The Detroit times., 1911-06-27
$1,000 A DAY IS
BILL FOR TRACKS
d. U. R. Is Spending Fortune for
Extensions of Lines and Repairs
To Roadbed.

4 Inat the ID. u, " biNSS SAPAOS
ment to a big army OF men and pays
out small fortune every day IN
| wages for track construction and re-
pairs, is shown In connection with
report OF the truck improvements Just
! completed, new work under way anu
| that contemplated for the near tulure.
AT the present time the company mas
force OF 1850 men working on .ne
building OF tracks. The average aall'
wage OF each man Is 81, making 'o-
| tai OF $4,000 day. In addition 10 TINS
expense, the company pays out SS,ZVV
a day for material for track construc-
ton. there being laid 400 cubic yards
of concrete and 700 yards OF paving
each day while the improvements aye
being made.
one OF the biggest improvements
10 be made by the company this sum
mer will be the laying OF brand new
double track on Griswold-st.. from
jefferson 10 Grand Riyerave, This
work will necessitate the rearrangihg
of the routes OF a number OF the car.
lines OF the city. The location OF the
interurban station will not be
changed. however. II being planned
10 lay one new track at time, thus
allowing the interurban cars to use
the street all the time the track-laying
| is in progress. The changes TO be
made in the routes of the city lines
affected. have not yet been decided
on. The work on Griswold-st VIII De
started soon after July 4.
: Other big jobs will be the track
work on the Hamilton-blyd., Grandy-
ave. and Mack-ave. extensions.
| The following work, which is about
! the amount done by the company each
summer, was mapped out for compile
| ton this year, each street Improve
ment to be done to suit the convent
ence OF the department OF public
works, should the latter have planned
10 make alterations in the thorough
! fare:
/ Track work done-Reconstruction
of track at Oakland-st. "Y"; recon
| struction of Beaubien-st. tracks.
cause by the grade separation; rel
construction OF Hastings-st. track. be-
tween Adams and Napoleon Exten-
siye repairs to the following tracks:
Champlain, from Concord TO Field,
and from Randolph to Rfvard; Fort
st. west, from Twelfth TO Twenty
fourth. and from Green to Wilkie;
Woodward, from Jefferson TO Wither-
ell; West jefferson. from Artillery to
River Rouge; Mt. Elliott, from Mack
TO Garfield; Miohigan-aye.. from Tweh
ty-eighth-st to Addison "Y";; Myrtle,
from Trumbull to Roosevelt
Track work under way-New track
on Grandy. from Gratiot to Chene;
second track on Mack-ave., from Bald
win to the city limits: second track
on Fort west, from Dearborn-ave. TO
River Rouge. demonstrating and
paving present tracks on Mack, from
Baldwin to city limits; Fort-st. west,
from Dearborn-ave. TO River Rouge;
Dix-ave, from Livernois to Ferndale;
Dearborn-ave.. from Fort-st. west 10
p. NJ. railway: Henry-st., from Cass
to Grand River; Twenty-fQurth. from
Porter TO Howard. Extensive repairs
to the following tracks: Fort-st. east,
from Mt. Elliott to Brush: Jefferson
ave-, from Woodward TO Second. and
from Bates to Mt. Elliott; Warren
ave-, from Lawton to the Boulevard.
Track work to be done-Extension
OI Ine ulEu Huc Out TtduliilOu-DlNu.,
second track on Joseph Campau-
ave-, from Grandy to Newton: addi-
tional tracks for car storage at the
jefferson. Clark and Warren car
houses.
Tracks will be reconstructed at the
following Locations: On Chene and
Jos. Campau, from Gratiot TO New
ton; on Griswold from Jefferson to
Grand River; on Jefferson. from Sec
ond to Third; on Farnsworth, from
St Antoine TO Russell; on Abbott,
from Trumbull to Twelfth; on
Twelfth, from Abbott to Howard; on
Warren. from Woodward to Third: on
Porter. from Michigan to Brooklyn:
on Hastings, from Leland to Garfield.
Extensive repairs will be made TO
the following tracks: Michigan, from
Trumbull TO Wabash; Woodward.
from Pallister to the city limits, In
GLIDING half a mile Of double track
north from Pallister; Beaubien. from
Forest TO Warren Congress, from
Woodward 10 Elmwood; Trumhull, !
from Michigan to the car house; Fbrt- |
St. from Clark to Artillery; Dix, from |
Twenty-fourth to Liyernois: Water
loo, from Jos. Campau to Mt. Elliott;
Clinton, from Brush to Hastings:
Brush. from Gratiot to Watson War