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Identifier: streetrailwayjo311908newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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g at St. Louis at 12 m.Returning, the special train left St. Louis at 6 oclock andarrived in Springfield at 9:30 p. m. Three hundred retail-merchants were the guests of the wholesalers and manu-facturers for the day. Free transportation to Springfield,good on regular trains, was furnished to all merchants liv-ing north and east of Springfield on application to thegeneral traffic manager of the Illinois Traction System.This transportation was paid for by the ManufacturersAssociation of St. Louis, which also paid the entire ex-penses of the special excursion train in both directions.The traction company co-oper.-iteil in every way to makellic excursion a success. 850 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXL No. 21. THE INDIANAPOLIS, CRAWFORDSVILLE & WESTERNTRACTION SYSTEM The new line of the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville &Western Traction Company, known as the Ben-Hur route,from IndianapuHs, northwest to Crawfordsville, Ind., 45.1miles, was Iniilt for high-speed operation. The maxinunn
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(JNK UF Till-: .MAIX (.K.\ KRA 1 (>R IXJTS 1\ THE C RAVVF UKl ),S XlLLEPOWER STATION grade is 1^4 per cent, and no curves outside of cities aresharper than 3 deg. 30 min. Adequate power has been pro-vided and the rolling stock is designed for a speed of 60m.)).)). Limited trains are scheduled to make the trip be- and adjoins the Peoria division of the Big Four. It runsthrough a rich agricultural territory and reaches the townsof Clermont, Brownsburg, Pittsboro, Raintown, Lizton,Jamestown, New Ross and Linnsburg. TRACK AND ROADWAY The line is well located, and little heavy grading was re-quired to keep within the maximum gradient of percent. Two steel bridges were built overthe principal streams crossed, one of 150-ft. span over Big Eagle Creek and oneof io8-ft. span over White Lick Creek.These are through trusses of modern de-sign and construction and capable ofcarrying the heaviest interurban cars.All other waterways are bridged withconcrete structures reinforced with Kahnbars. Mo

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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:861
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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