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Identifier: streetrailwayjo211903newy (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.
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TRESTLE AT SLATE HILL NEAR ENTRANCE TO GLENMARY PARK Prospect within sixty days and to Marion before the close ofthe summer. Right of way has been secured for a branch toRichwood, which will be built this summer. Extensions northof Marion have been planned, but the exact terminal pointshave not been decided upon. It is certain, however, that con-
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the Big Four and I^ennsylvania on one side and the Hocking\alley on the other, the steam roads being from i mile to 2miles on either side. So far as the suburban traffic is con-cerned the electric has considerable advantage over the steamroads, since it touches all the towns and hamlets on the oldstage route, while the steam roads do not. Be-tween Columbus and Delaware the pike is very Jthickly settled, the average population beingabout 2000 to the mile outside the incorporatedcountry towns. North of Delaware is richfarming country with an average populationof 800 to the mile outside the towns. Thepoints touched and their population, and the distance from Columbus are shown in the ac-companying table: DistancePopulation From Columbus Columbus 133,000 . . Miles Clintonville . . 2,000 8 Worthington . 800 Stratford 250 Delaware .... 10,000 Radnor 300 Prospect L250 Richwood . ... 1,400 Owens 250 Marion 17.500 II2325333846 4347 COMBINATION OF GAGES IN COLUMBUS nection will be made which wi

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