SOUTH SUBURBAN

SUBURBAN STREETCAR HISTORY

(Chicago & Interurban Traction Co.)

1893 - incorporated as Englewood & Chicago Electric Railway Co., operating battery powered streetcars within city of Chicago.

1897 - line completed south to Blue Island.

1898 - sold to Chicago Electric Traction Co. Also that year, Chicago Electric Traction Co. acquired Harvey Transit Co.

1899 - line completed south to Harvey.

1901 - line converted to electric operation.

1904 - sold to Chicago and Southern Traction Co.

1907 - interurban line to Kankakee completed.

1911 - segment in suburbs sold to newly incorporated Chicago & Interurban Traction Co., and segment within city of Chicago sold to Chicago City Railway Co. Chicago & Interurban Traction Co. was controlled by Samuel Insull.

1922 - Chicago & Interurban Traction Co. no longer controlled by Insull.

1922 - competing bus routes exist between Blue Island and Harvey, and between Chicago Heights and Kankakee, operated by unknown companies.

1927 - Chicago & Interurban Traction Co. ceases operations in after losing passengers to competing Illinois Central Railroad, which had electrified the year before.


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