ELGIN

SUBURBAN STREETCAR HISTORY

(Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co.)


1876 - horse car service in city of Elgin established by Bruce Rogers.

1889 - Elgin City Railway Co. incorporated to acquire horse car operation.

1890 - Elgin City Street Railway Co. incorporated, acquiring Elgin City Railway Co. and converting horse car operation to electric streetcars.

1897 - Elgin City Carpentersville & Aurora Railway Co. incorporated, consolidating Elgin City Street Railway Co., and Carpentersville Elgin & Aurora Railway Co.

1901 - Elgin Aurora & Southern Traction Co. incorporated, acquiring Aurora Street Railway Co., Aurora & Geneva Railway Co., Aurora Yorkville & Morris Railway Co., and Elgin City Carpentersville & Aurora Railway Co.

1906 - Elgin Aurora & Southern Traction Co. merged with Aurora Elgin & Chicago Railway Co. to form Aurora Elgin & Chicago Railroad Co.

1924 - Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co. incorporated to acquire former Elgin Aurora & Southern Traction Co. from Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad Co., which had reorganized in 1922 from Aurora Elgin & Chicago Railroad Co. Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co. would be a subsidiary of Western United Gas & Electric Co.

1927 - Western United Gas & Electric Co. comes under control of Samuel Insull.

1932 - Samuel Insull resigns from Western United Gas & Electric Co.

1933 - Western United Gas & Electric Co. becomes subsidiary of Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago's electrical utility.

1934 - conversion completed of all local streetcar operations to buses.


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