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228 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
The Pennsylvania enters Sandusky over the tracks of what was
originally the Sandusky and Columbus Short Line. It operates as one
division between Sandusky and Columbus and makes connections with
its other lines at Carrothers, Bucyrus and Columbus, giving quick service
over all of the lines of the system.
Over this line the Pennsylvania and Norfolk and Western railroads
transport the bulk of the coal destined to upper lake porta' and the
traffic during the navigation season is very heavy, aggregating about
2,000,000 tons. In connection with the Pennsylvania, the South Shore
Dock Company operates the docks at the west end of the harbor over
which the coal is handled. The largest vessels of the lakes are loaded
at these terminals at the rate of 1,000 tons per hour, and during the
season, often three large vessels are loaded daily.
Passenger traffic service, including express shipments, is exceptionally
favorable to the traveler and to business. Frequent and Avell
equipped trains are operated on all of the steam lines entering the city,
while the Lake Shore Electric Railway operates a car every hour, each
way, to points reached by its lines and fast limited" trains every two
hours.
Except the Twentieth Century Limited, all through trains on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern stop at Sandusky. The schedules
are so arranged that the passenger can lejive for either the East or West
at almost any time of the day he finds most convenient. In all, seventeen
passenger trains stop at Sandusky every day—eight eastbound and
nine westbound.
The Lake Erie and Western runs four passenger trains daily and
in the summer season this is usually increased to six.
The Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Big Four operate three
trains each way daily.
In addition to these regular trains all of the roads run numerous
special excursion trains in the summer season, bringing over 800 people
to the city to enjoy the summer resorts, to which Sandusky is the
gateway.
Steamers ply daily between Sandusky, Put-in-Bay, Lakeside, Detroit
and Cleveland. The service on these lines is fast and of high character
and the boats are usually croAvded with excursionists and pleasure
seekers during the summer months.
The Lake Shore Electric Railway has tAvo lines into Sandusky—
the main line between Cleveland and Toledo and the Sandusky-Nonvalk
branch. On the former, a car leaves in each direction every hour. Every
other hour is a limited car which stops only at important stations and
lands the Sandusky traveler in Cleveland in a trifle over tAvo hours and
in Toledo in a little less than that time: The cars are roomy and comfortable
and the service first class.
A car leaves every hour and a half on the Sandusky-Nonvalk line,
except in the summer season when an hourly schedule is maintained.
Connection is made at Norwalk with the southern branch of the Lake
Shore Electric and with cars through to Shelby and Mansfield.