The Street railway journal (1902) (14574437868)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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nt Interurban Road in Southern Ohio The Dayton & Northern Traction Companys interur-ban road connects Dayton and Greenville, Ohio, and is39.5 miles long. At the present time, cars do not operateinto the business center of Dayton, as the bridge acrossthe Miami River is not sufficiently strong for interurbancars, but a new and stronger one is about to be con-*structed, and the interurban cars will then pass throughthe business portion to a central point, where connection business, the road contains quite a number of curves; and,in the twelve miles nearest Dayton there are also severalgrades. The balance of the road, however, is compara-tively level. The rail is 70-lb., 30-ft. T-rail, except in Greenville,where 70-lb. girder rail is used. The ties are oak, 6 in. x6 in. x 8 ft., and gravel ballast is used, 1500 yards to themile. The grading and brickwork was started by a Day-ton contractor, and was completed by the Chase Construc-tion Company, of Detroit, which was also the contractor
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ENGINE ROOM IN POWER PLANT AT BROOKVILLE, SHOWING BELTED EXCITER AND DIFFERENTIAL BOOSTER FOR STORAGE BATTERY will be made with all the electric interurban lines radiatingfrom Dayton. The towns and villages, exclusive of the terminal points,through which the road passes, are Salem, Brookville,Dodson, Bachman, Wengerlawn, West Baltimore, Gor-don, Ithaca, Arcanum and Jaysville. None of these townsis large, but a satisfactory return is secured from the passen-ger service, and an exceptional and unexpectedly largepackage freight business has been developed. They aremainly agricultural centers, and the country tributary tothem is rich and highly cultivated. The route selected, exclusive of the towns, is principallyover private right of way and adjacent to the highway. Intowns the greater portion is through the streets, but here,too, some portions are on private right of way. Owingto the contingencies of the case, resulting from the neces-sity of obtaining rights of way and the requirements