The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
MIR. WEBB IS
PLEASED
Progress of Work Here is
Gratifying.
The ClTY'S CAR LINES
Will be Greatly Increased in
Near Future.
Work on the Bucyrus Line will not
be Stopped Until all is In Ship
Shape.

John G. Webb, president Of the G.
ID. and NJ and other lnterurban lines
was in the city for a short time to-
day, leaving late this afternoon Tor
an inspection triD over the Marion
and Bucyrus line.
Mr.. Webb is of the opinion that
the proposed extensions of the local
street railways will be made in the
near future. He said that the work
on the Bucyrus line is progressing
nicely. The tracks have been laid
to point within three blocks of the
center of the city and large force of
men is at work. Within ten days,
cars will be running into the business
section OF Bucyrus. In the meantime
ballast IS being put on the line.
The work of ballasting the line will
require about eight months.
In regard to the local lines the
work on the Silver street extension
is being held up somewhat by the
trouble experienced in getting across
TIE Hooking Valley tracks. As soon
as the injunction case now In the To-
c,l court of Common Pleas is dis
posed of. the street railway will be
ready to operate cars on the eXtsn-
sion. In the meantime the tracks
layers are working on the other side
of the railroad.
After the Silver street Improvement
is completed, Mr.. Webb says that
work will be commenced on the
Blaine avenue line whic. Is to be a
loop through Scoheid Heights and
one which will result in a large
amount of building in that section OF
the city. The company may get to
that this fall anc n not, something
will be done not later than next
spring.
AS soon as TIE Rucyrus line Is
properly b1llasted through cars Will
be run from Columbus TO Bucyrus.
The company will not put on any
fast trains in an endeavor to equal
or even surpass the time of the
steam roads as Mr.. Webb believes
that safety Is paramount in railroad
management. Wherever interurban
RAILROADS have attempted this the re-
suF has been an occasional wreck
fthing whiCh has never occurred on
the C. d. and NJ. But Mr.. Webb
believes that when through cars are
run. he will inaugurate a service
making but two or three stops on the
way which will cut down the time
between Bucyrus, Marion and Co.
lunrl,us about an hour
Asked whether or not he contemp-
laies making any more extensions 10
the local lines other than those az
ready announced Mr. Webb answered
in the negative. He followed MS
answer. however. with the statement
that he had been looking over the
southeastern part OF the city along
MI Vernon avenue and stated that
he believed Marion should have sew
cral more miles of street railroad
and that one would help that portion
of the city to great extent he
also said that an interurban out OF
Marion in a southeasterly direction
toward Mt. Vernon should be good
thing. II Mr.. Webb finds this TO be
true upon thorough investigation ana
conditions appear to be right II Is a
certainty that Marion will be sup
piled with long felt want-a me
reaching Cardington, Mt. Gilead ana
connecting with Mt, Vernon.
The president had few words 10
say in praise of the employees OF the
local line and OF the c., ID. ana NJ.
''When you look them over ana
watch them in action, you VIII see
that they are about right and In
class higher than most interurpans
haye. The absence OF wrecks on the
C/D. and M. is largely attributed
VI the efficient force under the diree-
fion of George w. Whysall, the gem
eral manager, who has been asso-
ciated with me fo- about 20 years
AS Mr.. Webb spoke Of the lack OF
wrecks on the c., d. and M ne
Jumped over and trapped on WOOD
very quickly. ~ always do that
he laughed, whenever am tempted
20 an anv hoasting about the opera