. The Street railway journal . City is the plan to run trolley cars over the sameroad on the first branch to be constructed, namely, from Arvodato the Coal Creek mines, a distance of 10 miles. Three rails will be laid, the outside rail making the track ofstandard gage. The other rails will make a 3^-ft. gage, to cor- AT WORK IN THE EXCAVATION respond with the width of the trolley lines in Denver. The over-head trolley system will be used, and the trolley wire will bestrung 22 ft. above the roadbed, allowing ample room for steamtrains to pass underneath. It is proposed to obtain ele
. The Street railway journal . City is the plan to run trolley cars over the sameroad on the first branch to be constructed, namely, from Arvodato the Coal Creek mines, a distance of 10 miles. Three rails will be laid, the outside rail making the track ofstandard gage. The other rails will make a 3^-ft. gage, to cor- AT WORK IN THE EXCAVATION respond with the width of the trolley lines in Denver. The over-head trolley system will be used, and the trolley wire will bestrung 22 ft. above the roadbed, allowing ample room for steamtrains to pass underneath. It is proposed to obtain electric powerfrom a large plant, to be located in Denver. The project includesthe building of three electric roads to be run from Denver, thefirst extending south to Littleton and Piatt Canyon, the secondin the direction of Golden to Lookout Mountain, and another toBrighton City and towns north of Denver. It is believed that theadvantages of steam railroad construction will enable the com-pany to give superior electric 630 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 21. Depot for Interurban Lines at Cincinnati Trolley Lines near Trenton, N. J. Ground has been purchased at Cincinnati for the erection of aunion depot for the interurban lines that are to enter that city,and the Interurban Terminal Company, capitalized at $100,000,has been incorporated to provide the necessary terminal depot that is to be erected is to be six stories in height, andthere will be trackage on the ground floor sufficient to accom-modate four or five cars, though it will rarely be the case thatthere will be that many at the terminal at one time. On thesecond floor there will be offices of the various roads and alsoof the terminal company. The other floors will be used as store-rooms and for the handling of freight. Primarily the interurbanstation is to be built to accommodate the lines of the RapidRailway Company, the Suburban Traction Company, and theCincinnati & Eastern Electric Rail
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