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The Rejuvenated Motor Line

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

It has been kiiohvn for ome lime thnt the TpsUantt Motor line and the Aan Arbor St. Railway line iiad coneoMdated, and tfhat it was the kitention oí the new company to equip the estire raad with eleetricity as soom as possible. In view oï the close times, when it has been .alrnost im'blu for business men witS giltödsed secorlty tO ototain money, it cerfcainly reilects great credit upon thé oficiáis of ttttis road that they have'been able to make burih afrangem'&nbs as to secure fae toecessary outlay tJhiP i-mprovemont calis Eo-r. ï'ut iit has been acco'mpli-'hed. and ;ou Saturday last, Mr. J. E. !eal, as. secretary of the company, ilgned acontract with tht' M. I Ctric 'Co. af DeU-oit, to equfp the road, at a ocwt of $30,000. The Bame day Mr. Beal Bigned a contract with the Tholmpson Huston Electric Ck). of 'iAi'iS ci'ty, to furnisli the neceseaxy electricity to ruil the raad. The cowsKAidaitton of the two roads takes place Oct. lst, and Mr. Bolbert Hemphill, Jr., of Ypsüanti, lias been elected superintendent oí the new compar.y. nvliich lias been named 'the Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti Electric St. R'y Co. The work under tlie contract jfi to be completed by Dec. lst, but a. nice bonus bas been oifereii to haveiit.completed by Nav. lst, wh'Jeto te only ■firve weeks off, aind ttere a s?ood prospect for the bostas to be paM, we are infoTmeil. work having been already started. The beneïiit of the comple'ti'on of tihitó road to Ann Artnor eau bei erftïmated womewhat wlien it is loiown fchat now eveiy farmer wifthm a hall' mile oï this city, soes to YpsiUuiti io trade becanse ot the extra .five cent ïare demanded eacli way, by iU& Ann Artwï St. R'y. Go. That this road may some day be cointioiued to Detroit i- possible, but no: contemplated by tiiis management.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Courier