The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-28
HAMMOND
THE GATEWAY
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radius than sections of the country
reached by electric railways running
north and west, have been cut Off from
connection with the business district
through lack of terminal facilities at
the southern city limits.
Connecting links have been prospect
ed from Hammond to terminal points
of the greater systems In Indiana and
Michigan. but have been held up for
two years on just this account
CARRY HUNDRED MILLION.
An idea of the extent of this interur-
ban traffic which lies southeast within
radius of not much greater than
I Waukegan on the north and Joliet to
the southwest, is contained in the fact
that the interurban lines of that por-
ton of Indiana lying north of Indi-
annapolis carried in the year 1908 more
than 10O,OO0,00O passengers.
The Chicago and Southern traction
company, which operates an interur-
ban line from Halsted and Seventy
ninth street south through Blue ISL
and, Harvey, Chicago Heights, and
Crete to Kankakee annually turns over
to the Halsted and Wentworth ave-
nue. connections at Seventy-ninth street
Two distinct interurban systems with
many branches covering well populated
sections now have terminals at HAM
mond
THROUGH ROUTE TO HAMMOND.
The most important step by which
Hammond is opened as a gateway to
these interurban lines is the establish
ment of a through route from the loop
tn fha Tn
It is probable that this route will be
over the Cottage Grove avenue route
of the Chicago City railway to Grand
Crossing, from Grand Crossing over
the Calumet and South Chicago line
in South Chicago avenue to South Chi
cago. from South Chicago over Indi-
ana avenue, crossing the state line near
One Hundred and Ninth street, to Shelf
field avenue and on Sheffield avenue
south between Wolf lake and George
lake to Hammond
The Cottage Grove avenue running
time between Madison street and Grand
Crossing is fifty-fve minutes, and it is
believed that the through route to
Hammond will add the same time, max
ing the trip from the loop to Hammond
In an hour and fifty minutes.
y,
for it is his company. the Common
wealth Edison. which is to furnish all
the power to the consolidated lines, in
GLIDING the Hammond, Whiting 6, East
Chicago line. The same company has
also contracted to furnish the power
for the Chicago Railways company. and
will undoubtedly furnish the power for
+ the United Traction company when that
a..
lines.
ANOTHER MERGER NEXT STEP.
No direct proposition has been made
by the new group of capitalists to the
trustees of the Chicago Railways COM
pany looking toward consolidation of
the north and west side lines with the
south side lines. but that is the next
step in the program and will be taken
as soon as the new company is ready
to operate
1t is said on all sides that there
is the best possible prospect for an
agreement being reached The Chica-
go City railway-or rather the new
consolidated company-will be in much
better position to make terms favora-
bic to itself by having purchased the
extreme southern lines
The Calumet and South Chicago and
the Hammond, Whiting and East Chi
cago roads, with great capacity for de-
velopment as to their earning powers
make fair Offset for the lines of the
Consolidated Railway company or
what viii shortly be known as the
United Railways company, which will
be affiliated with the Chicago Railways
company. and make the latter COM
pany's property more valuable on &C