Identifier: streetrailwayrev10amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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c total lni);lli uf track is (»j iiiiks ami sivcral ufllic routes are loiiK. one beiiif, iS miles; in many places there aresteep grades atnl sharp cmves. ,\ cable auxiliary is useil on somelines. In certain cases it was necessary to huihl special tunnels runningunder heavy buildings, and to reconstruct streets and s<iuares. The(imnel illustrated in Kig. 5 was built to surmount a rise of nearly40 It. In plan this tunnel is a loop with reverse curves at the en-trances; the radius varies from 65 to H-, ft. Electric Tramways is the most elaborate publication of il^kind that wc have ever seen. I lu- bo.iU contains 400 ;)ages, 10 x I.?ill., and is most profusely illuslrateil with half-tone engravings,maps, profiles and plans. The text is printed in three languages,Gorman, French and English, arranged in parallel columns. After a few pages devoted to illustrations of the companys works,there are fifty liages discussing electric tramways in general: next PREMIUMS FOR NOT HAVING ACCIDENTS.
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l-IC. a ENTK.WCE TO Tl NNKI., l.ENO.V. follow brief descriptions of all the lines using the companys sys-tem. From the concluding table we learn that the number ofcompleted lines is 38, with an aggregate of 485 miles of track,and that the number in course of construction is 27 with anaggregate length of track of 309 miles. At the beginning of theyear there were over 30 other projected lines under consideration. NEW TEXAS INTERURBAN LINE. The Denison & Sherman Railway Co. which is to build a 10-mileelectric line between these two towns has let the contract for con-struction to the Electrical Installation Co., of Chicago. Mr. Fred.H. Fitch will have charge of the construction work. .\ 30-ininute service is contemplated, the fare one way being 15cents. The power house, car barn, etc. will be located midway onthe line. It is the intention of the company to establish a park tocontain about 75 acres at some point between the two towns. Thispark will be improved on an elaborate scale, ma

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