Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-09 | Page 4 | Chicago and the Yerkes Line

CHICAGO AND THE YERKES LINE. A remarkable situation has again postponed the acquisition of the street car lines in the outlying districts of Chicago's west side, which are owned by the Consolidated Traction company, the progress to the rehabilitation of that system having been repeatedly "on again, off again, gone again, Finnegan." The widow of Charles T. Yerkes, who built these west side lines and considerably tangled their finances, has secured injunctions restraining the executor of the Yerkes estate from carrying out deals which he is alleged to have made to the injury of her interests. She has repeatedly fought in the courts with the executor who represents the estate which largely was left to her. The latest contention involves nearly $4,500,000 of bonds which Mrs. Yerkes refuses to sell at the price which Executor Owsley has agreed to. When his agreement was reached with the Chicago Railways Rail-ways company, which owns the north side lines, it was supposed that all obstacles were out of the way and that the west side districts would soon have as great a reform in the street car service and equip-ment equip-ment as other parts of the city have had since the traction franchise was voted after the protracted struggle of many years. r