The street railway review (1891) (14573804800)

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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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IIV UOKKUr H. UKKKAll. Not very long ago, stimulated by the rapid developmentof high power electric locomotives, some enthusiast predict-ed that the day would soon come when trains wrjull run fromBoston to New York, at high speed, over the hills and val-leys, regardless of grades,carrying passengers between theseI)oints. That time has not yet come, but there are signs thatthe dream of the past may become a realization in the notremote future. The writer has proved that it is possible togo from Boston to New York, with the exception of a fewgaps, all the way by electric car, and even now arrangementsare under way for the filling of these gaps. The total dis-tance is 261 miles, 209 of which are covered by trolley, andthe time consumed in making the trip is less than twentyand one-half hours. In the trip I made, 9 miles were cov-ered ijy carriage and 43 miles by steam train, and including$2 for the carriage and 91 cents for steam railroad fares, thetotal cost of transportation was $5.71.

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CULVERT CROSSINC, ST. CHARLES STREET R. R., NEW ORLEANS. NOVEL CULVERT CROSSING. The .iccompanying engraving fiom a photograph takenon the lines of the St. Charles Street Railroad Co., of NewOrleans, is interesting as showing the wood paving used onall except the main streets, and also a novel culvert cross-ing. The drainage of New Orleans being on the surface thedepth of crossings over the gutters has been limited to 5 in.in order not to interfere with the flow. The company is lay-ing some g-in. girder rails and at culverts it is necessary tocut away the lower flange and 4 in. of the web, and rivetangles to the web as shown in the illustration. The United Railways & Electric Co., Baltimore, Md., has,paid a dividend of one-half of one per cent on its incomebonds and preferred stock for the three month? ending May31st. The amount paid out was $70,000. Even to one familiar with the street railway developmentsin New England, the trip to New York by trolley was some-thing of a revelat

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1891

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