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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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at this point with the Chicago NorthShore Street Railway, an electric line that extends to Rogers Park,Edgewater and Ivvanston, and it is the intention to bring the carsof the North Shore line uj) to the level of the elevated line by meansof an incline, so that pas,sengers may transfer without going up ordown .stairs. The Northwestern Elevated will be operated by electricity fromthe start. Before its completion the downtown elevated loop extend-ing on Fifth Avenue on the west, Harrison Street on the south,Waba.sh Avenue on the east, and Lake vStreet on the north, will un-doubtedly be in operation, the Lake Street portion of it being alreadycompleted and the foundations are mostly built in the ground for thebalance of the structure. This road will also be operated electrically,and as the Lake Street Elevated is nearly ready to change from steamto electricity it is a safe prediction that Chicago will have four elec-trically operated elevated roads in operation by the close of the pres-
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SPECIAL WORK AT MARSHFIELD AVENUE STATION—METROPOLIFAN ELEVATED RAILWAY. ent year. This is exclusive of the lines of the South Side RapidTransit Railroad Company, locally known as the Alley L whicliis still being operated by steam. The power station of the Northwestern Elevated will be locatednear the corner of Fullerton and Southport Avenues, convenient tothe C. M. & vSt. P. road, with sidings connecting with the same forthe purpose of handling coal with the least possible expense. Theequipment of the power station will be 7000 h. p. divided into threeunits of 2000 h. p. each and one unit of 1000 h. p., all direct con-nected. The car equipment will consist of thirt3-seven motor carsand 113 trailers or regular passenger cars, each seating fort)--two per-sons. Eight) pound T rail will be used and power will be taken froma third rail quite similar to the plan of the Metropolitan Elevated.It is estimated that some 35,000 tons of steel will be used in the con-struction of this road.

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