Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1904 — TROLLEY TO ST. LOUIS. [ARTICLE]

TROLLEY TO ST. LOUIS.

Building of New Illinois Road to B« Followed by Others. The first annual meeting of the Bloom* ington-Sprlngfield-Peoria Interurbau Company was held in Bloomington, 111., Tuesday to elect officers and transact other business connected with the construction of the road. Estimates for the work place the cost at $2,000,000, and it promises to be one of the most important nnd profitable systems of the kind in the West, connecting three of the principal inland cities of Illinois and touching Lincoln, Pekin and other intermediate towns. The proposed interurban connecting Bloomington, Springfield and Peoria 0 is believed to be the forerunner of other lines through central Illinois. Surveys have been made for a line connecting Bloomington and Decatur and for, a line from Bloomington to Joliet, connecting at the latter city with the Chicago-Joliet line. A line is under construction from Springfield to Carlinvijle, and this will eventually be extended to St. Louis. It is predicted that within three years it will be possible to travel from Chicago to St. Louist by trolley.