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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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s railroad career commenced in 1878. when he en-tered the service of the Manhattan Elevated R. R. of New Yorkas train dispatcher. He continued in the employ of this com-pany until 1892. when he resigned to accept the position of super-intendent of transportation for the South Side Elevated R. R. ofChicago. In 1893 he was appointed to his present position. The Metropolitan Elevated. The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Co. was incor-porated Mar. 9, 1892. being organized by A. F. Walcott, whowas then at the head of the construction company building theSouth Side Elevated. The capital was subscribed by London. NewYork and Boston capitalists. The company bought outright its entire right of way save, of course, at the street crossings. Theconstruction work was done by the West Side Construction Co.,of which E. W. Eckart was chief engineer. The territory servedby this system is shown on the map. From the Union Loop toMarket St. is a double track structure; from Market St. to a point
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SCHERZER ROLLING LIFT BRIDGE-METROPOLITAX WEST SIDE ELEVATED. Oct. is, 1899.) STkl-l/r kAII.WAY REVIEW. r)7j I/i miles wcsl i)( llu river is llic- iii;iiii line, uilli fniir liaeks;frdiii lliis l;iller iiuiiil lliree ilmiMe lr;ul. iK<).s; from IVanklinto Kobey .St, May i.Slh; from lranklin St, to l.oKan S(;, .May 2,sth;.)n tile (iarliild Iark line Jnm- lolh; on the- llnndiolili I.irk lineJmie J9tli; cm the Donnlass Iark line .\iiKnsl. il^/i. The sneccss of the Intramural Ry. at the Columbian lixpo-silion led the Mrlropnlit.aii lo atlopt eleelririty as the motive power of bearinKs is 114 fl. There are also three notable viaducts, thelongest spans a clear space o( 254 ft. over the Chicago & North-west

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