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East Joliet yard modernization eyed by Elgin Joliet & Eastern
Elgin Joliet & Eastern president Thomas D Beven announced a quarter million dollar property program in Joliet to supplement a half million already spent on a new yard and office wing In East Joliet The plan aims to streamline switches and expand car storage with about 100 extra workers anticipated The railroad also defended its decision to keep the Meeker avenue foot bridge due to community concerns and said a new Indiana line yard is not yet decided
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Elgin, Joliet
Meeker Avenue
Beven
East Joliet
Illinois-Indiana Line
de Leon Cather & Company
Albert Raymond and Associates
Indiana
Joliet
Illinois Commerce Commission
Gary
Forest Park
John Shroba
Forest Park Improvement Assection
Shroba
Gompers
Proba
J’ants
Washington
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
Thomas D. Beven