURBAN IS ALMOST DONE
Good News for Hammond Peo
pie Who Will Soon Get Fine
Interurban Service.


That Hammond people will be able
to spend their Fourth of July on a
trolley trip to South Bend is an assured
possibility unless unforeseen circum-
stances set in which would prevent the
completion of the Chicago. Lake Shore
and South Bend Interurban Railway
company, which will be completed July
l.
With the exception of the ballastiug
the road is completed from South Bend
to Michigan City. The cuts and grades
have almost been completed from
Michigan City to Gary, while another
large gang of workmen are dumping
sand into the sloughs and bogs through
the Calumet region east of Kensing-
ton toward Hammond Work is prac-
tically completed between Gary and
East Chicago, SO that the longest un-
finished stretch now lies through the
city of Hammond, where the grading
and cuts will neither be high nor deep.
The connecting link between Ken
sington and Chicago is already COM
pleted it being the Illinois Central
tracks, which will be used and over
which the interurban cars will be
hauled by engines to the Twelfth
street station.
The magnificent power house of the
road is located at Michigan City and
will be competed in time to begin op-
erations as soon as the road is COM
pleted- Creosoted poles have already
been set for the greater part of the line
and wiring men are now at work
stringing the wire.
Twenty new cars have been ordered
by the company from the Pullman
shops which will be of a particular
pattern, so constructed that they may
be used for trolley and steam traffic.
They will be equipped with baggage
and smoking apartments, thus afrord-
ing the travellers all the conveniences
that are now enjoyed on steam road
The announcement that the new In
terurban will be completed by July /
is hailed with delight by every one
who is interested in the development
of Lake county. AS an interurban the
new road will form a connecting link
with hundreds of miles of other inter
urbans which reach Michigan CITY OF
| South Bend.
The trip itself from Chicago to South
| DCHO w III Uc d QeI1BnIIul one.
Leaving Chicago the traveller may en-.
joy the lake front, along which the
Illinois Central possesses a right OF
way.
Coming across the state line into In.
diana there Is a continual change ot
scenery, from the towns and citie:
along the line into the country that
lies along side of the track in almost 6
primeval state.
Chicago at one end, the gret me
tropolis of the Mississippi valley, Soutl
Bend, model city of Indiana. on tn,
other, and all within two hours rid,
of each other.
Cars Will leave both terminals hour
ly and strict adherence to the sched
ule will be observed
The Chicago, Lake Shore & SoutI
Bend company has secured the fran
chise for a right of way into Toles
ton and work is also being presse,
on this line from Gary. There is n,
specification in the franchise that thf
line to Toleston must be completed b.
July 1, still 1t is the intention of tn
company to be operating there to-
when the main line is being opened.
Attorney T. Lewis Meyer of Soutl
Bend telephoned THE TIMES last nigh
that by July 1 cars will be runninj
through Hammond over this line.