- D. B. Cooke & Co.’s City Directory for the Year 1859
Chicago City Railway, (Henry Fuller, L. Bigelow, David A. Gage, Frank Parmelee), 67 State
Halpin & Bailey’s City Directory for the Year 1863
Chicago Omnibus Co. F. Parmall & Co., office, 50 Randolph street, Omnibus ply between the Hotels and railroad Depots at the arrival and departures of every train. For City Omnibus Lines and routes, see Street Directory.
Halpin’s Chicago City Directory for 1864
Chicago City Railway Offices, 67 and 69 State
Parmelee & Co., (Franklin Parmelee, David A. Gage and Liberty Bigelow,) proprietors Omnibus Line, office 50 Randolph
John C. W. Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for 1867
Chicago Tribune, February 14, 1859
The Horse Railroad a Fixed Fact—The Bill Passed—The Work to be Completed Immediately.—It will be received with very general satisfaction in this city, the intelligence that the bill incorporating the Chicago City Railroad Company has become a law, having passed both houses of Legislature, as announced by our dispatches from Springfield on Saturday.
The work on State street will now go on without interruption, and a very few weeks will see the beautiful cars of the Company making their way between Lake street and a Southern terminus.
And this is really good news to the increasing population of our Southern Lake shore suburbs. Let next spring see the Railroad completed from Garrett Block to Uhlich’s Hotel, and there is no a direction from our business centre that will attract residents who desire suburban homes with a speedy, frequent and easy connection with up town.
Horse railroads in other cities than Chicago, have shown themselves to be not unlike babies in their exposure to the “diseases of infancy,” from which the Chicago City Company are now happily exempt.
This important enterprise we believe to be in the best of hands, not only for its speedy completion, but for such management as shall subserve fully the interest and good of the public. Dwellers on State street, and those doing business thereon, wil miss, and much to their advantage, the noisy rattling omnibuses. The street will be left more free to other vehicles while the patrons of the cars will find an exchange for their benefit, and their entire comment.
- Garrett Block
Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1859
CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY—ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, Liberty Bigelow, Franklin Parmelee, Henry Fuller and David A. Gage held at their office, No. 58 Randolph street, Liberty Bigelow was appointed President, and Geo. W. Fuller, Secretary and Treasurer.
Chicago Tribune, April 2, 1859
THE STATE STREET RAILWAY—The tracklayers are pushing rapidly southward, and ten days will see cars running from Lake as far south as Harrison street, at which point they will be put on, for a time to run side by side with the omnibuses. For the present, we are very sorry to learn, a single track only is to be laid. It will be a feature of the road the managers will do well to dispense with—the plans of turn-outs and a single track. The great importance of this thoroughfare demands a double track, and we trust no false economy will dictate anything else.
Chicago Tribune, April 28, 1859
NORTH SIDE RAILROAD—Since the cars were put in motion on State street, and timid property-holders have had a chance to see for themselves just how much obstruction the track and equipment will be to the business of that thoroughfare, all fear of the effect of the horse-railroad upon the value of real estate has departed. A fortnight will not elapse before men will be ashamed of their opposition; and before the end of the year not a man can be found on the street who will not be willing to make an affidavit that he was always in favor of the improvement.
We trust that the lesson which the State Street experiment teaches will not be lost upon property-holders on the North Side, by whom railroads in that Division are opposed, nor by the Common Council, a few members of which are inclined to throw obstacles in the way of what the business convenience of the city demands. Street railroads are a necessity of the times. Their utility has been so conclusively demonstrated by the experience of older cities, that it is worse than folly to stand in the way of their construction here. Give us the North Side railroad as speedily as men and money can build it!
Chicago Tribune, June 18, 1859
We learn that about two-thirds of the property holders along the line of the State street Railroad have consented to the laying of a double track. Those who still oppose it will undoubtably, be favorable to such an improvement in the working of horse railroads ere a few days are past.
Chicago Tribune, July 22, 1859
The West Randolph street Horse Railroad is finished as far east as Canal street.
Chicago Tribune, July 30, 1859
Four new horse cars for the North Clark street railroad are in the city.
Chicago Tribune, September 2, 1859
The North Clark street railroad cars are running to the city limits (Fullerton).
Chicago Tribune, June 1, 1860
The Madison street Horse Railway is now laid to city limits, and workmen are busy with a double track, from the bridge west. The Randolph street double track is now laid a block and a half west if the market building.
Chicago Tribune, June 28, 1865
The above map right) shows the lines of road given up to the Horse Railway companies within the city limits. The dotted lines are section divisions. The whole city plat is shown from east to west. Half a section is cut off from both the and south ends of the city. The streets now occupied and granted to the different companies, are as follows:
City Railway Company.
Laid—On State street from Lake to Twenty-Second street, on Twenty-Second from State to Cottage Grove avenue, thence to city limits south. On Archer road from State street to Raber’s.1
Authorized—On Twelfth street from the river to Wabash avenue, on Wabash avenue to Old street, on Old street to Indiana avenue, on the avenue to city limits south. Extension of State street and Archer road to city limits. On Clark and Wells, each from Randolph to Polk. On Polk from Clark to the river. On State street from Lake to the river.
