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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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SPECIAL SAFETY DEPRESSION DEVICE—WEST CHICAGO STREET RAILUOAU. ever, the author and builder of the latest cross and firstcrossings, which are incident to the lately constructedWest Chicago loop previously mentioned in the Review.This new loop along Fifth A\enue and Madison, Stateand Randolph was the one originally proposed by theWest Side Company- and constructed, with the exception tedious nature, as all underground Ciiicago seems to haveits particular nesting place under the streets required forthe new work. The network of underground conduits ofevery description, such as telephone, telegraph, electriclight, fire alarm, and police call wires, sewer connections,water pipes and gas mains, made life a particularly
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ORDINARY CAIiLE CROSSING—WEST CHICAGO STREET RAILROAD. of the portion on State street, in 1S89. The State streetpart was enjoined by the Chicago City Company andwork suspended. The loop along Fifth Avenue andMadison, LaSalle and Randolph streets has been in useever since. The completion of the new loop on Statestreet is the result of a compromise effected last summerbetween the Yerkes system and the Chicago City Rail- oppressive burden to the engineer. All the difficultieswere met and vanquished, however, to the rejoicing of allconcerned. Our engraving represents a street scene dur-ing the work. The new West Chicago loop rope will cross the NorthChicago cable at the corner of LaSalle and Madison andagain at the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets, <^^l;ied.j\mWuylf^i£W 329 returning by State and crossing the North Side Com-panys tracks again at LaSalle and Washington, besidespassing the old West Side loop cable at the same inter-section. The old West Side loop will be devoted

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