The street railway review (1891) (14574653909)

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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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much. In Formosa, as feeders for the government railways there aresmall tramways, from 3/; to 15 miles in length, reaching out intothe more important of the productive districts along the line.Chinese coolies furnish the motive power on these tramways, andwhile they are miniature affairs, having a gage of but igA in., andthe beds of the cars being but 4 ft. square, they generally meet therequirements, the chief of which seems to be cheapness of trans-portation. .\ plan is under consiJeration for building an automobile racecourse at Hampton Beach, N. H. This will be a straightawaycourse, and with some filling, will give a length of about six miles,extending from Great Boars Head to Seabrook Beach. It will belocated on the lines of the New Hampshire Traction Co., whichwould be largely benefited by the resultant trafiic. Hampton Beachhas a hard, smooth surface, unequalled by any in New England, andwould prove an ideal place for automobile racing. Ahk. 15, 1905. STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 207

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Indianapulis, Newcastle & Toledo. Ilic liuliaiiapolis, Newcastle & Toledo Electric Railway Co. wasorganized to build an electric railway 140 miles in length, that willconnect 31 of the best cities and towns of Indiana witli Indianapolis;twenty-four of these towns do not now liave any internrban road.The cities and towns on the route include Newcastle, Richmond.Winchester, Muncie, Markleville, Mt. Summit, Kennard. Wilkinson,MaNwell, I.osantville, Hagcrstown and Mooreland. The populationof the territory, not including Indianapolis, is given as 165.000, andstated to be the greatest per mile served by any interurban road, ex-cept one, that enters Indianapolis. The roadbed it to conform to standard steam road specificationswith grades not to exceed i/2 per cent and curves within 6°. Thereare to be 3,000 standard size, white oak ties per mile, on which areto be laid 8o-lb. steel rails. All bridges are to be of steel or con-crete and of sufficient strength to carry the lieaviest loa

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1891

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