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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
5
An advertisement extols a Chicago Philadelphia rupture specialist, famed for curing hernia with injections and electric methods. It urges ruptured readers to visit, noting free consultation and a potential appointment, and lists his local schedule and Chicago address at 46 Van Buren Street.
Wednesday through Saturday notices cover a wood center table by Herman Johnson in Rock Island with 32 000 pieces and three years’ work, sales of Irene the trotting mare, factory layoffs at Western Tube Works 1100 idle, and a dozen local incidents including a juvenile case and a train collision.
W B McKinley, leading Illinois interurban builder, spoke to University of Illinois students on costs and process. He said Illinois law lacks specific interurban provisions, chartering under city street car or general railroad law, with a 99 year charter and possible renewal. Right of way averages about $900 per mile, land value often covers it, and farmers in rural areas welcome lines.
A historical report outlines per mile costs for interurban roads including engineering, right of way, rails, bridges, and power systems totaling about 20 000 dollars per mile. Power houses add 225 000 dollars and substations about 15 000 dollars each, with freight revenue cited from lines like Toledo & Western and Detroit. Operating expenses run 2500 to 3000 dollars per mile yearly, with earnings projected at 3500 to 5000 dollars per mile.
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