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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Traffic Statistics--Personnel. The Muncie, Hartford & Ft. Wayne Railway Co., which, like someof the steam railway corporations, liniis its name too longfor convenience and prefers to have its line locally knownas the Hartford Route, was organized in July, 1901, byCleveland capitalists. The first idea was to build from Muncieto Montpelier, a distance of 27.8 miles, and the portion betweenMuncie and Hartford, 18.5 miles, was opened Feb. 11, 1903, andfrom Hartford to Montpelier. 9.3 miles, was opened May 7th. This considerable travel for pleasure purposes throughout the year. All of the road in the country, and small portions in the towns,is on private right-of-way, the balance being on the streets in theseveral towns. The cities, towns, and villages through which theroad passes, starting from the south end, are as follows: Muncie.Royerton, Shideler, Eaton, Hartford City, Montpelier, Keystone.Poneto, and Bluffton. The road is practically parallel to the Lake Erie & Western R. R.
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P.MIK ON MTflSISSINEWA RIVERâMUNCIE. HARTFORD & PT. WAYNE RY. season the company has been building from Montpelier to BluiTton,14 miles, and eventually it will extend from HlufTlon to FortWayne, a further distance of 25 miles. This will give the companya line of O7 miles in practically a straight line from Muncie north10 Ft. Wayne, and in connection with the Indiana Union TractionGos, line furnishing an electric route from Indianapolis 10 Ft.Wayne. There is also a spur, two miles long, from Shideler di-rectly east to a large gravel pit, fron: which all of the ballast forthe road has been obtained. At Eaton there is a spur, approxi-mately three-frnirlhs of a mile long, from the main line to apark situated on the north side of the Mississincwa Riv<-r, whichpark is ownc<l by the railway company, and the main buildingare equipped for use in winter as well a* summer, thus insuring and lies in what is known as the gas and oil region of Indiana.Muncie and Hartford City arc the co

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