The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-03
LINE TO Be
COMPLETED SOON
New Line viii Compete From South
Bend to Chicago Via Gary, with
the Chicago-South Bend Interur-
ban That Was Recently Com
pleted.

The project of an air line between
Chicago and New York ceases to be
wildcat and becomes "a probability with
the announcement that such well known
fnaneierS, railroad builders and manu-
facturers, as Theodore ShOnts, Joseph
d. Oliver, president of the Oliver Chilled
PlOw company, and George III. Ross,
president of the Chicago * Alton rail-
road, have formed e syndicate to COM
pIete the line between LaPOrte and
Gary, and Gary and Chicago.
The significance of the announcement
comes. however, from the fact that the
Chicago New York Air Line. company
has abandoned it's original plan for
financing the road from the savings Of
the people and will now build the line
just as other lines are built and
financed.
Joseph Oliver Interested.
Joseph D. oliver. president of the
Oliver Chilled Plow company. of South
Bend, last night confirmed the report
that he and Theodore P. Shonts. the fa-
nous steam railway and construction
expert, are at the head of the new
syndicate formed to complete the air
line traction road from LaPorte to
Gary and the interurban line from Gary
to Chicago. Associated with them are
three other millionaires, already ex-
tensively interested in the railroad
business
The two sections of road to be built
by the new syndicate were originally
outlined as part of the projected sys-
tenn between the two great cities. The
purpose of the syndicate are to be
build the LaPorte- Gary and Gary Chi
cago lines. which may ultimately be
come part of the inevitable traction
link between eastern metropolis and
the middle metropolis.
1t has been stated on god authority
that work on the two interurban sys-
TENS will be commenced Immediately
Sufficient capital stock has been sub
scribed by the syndicate for the com
pletion of the road. It is predicted that
the cars will be running early in April
1909. At LaPorte there will be connec-
tions with South Bend.
To Compete With c., L. s. sS s. b.
The new turn in traction affairs
means that the Chicago. Lake Shore &
South Bend road, the first traction line
to connect Hammond and other north
ern Indiana cities with Chicago will
have active competition and that trac-
tion lines will be strenuous rivals of the
steam roads for Chicago travel from
points under 100 miles distant The
manager of traction lines expect to
make fast time between South Bend
and Chicago as the steam roads are
now making and to meet any bursts OF
speed that may be planned.
Mayor Lemuel Darrow, attorney for
the New York Chicago Air Line Rail
way company. announces that at a re-
cent meeting the following capitalists
became members of the syndicate
formed to complete the LaPorte-G Gary
and Gary-ChicagO traction lines
Theodore 2. ShOnts. New York. for
mer chief engineer of the Panama can
al, now president of the Glover Leat
railway; Joseph D. Oliver. president OF
the Oliver Chilled Plow works, Soutt
Bend; George II. Ross. Chicago. vice
president of the Chicago & Alton an6
of the Glover Leaf: f. c. Raft. SoutI
Bend. former general manager of Three
I road: J. d. Lane. president of the
Cooperative Construction company.
of the company.
Frank NJ. Gavit was reelected presi
dent of the Gary & Interurban