Electric railway journal (1909) (14574925459)

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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ily 250 gal. of water to each inhabi-tant. Excellent street and residence lighting service. Denver has five well established electric railway systems,each serving the needs of its own particular field. TheDenver City Tramway Company, including the Denver &Northwestern Railway extending to Leyden and Golden,operates 222 miles of track in the city and its suburbs. TheDenver & Interurban Railway, an electrified division of theColorado & Southern Railway system, connects Denver withBoulder and El Dorado Springs, electrically operating 58miles of track. 1 he Denver & Inter-Mountain Railway, asteam road recently electrified, extends from Denver toGolden, 22 miles, at the very foot of the Rocky Mountains.The Denver & South Platte Railway now has a 5-milesuburban line to Littleton in operation and is planning theconstruction of a 1 5-miIc extension to reach attractive naturalresorts in the foothills of (he Rocky Mountains. 492 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXIV. No. 14.
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Electric Ry. Journa Denver City Tramway—Map Showing the Lines Operated and the Extensions to Be Built Within the City of Denver THE DENVER CITY TRAMWAY SYSTEM DENVER has a street railway system of which itscitizens may justly be proud, and to the visitorinterested in railway work the Denver City Tram-way system presents a subject worthy of carefulstudy, particularly on account of its well maintained phys-ical property and its harmonious, well advanced operatingorganization. Among the many excellent features of theDenver City Tramway which are unique are the system ofcar dispatching by telephone, the use of trail cars for handlingthe rush-hour load, the light and substantial design of thiscompanys cars, the well maintained narrow-gage T-rail trackpaved with solid concrete and the efficient power generationand distribution system. Denver is a comparatively level city and the railway com-panys tracks have few grades. The location of the trackage the company shall build 10 miles of exte

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