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Identifier: streetrailwayjo111895newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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JAMES F MADDEN (;b.M.K.\l, M.ANACKR liR.VXTFUKDSTRKET R.Vn.W.W CO. October, 1895. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. 49 after the passenger traffic of the day is over. The Cana-dian Pacific Railway Company issues tickets good overthe companys lines. This road is a pioneer in this line of work, and its suc-cess is said to be entirely satisfactory to the management.The rates of fare for passengers are fifteen cents roundtrip between Gait and Preston, and twenty-five cents
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COMBINATION FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CAR—GALT.HESPELER & PRESTON STREET RAILWAY. round trip between Gait and Hespeler. The company hasrecently bought a park midway between Preston andHespeler, which has proved a great attraction in summer. The line is nine miles in length, and is single track,with sidings. The ma.ximum grade is five per cent, forone hundred yards, and the sharpest curve is seventy-three feet radius where the sidings go into factory yards.The roadbed is of steel T-rail, laid on cedar and tamarackties, 7 in. and 8 in., and spaced two feet apart. Theswitches are of the regular railrcjad pattern, with railroadsignal apparatus. The overhead cunstructicin is of No. o trcdley wire withNo. 00 weather-proof insulated wire for the entire lengthof the road. The poles are of cedar, twenty-eight feet long,and placed six feet in the ground. Five telephones areplaced at different points on the line for communicationwith the companys offices and power station. The power station is

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo111895newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:90
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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