Electric railway gazette (1895) (14574881797)

Identifier: electricrailwayg02newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway gazette
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York : (W.J. Johnston Co.)
Contributing Library: MIT Libraries
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I. Chicago MAY, 1887. New York No. 5 American Cable Railway Construction. DY AUGUSTINK W. WRIGHT. Part I.—Continued from page 7 5. Running into the engine house, he found that the rope,having been freshly tarred, was slipping on the drum thatset the rope in motion. The application of a little lime andsawdust, with some pressure upon the rope, set it runningagain, and shortly the increased speed of the engine told Kearney street, and extended to a point near Van Ness ave.,about one mile, passing over a hill at an elevation of 307feet. The accompanying figure 9 shows a profile of theroad. The latter is crossed by ten streets, and at thesepoints the grades are nearly level. Clay street is only 49feet wide from house to house, and closely built up. Thissite for the experimental line was chosen because it reachedthe highest point of Russian Hill, and presented all thedifficulties which were likely to be encountered in any otherstreet. On account of the steep grade of the street, property
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him that the public trial had been made—the car and dummywere once more on top of the hill, and the thing was pro-nounced a success. Like all new inventions there were still a great manychanges and alterations to be made before all the difficultiescould be overcome; but Mr. Hallidie and his friends wereencouraged to continue the patient and persistent effortswhich have finally resulted in making the San Franciscocable railways so celebrated. This road began at the intersection of Clay street with gOAlE: HInch-IPoqt. on the hillwas almost inaccessible, and numerous projectshad been suggested to reach it by zigzagging up the hill byroutes that would have been not only tedious and slow, butvery expensive. CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED. Various considerations and conditions had to be carefullyweighed before venturing upon a project which involved,not only the expenditure of a large sum of money, but thecomfort of the citizens and the safety of human lives. The THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. May,