The Street railway journal (1903) (14574713968)

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Title: The Street railway journal

Year: 1884 (1880s)

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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation

Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.

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the routes selected will not requirethe construction of many bridges. The cities and towns allalong the line have shown an interest in the project, and thefehas been general co-operation with the new concern in itsefforts to secure an effective organization. The directors and stockholders of the Consolidated TractionCompany are A. F. Ramsey, P. C. Somerville, C. N. VanCleave, A. E. Reynolds, Crawfordsville; George P. Heywood,J. F. Marks, William C. Mitchell, Lafayette; Ely P. Baker,Lebanon; A. M. Glossbrenner, R. W. McBride, Edward Haw-kins, Indianapolis. Edward Hawkins has been elected presi-dent; A. F. Ramsey, vice-president; A. M. Glossbrenner,treasurer; Guy E. Hawkins, secretary. The capital stock of thecompany is $300,000. The general offices are in Indianapolis. The accompanying map shows the principal lines of the inter-urban system, comprising 106 miles of track, which the Con-solidated Traction Company is organizing and building in the - I ij.u Clint. A SUSPENDED ELECTRIC CAR

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A novel type of bridge is being built across the Mersey Riverin England, at Runcorn, not far from Liverpool. From a re-cent article in the Liverpool Mercury the following facts inregard to the installation have been gathered: INTERURBAN LINES NEAR INDIANAPOLIS vicinity of Indianapolis. This concern is a merger of the Craw-fordsville Traction Company, the Lafayette & IndianapolisRapid Railway Company, and the Indianapolis & LebanonTraction Company. The right of way for most of the linesshown on the map has already been secured, and it is proposedto begin active operations at once. The line from Indianapolisto Crawfordsville will be the first to be completed, and the coalline, which will be a branch from Crawfordsville, and will berun into the mining district, will be the next to be finished.This line will be especially devoted to the development of the ELECTRIC CAR SUSPENDED FROM BRIDGE The proposed bridge is of the transporter type, and is inesign precisely similar to an ordin

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