The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-10
MANAGER lOWO TALKS
Of |hTERURBAh WORK
SAYS CARS WILL BE RUNNING
BETWEEN DALLAS AND
WAxAHACHIE JUNE 4.
Much OF the Grading Has Already
Been COMPREHENSIVE Extend
Line to Ennis without
Delay.

That Dallas will have an interur-
ban line operating into the city from
| Waxahachie by the first OF June,
1919; that seven or eight miles Of
the grading for the roadbed has a!
! ready been completed that the sur
vey for the line to be extended 70
| Ennis has ready been completed
and that the new interurban is to be
one of the best interurban lines In
! the entire country is the statement
| OF Mark Lowd, southwestern mana
| ger Of the Stone & Webster engineer
| ing corporation. Besides the above
Mr.. Lowd told a great deal Of other
| interesting facts in connection with
! the construction of the line. The
road and equipment Will cost a mil
| lion dollars and that 1t will be OF In
estimable benefit to all places it viii
touch goes without saying. Actual
work of grading only began month
ago and that SO much progress has
alreay been made is more than pleas
ing to the company which is con-
structing the line, says the Dallas
Times Herald
According to Mr.. Lowd the con-
| tractors for the grading have several
gangs Of men at work and there Is
more than 1875 teams on the job. One
| gang is at work just out of Oak Cliff
between here and Lisbon, another
gang Is at work between Lancaster
and Lisbon, still another between
| Lancaster and Red Oak and another
between Sterrett and Waxahachie
| The contractors have steam shovels
which they will put to work before
! the end of the week at the places
where the grading to be done is ex-
ira heavy. At some places where the
cuts have to be made through solil
| rock a great deal of blasting has al
ready been done and these steam
shovels will be used In removing th'
rock blown out by the giant powder
Three miles or the grading has bee
completed between Sterrett an
Waxahachie. This is the longes
stretch Of completed grading.
! That the line will be extended o
Z to Ennis was only decided on r.
Gently 1t is only thirteen miles fro
7 Waxahachie to Ennis and there WI
be quick service between these tv
points owing 70 the fact that the
viii be but few stops.
:. enter Oak Cliff over Gang bouleva
~ and VIII use the rails of the Nor
ern Traction company According
Il. r. Moore, manager of the lo'
y. traction company. the new line "
use the terminals on upper 20 ~
" mcrco now used by the OAK W
line and the fnterurban cars whlf
L operate between Dallas and TO
Z Worth.
I'VE are very well pleased wit
, the progress OF the work." said Nj
Lowd. Since the actual grading op
erations began month ago nue.
|, progress has been made and unless
unforeseen obstacles arise l know o.
no reason why the line should moi
be In operation by the first OF juno
or even earlier. We have made the
plans and the estimates are complete
for an extension OF the line on to Er
mis-, a distance of thirteen miles.
1--WE intend to construct as good
interurban line as there is in the en-
| tire country. II is to be high speed
| line with few curves and no grades.
Seventy pound steel rails will be
used and the line and its equipment
| will be first class In every respect
| All the material is being gathered as
! fast as possible and there Will be no
| delay on the account of not having
| the material. The power to operate
| the line will be furnished by the To-
cal company and there will be sub
| stations near Lancaster and Waxa
| hachie. With good weather the work
| should be carried on faster now than
ii was during October on account OF
the fact that the contractors are go
ing to put steam shovels to work.
| According to Mr.. Moore hourly
service will be given at first but If
| the traffic over the line justifies 1t
still quicker service will be given.
The cars the company will use on
| this line are to be OF the latest de-
| sign and equipped with all the new
| improvements for interurban car SER
vice. In fact the line Is to be first
class in every respect.
| While there were ruWoTs Sui ich,
| for a year or more than the stone az
| Webster people intended to build to
| Waxahachie yet 1t was only about SIX
/ months ago that positive announce
| ment was made to this effect. since
then the actual work has started a1d
| the indications are that the line viii
! be in operation within a year after
| the announcement was made. THAT
| only shows how the Stone K Web
ster people do business" said Mr..
Lowd this morning in commenting
| upon this fact.
! PILES CURED IN 8 TO IA DAYS