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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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annum would not, of course, representthe actual operating equipment. The result, as shown, to saythe least, is interesting. The distinguishing feature of the car equipment is tiiat noneof the closed cars is provided with heaters. There are prob-ably not more than thirty days during the entire winter seasonin Philadelphia when real cold weather is experienced. It isan open question among the traveling public whether the dis-comfort of overheated cars for the greater part of the seasondoes not exceed that of the absence of heat on a few cold days. In the next issue the general traffic conditions of Philadel-phia will be taken up. ^> SHARON TERMINAL STATION unloaded directly from the car to the platform. There is alsospace for a driveway alongside the track, which enables teamsto load to the car or platform. The rear of the second floor is given up to the employees.There are lockers for all the men, with tables, chairs and apool table, recently presented to the men by the general man-
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The Youngstown & Sharon Street Railway Company, ofYoungstown, Ohio, has erected at its Sharon terminal a hand-some freight and passenger station, which shows interestingdetails. The building is a two-story buff brick, 107 ft. long HEADQUARTERS OF THE VALLEY RAILWAY ager. The entrance to the offices is at the side, and on theright-hand side, as the men enter, is posted the bulletin boardfor the Valley Division. The building is heated by naturalgas. It was designed after plans and specifications preparedby Sanderson & Porter, engineers for the Youngstown &Sharon Street Railway Company. The general plan of thefirst floor of the building is presented herewith. The roads using the station are the Valley Street Railway,the Sharon & Wheatland Street Railway, the Sharon & NewCastle Street Railway and the Youngstown & Sharon StreetRailway, which are allied properties. The freight business on

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