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Identifier: streetrailwayjo291907newy (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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7 lbs. per yard,though there is some heavier. It is alllaid on concrete foundations, bonded, asa rule, with compressed or pin-drivencopper bonds, though some lines haveplastic bonds and others cast and ther-mit welded joints. Pavements vary,some being granite blocks, someasphalt, but the majority consist ofwooden blocks on edge. Nearly all feeders in the center of thecity are underground. Some of theoriginal installations, however, stillmaintain the overhead system, which isanything but ornamental. In track work there is a tendency todrift away from the manganese steelcentered frogs and switches, using in-stead built-up pieces made of regularrail sections, which seem to be giving good results. Manyof the lines use trailers, the trailer generally being a work-mans car. The space between the trailer and motor car isguarded by a fender of special design to prevent the peo-ple who alight from the motor car being hit by the trailer.No registers are used, as the conductor sells tickets. The
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INTERIOR VIEW OF THREE-PHASE STATION, CORNKR MONTEVIDEO AND PASEO DE JULIO,OPERATED BY THE GERMAN TRANSATLANTIC ELECTRICITY COMPANY June i, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 953 average fare is 10 cents paper (4.2 cents U. S.) for distancesin the city proper, whereas higher rates are charged to theoutlying sections and suburban towns, in which case trans-fers are given. Cars, as a rule, are equipped with cane

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  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:965
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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