The Detroit times., 1913-01-02
PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY
DECIDES TO ENTER DETROIT
Plans Ear Advanced, Present In
tention Being to Use D., t.
81. From Toledo
BELT LINE RIGHTS
TO FURNISH TERMINAL
Decision to Enter Field Follows
Careful Inquiry Into Traffic
Possibilities Here

OrtFOlt INTERPRETATION meu VIM
ought to know. say that the Pennsyl.
vania railroad will be operating il
Detroit within two years, plans al,
ready being far advanced for enter
ing the city.
While the details OF the plan have
not been entirely worked out, 1t 10
believed that the Pennsylvania will
come from Toledo to Delray over the
Detroit, Toledo q Ironton railroad,
will then make arrangements TO use
the belt line TO reach the industries
which are located upon it and will
build freight and passenger terminal
somewhere near the center of tae
city.
Il is known that the officials OF the
Pennsylvania have been quietly gath
ering statistics on the traffic possibiil
ties OF Detroit and the tremendous
Increase In tonnage which has been
shown has been a strong factor in in I
ducing them to lay their plans for en-
tering Detroit The figures which
have been brought to light IN The ufs
cussIon OF the congestion problem
have proven very interesting TO the
Pennsylvania oficials. II will require
an expenditure OF 10 to Is millions
to carry out the plans TO make the
Pennsylvania- road a factor In De-
trolls transportation problem, but
IL stated that the officials have been
entirely satisfied with the tonnage
figures which they. have obtained.
The objections to the railroad laws
OF Michigan which were raised when
+ 70 pitfG-
burgh to confer with the heads of the
road last summer have been partially
overcome. The recent ruling of the
Interstate commerce commission al.
lowing the reconsignment charge OF
81 on cars reconsisnsd after they en-.
ter the Detroit yards meets one OF
these objections, as the Pennsylvania
railroad has insisted upon recon
sienment charge in the cities in which
II operates. II the state railroad COM
mission allows the increased charges
which are asked for delaying cars oa
team tracks another objection will be
met. The railroad officials also COM
planned OF the taxation TO which rail-
roads in Michigan are subjected as
compared with other property, but II
Is possible that this objection may Do
waived IL the restrictions on opera
lions are made less hampering.
The Detroit, Toledo & lronton raft
has been in the hands of &c.
E6I> rs Tor several years. and the for
nal sale for the benefit of creditors
has been postponed from time TO
time for more than year. The latest
late to be set Is Feb. 3, and the place
81 sale is Springfield, o., instead OF
Delray. II Is 10 be disposed OF IN
two parcels. one being the division
from Toledo TO Delray, which Is the
required connecting link for the Penn
Z sylvania road. The upset price Is set
nj 1920, 900 for the entire road, an
4 Il is expected that representatives OF
the Pennsylvania railroad will bid in
what they want OF IL when the sale
Is held, though they may permit the
Junior bondholders 10 take up the !
property and get the road through |
them. The Detroit Toledo & Iron !;
ton has an agreement whereby II may /
operate its trains over the inner bee /
line. though it has never done so be- 1
cause of lack Of connections. The I
road has never been profitable, but .
this has been due TO the agreements
which 1t had with other railroads in
sharing freight charges. II the road
IS taken over by the Pennsylvanla
these agreements could be modified
SO that the operation would be pro-
fitat,e.
The coming OF the Pennsylvania
railroad into Detroit which has been
predicted nearly as long as the build
ING Of the steel plant somewhere along
the Detroit river, seems TO be about
as near realization. and it is not I'M
possible that the two will start opera
ton together. Indeed there may De
connection between them, for the
Pennsylvania railroad is the dominant
factor in the Pittsburgh district, and
Especially in case the long-cherished
dream OF reciprocity with Canada
should come true II would be the im-
portland line OF communication be-
lWeen the Sandwich and the Pitts
uIFEh plants.
With the rapid increase in the man.
ufacturfng output of Detroit and the
growth OF the city there seems nc
doubt that another railroad Is a neceS-
sity for handling the business OF tbs
city and from its connections the
Pennsylvania system, is the logical
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