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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

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ght of the train isabout 500 tons empty, and while loaded with 4,000 pass-engers 800 tons. From indicators at the controlling sta-tion it is seen that to move the entire affair but 105 elec-trical horse-power are necessary. Although the line is built upon the hollow pier, there isnot the least noise attending the running of the train,although the curves are short. In fact, so silent is themovement that but for the motion of the cars, which canbe seen, a person standing 25 feet away would be in totalignorance of the existence of this novel means of locomo-tion. From popular talk and judicious advertising, how-ever, no one leaves the White City without at least onetrip on the moving sidewalk. The structure is substan-tial and no repairs have been so far required. Still another point of interest is the fact that on thisplant, for the first time in our knowledge, are placed twocontinuous pieces of steel, without joint, each 4.300 feetlong, and that, owing to the mode of construction which
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THE MOVING SIDEWALK IN OPERATION. satisfactory to the management and the public at large.The only disappointment experienced has been that thepower was not furnished by the Exposition Company atthe time agreed upon, namely, upon the fifteenth of April.This occasioned a delay of nearly two months and theroad was not opened for traffic until July i. Since that time the road has carried to date 200,000passengers of both sexes and of all ages and conditions,without accident or delay. Aged people and little chil-dren and women as well as men quickly adjust them-selves to the idea and, beyond a few shows of lingerie, nocasualties have occurred. Uniformed guards stationedat the entrance gates tell the passengers simply that instepping on they must step right foot first and on leav-ing the order is step left foot first. This simple remin-der is sufficient for the most nervous old lady that evercame from Kokomo. Another feature that astonishes visiting railway men has been adopted, there is no

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