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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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kRailroad, and is a large man-ufacturing town, with di-versified interests. Some ofthe largest steam engine andthreshing machine worksand steam pump works,sanitariums and adventistinstitutions in the countryare located here. At Jacksonthe road connects with theDetroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Ar-bor & Jackson Ele:tric Rail-way to Detroit, and at BattleCreek with the line of theMichigan Traction Com-pany to Kalamazoo. Between the cities ofJackson and Battle Creek, and along the line of the railway, arethe cities of Albion and Marshall, the village of Parma andseveral smaller places. The country traversed is of very pro-ductive soil, and constitutes one of Michigans finest agricul-tural districts. The population served by this road is as follows: Jackson 30.000 Albion Marshall Battle Creek Parma 6.5006,00030.000 T ,000 1ributary population aggregates. 73.500 .... 23,000 Making a population served of 96.500 The distances from Jackson are: Parma t 1 miles Albion _m Marshall 33 Battle Creek 45^
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January 2, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 13 The road is single track, and is built on private right of way,except through cities and the village of Parma. The maximum grade is 2 per cent, and the curves are allmoderate and elevated for speed of 60 m. p. h. Gravel ballast is used throughout with 6 ins. under the ties,averaging 1800 cu. yds. of ballast to the mile of track. The Michigan Central, the Lansing division of the LakeShore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and the KalamazooRiver at Albion, are crossed by viaducts, thus avoiding gradecrossings. Deck-plate girders, 75 ft. x 96 ins., constitute theriver span; the span over the steam road is a 135-ft. Pratttruss, designed for a live load, equivalent to 3530 lbs. per linealfoot throughout. TRACK Track is laid with 30-ft., 70-lb. A. S. C. E. rail, on 30006-in. x 8-in. x 8-ft. cedar and oak ties to the mile. Twenty-sixinch four-bolt Continuous rail-joints are used, with elastic nutson the bolts. The joints are supported, and oak tie

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