. The street railway review . Lima and VanWert, Ohio, is interesting as an exani|)le of rooc! construction workrapidly executed, and also as an indication of the continncd vitalityof the intcrurban electric railway in the central west where it hasheen most extensively developed. This line closely parallels thePennsylvania railroad throughout its entire length and was builtto give the towns along its route the better local passenger servicewliich is much needed. When completed to Ft. Wayne it will make to give tauKcnls of from 8 to 12 miles in length. Curves are all de-signed for a speed of 40
. The street railway review . Lima and VanWert, Ohio, is interesting as an exani|)le of rooc! construction workrapidly executed, and also as an indication of the continncd vitalityof the intcrurban electric railway in the central west where it hasheen most extensively developed. This line closely parallels thePennsylvania railroad throughout its entire length and was builtto give the towns along its route the better local passenger servicewliich is much needed. When completed to Ft. Wayne it will make to give tauKcnls of from 8 to 12 miles in length. Curves are all de-signed for a speed of 40 miles per hour. The section between NewHaven and Ft. Wayne will have a grade of about 2^^ per cent butfor a short ilistancc only. From Lima to Monrocville the route isclose beside the Pittsburg. Ft. Wayne & Chicago K. R. right of territory served comprises sections of Allen County, Indiana,and Van Wert and Allen Counties, Ohio, districts already wellsettled, and which are being further rapidly developed. The Ohio. OVERHEAD CROSSING OF FT. WAYNE, VAN WERT & LIMA WITH PENNSYLVANIA, AT DELPHOS, 0. possible a through service to Logansport, more than half-way acrossthe state. The Ft. Wayne, Van Wert & Lima Traction Co. was organized.\ug. 4, 1902, to build an electric railway from Ft. Wayne, Ind., toLima, Ohio, a distance of miles. In both Ft. Wayne and Limaentrance is over the tracks of the local street railways; at the urban section is miles; at Lima, miles. Thisleaves for the interurban line proper miles, of which the sectionbetween Van Wert and Lima, miles, is now open for traffic Thesection from Van Wert to Ft. Wayne will becompleted in 1905. nfL-^t^^^ * At Ft. Wayne the interurban company pays 2j^cents per passenger for use of the city tracks, whileat Lima it pays 22>2 cents per car-mile to the LimaElectric Railway & Light Co., this being estimated,from experience on the Western Ohio Ry., as theequivalent of 2^/2 cents per passenger. F
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