[Trade Journal]
Publication: Street Railway Journal
New York, NY, United States
vol. 21, no. 12, p. 461, col. 2
INCREASING SERVICE ON THE AURORA, ELGIN &
CHICAGO RAILWAY
The Chicago, Elgin & Aurora Railway Company, at present operating between Chicago and Aurora, has placed in service ten of the lot of twenty-five new cars received recently from the John Stephenson Company, of Elizabethport. It is proposed to shorten the running time between Aurora and the Chicago terminus at Fifty-second Avenue from one hour and fifteen minutes to one hour. Trains will consist of three cars each, instead of one, as at present, and will run at intervals of fifteen minutes instead of half-hourly. A feature that is expected to divert traffic from the steam railroads is that single fares will be sold on the basis of rates charged by the steam roads for monthly commutation tickets. The Elgin branch of the road will be put in operation the latter part of April.
