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Subject: [BRHSlist] re: St. Charles Air Line
From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 07:21:40 -0500
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      When in doubt, check with Dick Overton!  Per "Burlington Route":  In 
1852 the IC obtained rights to build a spur from their lakefront line to the 
Chicago River.  John Murray Forbes whose Michigan Central came into Chicago 
via the IC, appointed 3 of the Aurora Branch's top guns (Gale, Brooks & Van 
Norwick) to look into const. of a lift bridge over the river to connect with 
the Aurora  Branch.  However by 1855,  neither the Galena & Chi. Union nor 
the Aurora Branch yet had connections to RR's entering Chicago from the S or 
E nor did the Aurora have its own terminal, other financial needs having 
intervened in the interim.  So when the IC announced construction of its 
Randolph St. station (with hopes that the Galena & Aurora lines might join 
them as was the M.C.), they, acting on behalf of the other 3 RR', bought the 
necessary ROW and by May of 1856 had the line and lift bridge in place to 
connect with the Galena & Aurora roads.  The Aurora immediately moved its 
terminal to Randolph (& remained there til 1881) and the connecting line was 
named the St. Charles Air Line.   As for attempts to built from the W bank 
connection, Overton does not discuss as that was not part of the Q's future. 
  Gerald

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