File:The street railway review (1891) (14573141447).jpg

Identifier: streetrailwayrev161amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
, for March, iQo.1, was opened Dec. 30, 1905. Onaccount of the physical location of this line and the direct connectionit makes with the other railroads of Ohio the beginning of its opera-tion is an event of especial importance. The new line is 31 miles in length and acts as the direct connect- joints are connected with Ohio Brass Co. 7-in. soldered bonds andfour-hole splice bars. The rails are cross-bonded with No. 0000copper bonds every 1,300 ft. and wires of the same capacity areused in bonding around switches and other special work. In the towns of Bluffton and Findlay are large stone quarrieswhich makes it possible to use crushed rock for dressing the roadat a low cost. Already more than one-half of the roadbed has beengiven its first dressing. The track is in good condition for a newline and it is believed a rapid schedule can be maintained over it. Regular traffic was opened over the line January I, when a two-hour schedule was inaugurated. As soon as the track settles, through
Text Appearing After Image:
ing link between the north and south lines of Michigan, Ohio andIndiana and through its completion makes it possible to travel byelectricity to and from nearly all parts of these states. The franchises for the road were obtained in the towns throughwhich it passes three years ago, but the balance of the right of waywas not secured until the latter part of the year 1904. Active con-struction work was begun in January, 1905. In locating the road bed, care was taken in the elimination ofcurves and heavy grades. Outside of the corporation limits thereare but two sharp curves and the radius of one of these will be DESIGN OF CENTER SPANS OF VIADUCT OVER TWO STEAM ROADS NEAR LIMA, trains from Toledo to Cincinnati will be operated regularly. Inorder to do this the through cars will pass over five different prop-1 in s. All ears on the new road make connection at Lima wih t eFort Wayne, Van Wert & Lima Traction Co. and the Western OhioRy. and at Findlay with the Toledo, Bowling Green &

Note About Images