Boland Line To Detroit

To Be In Operation By Next January

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FINANCES SECURED

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The Bonds Have Been Underwritten - All the Lines to Battle Creek Have Been Merged 

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New York, May 30. - The merger agreement between the Jackson & Suburban Traction, Wolf Lake Railway resort, Jackson & Ann Arbor, Detroit, Plymouth & Northville, and Jackson & Battle Creek Electric companies has been executed, and titles to the properties are being examined by the attorneys of the syndicate here that will operate them.

W. C. Hole, of W. N. Coler & Co., today said:

"The agreements are executed, and the merger is now a thing of history. The bonds of the enterprise have all been underwritten, and as soon as the titles can be examined by the attorneys, we will be ready to commence business. We hope to have a continuous line of trolleys from Battle Creek to Detroit in operation by January first."

Asked if the intention was to extend the line to Chicago according to reports there, Mr. Hole said: "That is a matter for future determination. I cannot say at present whether that will be the ultimate destination of the line or not. It is always hard to tell where to stop when building railroads. The demands of intermediate towns and assurances of business will play an important part in fixing the terminal points.

"The equipment will be raised to the very highest standard. The roadbed will equal any steam road, and rapid transit is assure. There may be changes in the line if the distances can be materially shortened. 

"The present lines go through Jackson, Battle Creek, Marshall, Grass Lake, Chelsea, Ann Arbor, Plymouth to Detroit. Nine of these places will be dropped by shortening the line, but the lines may by changed. New cars, waiting rooms at convenient places and all modern methods will be the rule of the new management."