The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-10
DUR. HAS SPENT
BARREL OF CASH
ON TRACK WORK
Season Just Closing Has Been
Busy One for Traction
Company
PORTIONS OF MANY
LINES RECONSTRUCTED
Much Work Has Been Done, Too,
on Interurbans Outside
of Detroit

The season now rapidly coming TO
a close has been an extremely busy
one for the track department OF the
Detroit United railway in the way OF
track rebuilding and repair work.
This work has been going on from
the time the frost left the ground in
the spring until the present, with
still several jobs to do II the weather
keeps mild enough for car track build
ing. Not only has the work been go
ing on in the streets OF Detroit but in
the car yards as well, with much very
important work along the several in
terurban lines, including the cities
and towns touched by these lines,
miles beyond the Limits OF Detroit.
The following Is given as the most
important work in Detroit streets:
Track construction: Special work
at Cass and Michigan-aves.; single
track on Cass, from Michigan-ave. to
Safest, and special work at Cass-
ave. and Safest, for the rerouting OF
east bound Sherman cars; special
work at Warren and Lawton-aves.; ;
track on Lawton.ave., from Warren to
Lawton-aves., and special work on
Hancock-ave.. connecting with the
Warren-ave. car house.
Tracks reconstructed: Abbott-st.,
from Michigan to Trumbull Adams
ave, from Witherell TO Hastings:
Beaubien-st, from Warren to
Piquette; Clay-ave., from Oakland to
Russell; Champlain-st., from Field to
Baldwin; Fort-st. west. from Wood
ward TO Fifteenth; Forest-ave., from
Woodward to Brush; Hastings-st,
from Napoleon to Illinois; Myrtle-st,
from Wabash to Roosevelt; Milwau-
kee-ave., from Twelfth TO Fourteenth:
Waterloo-st.. from Campau to Nc
Dougall; Griswold-st., from Jefferson
TO Atwater.
Tracks being reconstructed: Beau
bien-st., from Erskine TO Canheid;
Forest-ave. from Trumbull to Twelfth;
Grand River-ave.. from the old TO the
new city limits; Hastings-st., from
Garfield to Forest; Locust-st., from
Fifth to Fourteenth; Porter from
Brooklyn to Vermont; Kercheval-ave.,
from Mt Elliott to Baldwin, Wood
ward-ave., from Philadelphia to Court
land; Catherine-st., from Chene TO
Jos. Campau.
Tracks to be reconstructed: Clifford
st, from Griswold TO Ledyard; To
ledo-ave., from Scotch to Clark.
Extensive repairs we're made to the
following five-cent lines: Champlain-
ST., from Mt. Elliott to Concord; Mich
igan-ave., from Woodward 70 Trum-
bull: Dix-ave., from Clark to Liver
nois; Larned-st., from Griswold to
Third; Congress-st, from Griswold to
Third; Gratiot-ave., from Mack to M
G. Belt Line; Brush-st., from Gratiot
TO Willis; Third-st., from Jefferson to
Congress, from Michigan to Grand
River and from Iedyard to Garfield.
Repairs to three-cent lines: Con-
cord-ave., from Champlain to Mt.
Elliott; Lvernois-st.. from Dix to
Toledo; Macomb-st, from Randolph
to Russell; Hastings-st., from Clinton
TO Sherman; Hendricks-st., from Elm
wood to Jos Campau; Forest-ave.,
from Third to Trumbull; Warren-ave,
from Third to Fourteenth; Bagg-st,
from Grand River to Fourteenth;
Fourteenth-ave., from Grand River to
Bagg.
Extensive repairH being made: Mich
gan-ave., from Trumbull to Lvernois;
Woodward-ave., from Jefferson to
Grand River; Mt. Elliott-ave., from
Kercheval to Forest: south Chene-st.,
from Gratiot to Monroe; Mack-avo.,
from city limits to the loop.
The repair work given above refers
only to the larger jobs and does not
take into account the general over
hauling OF all car lines and many OF
the curves and other special work at
street car track crossings.