 It operated for more than thirty years; the park burned down in the 1930s.In 1915 the C&JE became a subsidiary of Central Illinois Public Service Company, which was owned by Samuel Insull.Despite the use of modern suburban-type interurban cars, C&JE ridership plummeted with the onset of the Great Depression and on November 16, 1933 the rail line between Lockport and Argo was abandoned.