Facts which indicate that it may acquire the Wisconsin Central.
Fond du Lac, Wis., April 21 - The rumor that the Illinois Central Railway company is endeavoring to get possession of the Wisconsin Central has been revived by a recenty order that all Wisconsin Central trainmen familiarize themselves at an early date with the new rules and signals adopted by the Illinois Central, and the beleif is expressed among railroad men at Fond du Lac that the order means that the two roads are to be combined.
Wisconsin men have all been provided with rule books of the Illinois Central and instructed to learn them before April 26. The two roads already have joint terminals in Chicago.
NY Times April 22, 1902
Some miscellaneous railroad history tidbits around Burlington, WI and the surrounding area.
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