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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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A. The Chicago, Milwaukee & Kenosha Electric Ry. Co. has been in-corporated in Wisconsin with the following officers: President.Alexander Clark, of Evanston; vice-president, G. S. Rhodes, ofEvanston; treasurer, George Rhodes, of Evanston; secretary, JamesCavanaugh, of Kenosha. The object is to complete an electric linefrom Waukegan to Milwaukee. It has not been announced whetherthe line now in operation from Kenosha to Milwaukee will be used.Between Evanston and Waukegan the Chicago & Milwaukee Elec-tric Ry. has been in operation for nearly two years, and it seemsprobable that the long talked of through line will be completedwithin a short time. The new road is to be operated by the Chi-cago & Milwaukee. NEW DENVER CARS AND SPECIAL WORK. The accompanying illustrations show some interesting views ofthe shops and equipment of the Denver City Tramway Co., ofDenver, Col. Figs, i and 3 are general views of the companysspecial work yard where during the year 1900 some 550 frogs.
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Fiif. t-SiKcial Track Work.Fig. 4-Erectric and Sleam Cr IIIK DENVEK CITY TRAMW.View ill Shop. Fig. .1—Switches, Cros:Tilf. 6-Vlew ill Shop. Last of all, so far as the interesting record has been made up.the ponderous, expensive state bridge over the Erie Canal at Salin 1St. suddenly gave out on Friday last, and local state officials hav-ing examined the break, made annoiuicemcnt to the exasperatedpeople of the city that necessary repairs would require six weeks,and for that period of time the principal city bridge on the busiestcity street must remain closed to all traffic. mates, switches, crossings and other pieces of special track workwere built. The product was mostly of 6s-lb. and 72-lb. rails, andwas all to meet the companys own needs. Fig. 4 is a doubleelectric and single three-rail sleam railroad crossing, made fromloo-lb. A. S. C. E. standard steel rails. This crossing is showntaken down and plied up ready for loading.In Fig. 2 is shown a home-made power rail curver, which

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