| Show ROOK HOOK ISLAND SHORT LINE Official Announcement of tho thu Com of tho Work SERVICE ON MUCH 2 Home Sollie or It l ir r ties tUg Ilia Line Vou of the lion Ion of at th time Hock Inland Short be tw n Chicago K n as city and Kl hl To ha b nl RI tile tho lo ho local taI cal general In this city Train service nice will be on OP 2 1 Primarily th tue of this timIs now lino to HI 11 the op m of the tue Short Line Route Home suet cm em and Uio thim an us y yet t to tim tho tend and the lime At itt the tho Unit U It opens up UI a new and powerful transcontinental tal hue lino to the coast CoRel Not ot only hos the lie Island to Kl ICi secure fur for that lint road tile the Line b between thin tho east and the IOU tim am COU but also a leo the lie I low route its the U IL Is of low nih taut tudA and the tho maximum grade of tho thu road roal Is loss than 1 I cur pur writ cent The lie new linn to Kl il Is an exten extension sion hub of the I he Liberal ranch P of the Hook hock roland Island and runs ions In lii mi au utmost straight limo Hip from corn Liberal In tho thu southwest com cor ot of Kansas to III RI Paso Tex rex through the lot White Oaks Jolts country Agent of the Island here fiere gives time the fallowing fig Iron ires In of tho claim that time the opening of the tho short line hue his ii IS company will a IL big pull lull on Oil bust burl mess between rivet river points ho lie principal points minis west south and CHI Time The between City and ind Los Angeles via CIa time Island is miles by tho lItre other thit Is 1817 1501 The rime distance bo ho tureen Omaha and Kl 11 Paso via Ia the Hock Bock stand Is 1110 miles while by tho timo ci other her shortest It IL Is 1270 1210 miles The toe did amx and Los Ins Angeles slit ila the lock Island to Kl Paso anti and connecting tInes lines Is 1912 miles while by bythe he the other shortest mout It Is The rho track Is laid iRid with steel rails alls and stone and steel bridges leC leen constructed In Iii place of the limo much bleed mcd wooden structures Th line hue Is milt bUilt strong anti and substantial that hut It will willm ho m a it monument to good railroad con construction as us UH as capable to time the wear veur and tear Incident to he the heavy ratTle which will necessarily to this short lino route toUte |
