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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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andon animal traction andequip the lines on Liteinaja street electrically during thecoming year, and requests bids at as early a date as possible.Propositions will be received for three systems, viz.: over-head troUev, underground conduit, and accumulators. Fromone extremity of the line to the other is 2.9 miles; there are2.04 miles of double track and 1.50 miles of single track,one route being used going and another returning, makingthe total, ^.58 miles of single track. The line is lexel r)S7 hiding poles which must be of iron, .2. For the lineor the conduit. 3. For a system of ground return, tlie rails being bondedto the rails of the other track and to a copper conductor. 4. For 40 motor cars. In addition to this, annual and daily estimates arerequested : 1. Power station; wages, fuel, oil, etc. 2. Repairs to line or conduit. 3. Repairs to electrical equipment of cars. Also the terms of payment, as this will be considered inletting the contracts. Address : Litcinaya street. No. 35.
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Interior Car House THK STKEET RAILWAY SYSTEM OF ZANESVILLE, O. except for 280 ft. which is on a grade of 3 per cent; thereare four curves, two of 70 ft., one of 175 ft. and one of 2S0ft. radius. The power house is situated 2 miles from oneend of the line measured along the track. The maximumnumber of cars on the line at one time is 36 motor and 36trail cars; all are double deck cars accommodating about 60persons. lhc headway is fixed at 1 /i minutes and thehours of running arc to be from 7 :3o a. m. to midnight. With the ijroposition there must be submitted plans andestimates : I. For the power station e<;ui;)meiit the building itselfbeing ready ; i. e., boilers, engines, generators, etc. ZANESVILLE RAILWAY & ELECTRIC COMPANY. The Zanesville Railway & Electric Company is the residtof a reorganization of former companies for the purpose ofconsolidating the street railway and electric lighting inter-ests. The electric railway is an old one having been in con-tinuous operation

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