West Division R.W. Co.
Laid—On Randolph from State to Union Park, thence to Lake, and through to city limits. On Madison from State to limits. On Halsted from Randolph to Milwaukee avenue. and thence to Chicago avenue..On Market street from Randolph to Madison. On Clinton from Randolph to Van Buren, thence on Van Buren to Jefferson, and down that street to Twelfth.
Authorized—Extension on Blue Island avenue. Extension on Halsted both ways to river. On Twelfth from river to Blue Island avenue, and on Catherine from avenue to Robey. Van Buren from river to N. W. Plank road. Polk from river to Jefferson, and Harrison to Halsted. Canal from Harrison to river. Jefferson or Desplaines extended to Meagher, and Meagher thence to Canal. Indiana from Halsted to city limits. Chicago avenue from river to city limits.
North Division R.W. Co.
Laid—Clark street from Kinzie to North avenue, thence on Green Bay Road to city limits. Chicago avenue from Clark to the River to Division street from Clark to Clybourne avenue, on Clybourne to North avenue. On Sedgewick from Division to North avenue.
Authorized—Chicago avenue from Clark to Rush. Wells from river to Division. Michigan from Clark to Rush, on Rush to Green Bay street, and thence to Elm, along Elm to Clark. Wolcott from Michigan to river. Extension of Clybourne to city limits. Sedgewick from North avenue to Little Fort Road, and along that to limits. Eugenie from Larrabee to Clark.
Evanston R.W. Co.
This congtrolled by the West and North Division Companies.
Authorized—On Lasalle from Madison to Erie. Along Erie and Roberts streets to Larrabee. On Larrabee to Hawthorne. Hawthorne to Halsted, and Halsted to Northern city limits. Also on Halsted from river to Hawthorne street.
John C. W. Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for 1867
CHICAGO HORSE RAILWAYS.
Chicago City Railway.—President, Samuel M. Nickerson; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. W. Fuller; Superintendent, Daniel Thompson. Office, Garrett Block, State, corner Randolph.
Cars leave corner of State and Randolph, via State to Twenty-second, every three minutes, and to Cottage Grove av. every twelve minutes.
Leave State street every twelve minutes for Douglas Place.
Leave State street every twelve minutes for Indiana avenue.
Leave State street every twelve minutes for Archer avenue.
Leave State to Twenty-second every three minutes.
Leave State for Thirty-first, on State, every twenty-four minutes. State and Union Stock Yards every hour and twelve minutes.
The Chicago West Division Railway.—President, J. R. Jones; Secretary and Treasurer, W. I. Ovington; Superintendent, George I. Webb. Office, Garrett Block, State, cor. Randolph.
Cars leave corner of State and Randolph, via Madison, every ten minutes, running west to city limits.
Leave corner State and Randolph west to city limits, every five minutes.
Blue Island Avenue.—Cars leave corner of State and Randolph every ten minutes.
Milwaukee Avenue.—Cars leave same place every fifteen minutes.
Clinton and Jefferson Streets.— Cars leave same place every ten minutes.
North Chicago City Railway.-President, V. C. Turner; Secretary and Treasurer, H. N. Towner; Superintendent, I. I. Bristol. Office, 430 N. Clark.
Cars leave corner of State and Lake for Graceland, every fifty-two minutes; for city limits every twelve minutes, for Clybourn avenue and Larrabee street every twelve minutes; for Sedgwick street every twenty-four minutes; for Chicago avenue every twenty-four minutes.
Omnibus Lines and Routes.
Omnibusses also run from the principal Hotels to the Railroad Depots, on the departure of each train, and from the Depots to the Hotels, on the arrival of each train.
Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870
CITY RAILWAY AND OMNIBUS ROUTES.
Chicago Horse Railway—Time Table. Cars leave corner of State and Randolph streets. via State to Twenty-second street, every 2½ minutes, and to Gottage Grove avenue and Douglas place every eight minutes. Leave southern limits every eight minutes for Twenty-second street. Leave Twenty-second street and Archer road every three minutes for corner of State and Randolph streets.
North Chicago Railway—Cars leave foot of North Waterstreet, for city limits every thirteen minutes; for Sedgwick street every thirteen min-utes; for Clybourn avenue and Larrabee street every thirteen minutes; for Graceland, without change of car, every hour and fifty minutes. Cars leave city limits for Lake street every thirteen minutes; leave corner Larrabee and Centre, for same, every thirteen minutes; leave corner North avenue and Sedgwick street, for same, every thirty minutes; leave Graceland for Lake street every hour.
West Division Railway—Cars leave corner State and Randolph streets, along Randolph to Wood street, near western limits, every six min-utes, and to western limits, every six minutes.
Leave corner State and Randolph streets, west ward along Madison, every six minutes. Leave corner State and Randolph streets, for Blue Island avenue, every eight minutes. Leave corner State and Randolph streets, for Milwaukee avenue, every fifteen minutes. Leave corner State and Randolph streets, for Clinton and Jefferson streets, to C., B. & Q. R. R. depot, every twelve minutes.
Omnibus Line—Parmelee’s line of omnibusses run from all the principal hotels to the railroad depots on the departure of each train, and from the depots to the hotels on the arrival of each train.
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