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The Line Complete

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
June
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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The last spike in the Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Electric Railway bas been driven aad the linemen finished the overhead eqnipment Tnesday nigbt. The road is now complete between Detroit and Ann Arbor, and an official of the company said Wednaday night that cars will probably begin regalar service Sunday afternoon, running throngh from Detroit to Ann Arbor. There is very little work to do on th power honse at Ypsilanti. All the machinery is in place and ready to be started. The power honse at Dearborn is not quite ready for work. It was not begnn nntil several weeks afteï tbe one at Ypailant and though work on it has been rnsbed the machinery and engines will probably not be in place for two or three week yet. Until ijt is ready, the Citizens' company will furnish the Detroit end of the linewith power. Cars will be ruu as often as the ueeds tlemaud ; at first only an honrly servioe will be given, probably. The company s having handsome cars built and as fast as they are completed they will be put into servioe. They are similar to those of the Mt. Clemens line in appearance, but it is claimed that tbey are faster and are more artistic in design. The work on the road has been pushed very rapidly. It wasbegun last December and by the latter part of January cars were running to Wayne. Bad weather prevented fnither work until April. Sinoe tbat time the com pany has laid about 28 miles of track and completed the overhead eqnipment. The tracks of the old motor company wbioh ran cars between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor and which was lr,ter superseded by the electric line, were purcfrassd, and these completer" fh line between Detroit and the uuiversity city.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News